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Kansas State University Libraries, Manhattan, Kansas invite applications and nominations for the position of Programmer I to join an exciting new team in the Administrative & IT Services Department. The new team would be collaborating with other library staff in creating value added services by using a wide array of tools that include both open source (dspace, drupal, etc) and vendor driven products. **Responsibilities**: • Perform technical planning, development, and implementation of Web-based applications and interfaces, including mobile applications, to provide a seamless access environment to end users. • Work collaboratively with technical and non-technical library staff to provide general web development guidance and expertise, and to implement enhancements to the Libraries website and electronic resources discovery and access systems. • Support the ongoing development of the Libraries software infrastructure, including, but not limited to, institutional repositories (DSpace, and others), content management systems, web applications, and other library systems. • Collaborate with other technology partners. • Work with teams to manage system administration, web/application server administration and database server administration, maintaining up-to-date system documentation and managing code in a version-control system. • Investigate new technologies and software applications. **Required Qualifications:** •Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field. Three years of experience developing web-based applications may be substituted for a bachelor's degree. •Demonstrated proficiency: - developing web applications using one or more of the following programming languages: PHP, Ruby, Python, Java, and - experience with one or more of the following: HTML5, CSS3, XML, XSL, Javascript, and working with relational databases such as MySQL or Postgresql. • Strong customer service attitude; enthusiasm for working in a collaborative team-oriented environment. **Preferred Qualifications:** • Demonstrated experience working with any of the following: o a Content Management System such as Drupal, Joomla, or WordPress o repository applications (e.g., DSpace, Fedora, ContentDM) o team-based development using version control systems such as Git or Subversion • Knowledge of any of the following: o LDAP, Shibboleth or other common methods of authentication o Semantic Web and Linked Data concepts and technologies o Search Engine Optimization (SEO) o Knowledge of user-centered design, usability testing and web standards, includ ing standards • Formal coursework in, or experience with, user information-seeking behaviors in an academic environment, including creating and adapting web-based tools such as wikis, blogs, etc. More info -http://ksulib.typepad.com/jobs/2012/10/programmer-i.html Brought to you by code4lib jobs: http://jobs.code4lib.org/job/4130/