diff --git a/scripts/exgdas_global_marine_analysis_ecen.py b/scripts/exgdas_global_marine_analysis_ecen.py
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..f023f018b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/exgdas_global_marine_analysis_ecen.py
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+# exgdas_global_marine_analysis_ecen.py
+# This script creates an MarineRecenter class
+# and runs the initialize, run, and finalize  methods
+# which currently are stubs
+import os
+
+from wxflow import Logger, cast_strdict_as_dtypedict
+# TODO (AFE): change to from pygfs.task.marine_recenter import MarineRecenter
+from soca.marine_recenter import MarineRecenter
+
+# Initialize root logger
+logger = Logger(level='DEBUG', colored_log=True)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+
+    # Take configuration from environment and cast it as python dictionary
+    config = cast_strdict_as_dtypedict(os.environ)
+
+    # Instantiate the aerosol analysis task
+    MarineRecen = MarineRecenter(config)
+    MarineRecen.initialize()
+    MarineRecen.run()
+    MarineRecen.finalize()
diff --git a/test/soca/gw/CMakeLists.txt b/test/soca/gw/CMakeLists.txt
index 25d290571..5220c7e40 100644
--- a/test/soca/gw/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/soca/gw/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ set(jjob_list "JGLOBAL_PREP_OCEAN_OBS"
               "JGDAS_GLOBAL_OCEAN_ANALYSIS_PREP"
               "JGDAS_GLOBAL_OCEAN_ANALYSIS_BMAT"
               "JGDAS_GLOBAL_OCEAN_ANALYSIS_RUN"
+              "JGDAS_GLOBAL_OCEAN_ANALYSIS_ECEN"
               "JGDAS_GLOBAL_OCEAN_ANALYSIS_CHKPT"
               "JGDAS_GLOBAL_OCEAN_ANALYSIS_POST"
               "JGDAS_GLOBAL_OCEAN_ANALYSIS_VRFY")
diff --git a/test/soca/gw/run_jjobs.yaml.test b/test/soca/gw/run_jjobs.yaml.test
index dbd2fcd2f..c05f9e255 100644
--- a/test/soca/gw/run_jjobs.yaml.test
+++ b/test/soca/gw/run_jjobs.yaml.test
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ gw environement:
 
   run scripts:
     GDASPREPOCNOBSPY: @HOMEgfs@/sorc/gdas.cd/scripts/exglobal_prep_ocean_obs.py
+    GDASOCNCENPY: @HOMEgfs@/sorc/gdas.cd/scripts/exgdas_global_marine_analysis_ecen.py
 
 setup_expt config:
   base:
diff --git a/ush/soca/marine_recenter.py b/ush/soca/marine_recenter.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3daa0c231
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ush/soca/marine_recenter.py
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+import os
+from logging import getLogger
+from typing import Dict, List, Any
+from wxflow import AttrDict, FileHandler, logit, Task
+
+logger = getLogger(__name__.split('.')[-1])
+
+
+class MarineRecenter(Task):
+
+    @logit(logger, name="MarineRecenter")
+    def __init__(self, config):
+        logger.info("init")
+        super().__init__(config)
+
+        # Create a local dictionary that is repeatedly used across this class
+        local_dict = AttrDict(
+            {
+                "diags": os.path.join(self.runtime_config['DATA'], 'diags'),            # output dir for soca DA obs space
+                "obs_in": os.path.join(self.runtime_config['DATA'], 'obs') ,            # input      "           "
+                "bkg_dir": os.path.join(self.runtime_config['DATA'], 'bkg'),            # ice and ocean backgrounds
+                "anl_out": os.path.join(self.runtime_config['DATA'], 'Data'),           # output dir for soca DA
+                "static_ens": os.path.join(self.runtime_config['DATA'], 'static_ens')  # clim. ens.
+            }
+        )
+
+        # task_config is everything that this task should need
+        self.task_config = AttrDict(**self.config, **self.runtime_config, **local_dict)
+
+        #_soca_ensb_yaml_temp 
+        print(self.task_config) 
+
+    @logit(logger)
+    def initialize(self):
+        logger.info("initialize")
+
+
+    @logit(logger)
+    def run(self):
+        logger.info("run")
+
+    @logit(logger)
+    def finalize(self):
+        logger.info("finalize")