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The Academic Preservation Trust at UVa Libraries is hiring two positions to work with a team of professionals across a range of Academic Libraires to help build an aggregate preservation repository. Rails/Hydra Engineer The Rails/Hydra Software & Systems Engineer will have primary responsibility of implementing an administrative front end and RESTful API in Rails and Hydra and related business logic for processing, searching and management of assets in a digital preservation repository. Working with a small team, partner Universities and the Tech Lead they will identify and implement best practice solutions for the administration and management of metadata and related digital objects by a multi-institutional consortium. They will work with repository managers at partner institutions to plan and improve the interface and APIs for services and interactions around preserved digital content. Job Position Link: https://jobs.virginia.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=70231 Senior Preservation Software & Systems Engineer The Senior Preservation Software & Systems Engineer takes a leading role in the design and creation of custom software to process and manage Digital Objects in a robust multi-institutional preservation system for the Academic Preservation Trust (APTrust). This position will have the primary responsibility of creating reliable and tested code to process, preserve and manage Digital Objects from partner institutions within the APTrust Aggregate repository and DPN dark archive. Working closely with a small team, partner Universities and the Tech Lead they will identify and implement effective solutions to create a trusted digital preservation system to ensure the durability and recovery of vital scholarly content. Job Position Link: https:// jobs.virginia.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=70232 -- *Scott Turnbull* APTrust Technical Lead [log in to unmask] www.aptrust.org