Digital Antiquity seeks a creative and innovative Software Engineer to
assist in the development of a national digital repository for
archaeological documents and data. Digital Antiquity is a national,
multi-institutional effort funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and
based at Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona. This exciting
initiative provides an excellent career opportunity in software
development and is a unique, real-world opportunity to develop research
tools that will transform archaeology with cutting-edge technology. 


Digital Antiquity's repository, tDAR (The Digital Archaeological Record)
is built using common J2EE and open-source components including: Struts
2, Hibernate, Spring, Postgres, and JQuery.

$60,000-$80,000 per year.

Major areas of responsibility include:
* Design and implement software and services using Java (J2EE) for the
tDAR digital repository
* Develop and leverage Semantic Web tools to assist archaeological
research
* Develop unique temporal and spatial visualization tools
* Design and integrate data-management and work flow tools with
applications
* Develop scalable, secure, and maintainable web applications
* Perform systems analysis and programming by contributing to analysis
of data and functional requirements for information and
knowledge-management applications, systems, and related work flow
processes 
* Translate functional specifications into program design; programs
applications and systems interfaces in applicable programming languages
* Maintain and update programming code using an agile development
process; upholding best practices for documentation of source code;
writing and maintaining general applications and systems documentation 
* Develop interfaces between digital repositories and application
services specific to diverse digital objects including, but not limited
to: XML-encoded textual objects, images, audio/video data, numeric and
geospatial data
* Collaborate with a multi-institutional team of faculty, researchers,
and technical staff
* Collaborate with web designers and applications administrators during
the design, test and evaluation of applications

Days & Schedule: 
Monday-Friday 8:00AM-5:00PM; may include occasional evenings and
weekends.

Minimum Qualifications:
* Bachelors degree in computer science or closely related field AND two
(2) years previous experience in software applications development; OR,
Any equivalent combination of experience and/or education from which
comparable knowledge, skills and abilities have been achieved.

Desired Qualifications
* Experience building J2EE applications, preferably with Struts 2,
Hibernate, and Spring.
* Working knowledge of Postgres, SQL, and general database
administration.
* Experience with Mercurial, Git, and distributed software development
methodology.
* Demonstrated experience creating highly usable and scalable web
applications.
* Proficient experience with JavaScript, JSON, AJAX, JavaScript
frameworks like JQuery, and CSS.
* Experience with Maven, Ant, and JUnit.
* Experience with Digital Repository software tools, standards, and
metadata (DSpace, Fedora, JHOVE, PREMIS, Dublin Core, MODS).
* Experience with semantic web, RDF and OWL.
* Master's degree in information science, computer science, informatics
or a related field.

Department Statement/Gen Info
The Center for Digital Antiquity, supported jointly by the School of
Human Evolution and Social Change and ASU Libraries, is dedicated to the
creation of a national/international repository for digital
archaeological data. The center's goals are to provide unprecedented
access to archaeological data and documents from tens of thousands of
investigations, projects and studies, and to ensure the long-term
preservation of these irreplaceable data and documents. Attaining these
goals will enable wide-ranging comparative archaeological research
capable of advancing substantially our understanding of the past and our
present-day management of archaeological resources. The new center is
supported by a major grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and
involves collaborators at Archaeology Data Services, at the University
of York in the United Kingdom, the University of Arkansas, the
Pennsylvania State University, the SRI Foundation, University College
Dublin and Washington State University. More information and a beta are
available at http://www.digitalantiquity.org
<http://www.digitalantiquity.org/> .

Background Check Statement
ASU conducts pre-employment screening for all positions which includes a
criminal background check, verification of work history, academic
credentials, licenses, and certifications.

Standard Statement
Arizona State University is a new model for American higher education,
an unprecedented combination of academic excellence, entrepreneurial
energy and broad access. This New American University is a single,
unified institution comprising four differentiated campuses positively
impacting the economic, social, cultural and environmental health of the
communities it serves. Its research is inspired by real world
application blurring the boundaries that traditionally separate academic
disciplines. ASU serves more than 67,000 students in metropolitan
Phoenix, Arizona, the nation's fifth largest city. ASU champions
intellectual and cultural diversity, and welcomes students from all
fifty states and more than one hundred nations across the globe.

Arizona State University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action
employer.

How to apply

Application deadline is 11:59pm Arizona time on July 16, 2010. 

You can view and apply for this job at:  

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Adam Brin

Director of Technology, Digital Antiquity

480.965.1278