[APOLOGIES FOR CROSS-POSTING]

Senior Analyst/Programmer for Web Archiving Initiative, Columbia
University Libraries

Overview.  The Digital Program of Columbia University Libraries is
seeking a senior analyst/programmer to participate in an innovative,
new Web archiving and access initiative.  Incumbent will be working in
a team environment with project staff and members of the digital
library program.  She or he will:  help build a local Web harvesting
and archiving capacity for at risk websites in the area of human
rights;  create site, resource and metadata maps to improve access to
archived sites; explore the use of semantic web techniques to extend
and integrate access across websites, digital collections and print
resources.   The core technology platform for this project will
Columbia's Fedora-based repository, which provides support for digital
asset management and long-term digital archiving.  Position is a
two-year grant-funded position.  Official job description below.
Posting and application information available at:
http://jobs.columbia.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=118370

Job Title:  SYSTEMS ANALYST/PROGRAMMER A
Department: LIBRARIES DIGITAL PROGRAM
Salary Grade: 12
Salary Range:   Commensurate with experience
Proposed Start Date: Immediately

Job Description
This two-year position will perform moderately complex analysis and
programming in support of new digital preservation initiatives;
develop requirements, specifications and prototypes; perform data
conversions, repository ingest and content dissemination.

Responsibilities include:
Working with project team members, the incumbent will: develop
requirements, specifications and prototypes for new archival
repository-based digital library applications;  program, test and
implement new applications and software tools in archival repository
environment;  modify, install, and test moderately complex commercial
or open source software applications;  perform data conversions and
content loads into and from archival repository;  build resource maps;
and perform support for installed applications

Minimum Qualifications for Grade (Applicant MUST meet these minimum
qualifications to be considered an applicant)
Bachelor's or equivalent required; three years' related experience required.

Additional Position-Specific Minimum Qualifications (Applicant MUST
meet these minimum qualifications to be considered an applicant)
Demonstrated experience with systems analysis & requirements
development; strong experience with Unix OS; solid programming
experience in an object-oriented language such as Java or C++; good
knowledge of a scripting language such as JavaScript, Ruby, Python,
PHP, or Perl; familiarity with XML & related technologies; ability to
work well in a collaborative team environment; excellent communication
skills.

Preferred Qualifications
Experience with: Apache, Lucene, SOLR, CakePHP or other rapid
development framework, Fedora Commons digital repository, RDF.

Official posting: jobs.columbia.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=118370
Application information: http://hr.columbia.edu/jobs/how-apply
Columbia University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer.