Hi Fedora Community, Last week I posted a new job opening for a Web Developer for the DuraSpace organization. This week I am posting another exciting job - the DuraCloud Integration Engineer. See the job description below. If you are interested we'd love to hear from you. Also, please pass the information to anyone else you think would be interested and qualified. See below for instruction on how to apply.
For all job openings with the DuraSpace organization see: http://duraspace.org/jobopenings.html Best, Sandy ------------------------------- DuraCloud Integration Engineer The newly formed DuraSpace organization is looking for an experienced integration developer to join the team designing, building, and supporting its new cloud compute service and open technology named DuraCloud. DuraSpace is a 501(c)3 located on the M.I.T and Cornell University campus whose mission is to enable and support open source technologies and services for scholarship and research. DuraSpace currently supports several open source platforms including DSpace and Fedora. DuraCloud is a Web-based, hosted service that takes advantage of the cost efficiencies of cloud storage and cloud computing, while adding value to help ensure longevity and re-use of digital content. The DuraSpace organization is developing partnerships with commercial cloud providers who offer both storage and computing capabilities. The DuraCloud service will be run by the DuraSpace organization. Its target audiences are organizations responsible for digital preservation and groups creating shared spaces for access and re-use of digital content. DuraCloud will be accessible directly as a Web service and also via plug-ins to digital repositories including Fedora and DSpace. The software developed to support the DuraCloud service will be made available as open source. An early release of DuraCloud will be available for selected pilot partners in Fall 2009. Description The integration developer will join the team designing, building, and supporting the DuraCloud durable storage service and related Web sites for the DSpace Foundation, Fedora Commons, and other open source projects. The developer will be responsible for all aspects of requirements gathering, technical analysis and development, testing and documenting both APIs and customer-facing applications, working both alone and as a member of a team. The position, which reports to the Chief Technology Officer, requires a knowledgeable, enthusiastic, and self-motivated individual with extensive experience in integrating disparate code bases and projects using browser mashups, Web services, API calls, wrappers, scripts or database synchronizations. The integration developer will focus on best strategies for integrating DuraCloud and other DuraSpace systems as the underpinning for dynamic, collaborative Web-based applications. Other responsibilities include assisting the DuraSpace team in defining project goals, leading the software engineering process, and disseminating results (including software deployment, documentation, reports, journal articles, presentations at professional meetings/conferences). For more information about the context of this position, please read the recent DuraCloud Library of Congress press release and CNET article. Responsibilities The position will be part of a team responsible for development work on, and support of software and deployments of multiple Web sites and integrations. Some of the software developed will be released as open source. Programming duties will include general system enhancements, bug fixes and new functionality, working in close collaboration with other team members and the larger open source development community, where open source components are used. Integration work will include: * Meet with partner organizations to analyze requirements and develop integration plans * Work with usability experts, domain experts, etc. to refine requirements and designs * Download, build, deploy, and test multiple packages and their combined functionality * Write and maintain technical documentation for new and changed systems * Support and manage external organizations developing systems based on DuraCloud technology For all development work, the developer will be responsible for determining viable alternatives, making recommendations, and designing, specifying, obtaining consensus on, implementing, testing, and documenting solutions. The developer also will need to communicate schedules and status reports on a regular basis and will work in close collaboration with other technical staff and other institutions when applicable. Responsibilities may require minimal travel, and flexible hours, and delivering presentations at professional conferences. Qualifications Required: College degree or equivalent work experience. Minimum two years direct experience in constructing integrated systems using components in Java, and/or PHP, Ruby, Python and other Web development environments. Strong UNIX command line skills, and familiarity with typical open source packaging and build conventions. Strong communication and interpersonal skills. Flexibility and willingness to collaborate with both technical and non-technical staff in a team/ cooperative environment. Desirable: Experience building and maintaining complex Web applications and/or digital library systems. Familiarity with Web Services and virtualized or cloud computing environments. Solid understanding of relational databases and SQL. Practical experience with semantic technologies including RDF, OWL, and triple store systems. To Apply Please email or mail cover letters and resumes addressed to: Carissa Smith [email protected] DuraSpace, Inc. 301 College Avenue Cornell University Information Science Building Ithaca, NY 14850 Sandy Payette Chief Executive Officer DuraSpace [email protected] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Enter the BlackBerry Developer Challenge This is your chance to win up to $100,000 in prizes! For a limited time, vendors submitting new applications to BlackBerry App World(TM) will have the opportunity to enter the BlackBerry Developer Challenge. See full prize details at: http://p.sf.net/sfu/Challenge _______________________________________________ Fedora-commons-developers mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fedora-commons-developers
