SYSTEMS ENGINEER, WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES
Reporting to the Head of Library Technology Services at Washington University
Libraries, the Systems Engineer will be responsible for the architecture,
development, and maintenance of library services and applications supporting
the University’s mission. The incumbent will lead systems administration of
technical infrastructure and architecture, and platforms to be supported range
from digital repository applications to resource discovery layers to related
library systems. As a member of the Library Technology Services team, the
successful candidate will play a key role in creating a customer-first approach
to the development, deployment, monitoring, maintenance, and troubleshooting of
new and existing library applications.
The complete listing of position responsibilities, salary and benefits
information, and qualifications are provided in the full position description,
which is available at https://jobs.wustl.edu/, job ID #50172.
PRIMARY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
· Lead the design, implementation and maintenance of library systems in
collaboration with Libraries staff and campus stakeholders.
· Gather requirements and develop specifications for library and research
systems architectures, including Samvera Hyrax, Primo, Wordpress, and cloud
storage services.
· Collaborate with campus-wide technology services to ensure proper
implementation and management of hardware infrastructures, security policies
and authentication/authorization procedures.
· Write and maintain documentation for systems architecture and
application code for internal developers and the wider library development
community.
· Participate in iterative testing and integration of user feedback
throughout the development and implementation processes.
· Maintain awareness of national and international best practices and
advances in library applications, frameworks, and implementations by actively
engaging in library and academic technology communities (Samvera, Code4Lib,
etc.).
· Perform other duties as assigned.
If you are interested in this position, please apply at
https://jobs.wustl.edu/, job ID# 50172.
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