Data Curator (New York University, New York)
New York University
New York City

Data Curator (New York University, New York)

Job Work Location: US Compensation Grade: Band 52T Posting Date: 07-28-2014
Posting Number: 20096847 SupOrg - Division Equivalent: US1016 - CUSP FT/PT: FT
Unit Specific Text: Position Summary: The Center for Urban Science and
Progress (CUSP) at New York University seeks a Data Curator: an information
scientist who will work with faculty, researchers, and students in applied
urban science to acquire and organize data related to New York City. CUSP is a
dynamic research and academic center that requires a Data Curator to manage
data ingest and access workflows, to catalog data using and maintaining
controlled vocabularies, and to provide reference and data services to
faculty, researchers, and students. The Data Curator will manage the Data
Lifecycle from beginning to end to ensure that CUSP data is indexed, curated,
and stored within the CUSP Data Warehouse for discovery and access. Strategy
must be employed to scale for both data volume and data access growth. .
Qualifications/Required Education: Bachelor's degree Preferred Education:
Master of Library or Information Science Required Experience: 3-5 years
experience in a related field, such as applied science, metadata schema design
and management, taxonomy management, or equivalent education and experience;
relevant experience in research data management as a researcher, research data
manager, research data repository manager , or in similar roles. Demonstrated
experience in consulting with faculty or researchers regarding technology or
metadata creation; Demonstrated understanding of the research and data
lifecycle. Demonstrated experience in curating and handling large data sets
with particular understanding of requirements for longer term digital
archiving. Understanding of database systems, XML, RDF, scientific metadata
standards, API development, and related technologies; as well as protocols
such as OAI-PMH. Experience with ontologies and metadata issues related to the
discovery of academic or data resources. Experience constructing and
maintaining a controlled vocabulary. Preferred Experience: Professional data
archive, repository, or warehouse experience.. Professional computer
programming experience. Professional data management experience. Professional
experience working within academia. Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
(include unique competencies, certification, licenses, etc.): Working
knowledge of data management, including metadata, data retrieval and research
data use, format migration, preservation; High-level interpersonal,
consultation and reference skills, including evidence of the ability to
collaborate and liaise effectively with a diverse range of faculty,
researchers, and students. Highly developed organizational and analytical
skills with demonstrable ability to work independently as well as
collaboratively, to set priorities, show initiative and balance the demands of
working in a rapidly changing environment. Awareness of issues related to data
curation, data citation, data ethics, metadata, and data privacy. Preferred
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: (include unique competencies, certification,
licenses, etc.): Familiarity with current efforts in annotation standards.
Familiarity with video data and/or sensor data. Familiarity with data
management technologies such as XML, SQL, MySQL, unix filesystems. Ability to
use XSLT, Python (or other programming language) and some relevant programming
experience is highly desirable. Metadata editing software. Familiar with data
warehouse architecture and workflows and ability to systematize workflows.
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