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I'm very excited about this position. The developer will work with a very small team (and me) involved with making all of the Museum's varied collections available in new and better ways, and with preserving our digital assets. Applications are through the email in the posting, but if you have questions about the nature of the position, environment, team, and work, feel free to contact me off-list. I can easily imagine someone from the code4lib community here. [Apologies for being a klutz in selecting 'Employer' on the job posting form and not noticing that the suggestion I accepted was (a) wrong [not seeing the extra words that were out of view to the right] and (b) appended into the job title to create the subject for the posting email. Yikes. It's fixed now: http://jobs.code4lib.org/job/26044/ ] On Wed, May 18, 2016 at 11:40 AM, <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Digital Collections Developer at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum > United States Holocaust Memorial Museum shooting > Washington, D.C. > > The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum is looking for > an innovative and passionate individual to join our team and inspire > citizens > and leaders worldwide to confront hatred, prevent genocide, and promote > human > dignity. With the primary mission of Rescuing the Evidence: building and > preserving for posterity the fully accessible collection of record on the > Holocaust, the Office of Collections is currently seeking a Digital > Collections Developer. > > > This position is located in the Office of Collections, Digital Collections > Division, of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. The position > involves working under the administrative supervision of the Director of > Digital Collections to carry out tasks relating to applications software > development for the Digital Collections Division of the Office of > Collections. > The candidate will provide creative, efficient, and elegant technical > solutions to inherently complex problems. The growing digital collection > comprises tens of millions of image files, tens of thousands of hours of > media, hundreds of thousands of descriptions, and about a dozen sources of > metadata. It all needs to be preserved and made available forever, and we > want > to provide better user interfaces to support all of our constituents, both > internal users and via the web. > > > This is a full-time donated position (non-Federal) paid with the Museum's > private funds, with a two year work assignment. Salary is commensurate with > experience. > > > DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES > > > Design, develop, and implement tools and systems that relate to processing, > identification, and access to the digitized historical assets held by or > overseen by the Office of Collections. > > > Develop software systems to enhance access to Collections materials > including > digitized archival materials, photographs, and oral histories, historical > film, Museum objects, and various databases and sources of metadata. The > work > consists of software and user interface design for new projects as well as > maintenance, modification, and refactoring of existing systems. > > > Use systems, tools, and approaches such as modern programming tools (e.g. > Java, Python, PHP); contemporary MVC (model-view-controller) frameworks as > embodied in systems such as Ruby on Rails; JQuery/JavaScript; Linux shell > scripting; TDD/BDD (test-driven development, behavior-driven development) > and > code reviews; and source-code control (e.g. git, GitHub). > > > Plans and develops methods of operation to effectively work with metadata > and > uses metadata transformation, search, discovery, and user interfaces for > Collections cataloging materials. > > > Interact frequently with other federal, public, and private institutions > dealing with similar subject matter collections, as well as with private > individuals both nationally and internationally, survivors of the > Holocaust, > and other related individuals working in collections. > > > Develop and deploy open source and commercial software systems such as > Blacklight (the Ruby on Rails application), ArchivesSpace (archival > cataloging > system), and ResourceSpace (a digital asset management system), or similar > systems. > > > Improve maintainability, performance, security, using refactor and update > systems, and maintain conformance with the community of users of each > system. > > > Test and monitor systems for proper operation. > > > Implement test-driven development and/or behavior-driven development > systems > to ensure proper operation. > > > Perform other duties as assigned. > > > MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS > > At least two years developing code for production-quality, complex systems > to > process and enhance access to library, museum, or archival metadata in a > professional or educational environment. > > Experience with at least one MVC-oriented development frameworks such as > Ruby > on Rails, Laravel, Django, or similar. > > > Experience developing and deploying applications using at least two > contemporary programming and web development languages such as Ruby, PHP, > Python, or server-side and/or client-side JavaScript. > > > Knowledge of metadata standards of representation and exchange that relate > to > library or collections systems, such as MARC, EAD, METS, MODS, TEI and > other > XML or JSON standards or guidelines. > > > Understanding of software development practices. Experience with > refactoring > existing installed systems in order to enhance feature sets or upgrade to > newer versions. Experience with source code control systems such as git. > Experience with test-driven development (TDD) and/or behavior-driven > development (BDD). Experience customizing open source software. > > > Experience with theory and practice of relational databases such as MySQL > and/or SQL Server. > > > Familiarity with the Linux command line and shells (e.g. bash). Experience > developing and deploying production systems in a Linux environment. > > > Familiarity with source code control and collaborative development systems > (e.g. git, svn). > > > HOW TO APPLY > > > Interested applicants should send their resume and cover letter to > [log in to unmask] Please include both your resume and cover letter in a > single PDF or Word document titled "First Name Last Name". Salary history > may > be required during the interview process. For more > information about the US Holocaust Memorial Museum, please visit > www.ushmm.org. > > > The US Holocaust Memorial Museum is an Equal Employment Opportunity > Employer. > This position is open to all qualified individuals. If you are not a US > citizen, you must possess sufficient legal documentation and permission to > work in the United States (and provide if requested). > > > > Brought to you by code4lib jobs: http://jobs.code4lib.org/job/26044/ > To post a new job please visit http://jobs.code4lib.org/ >