Job posting: Data/GIS Technology Lead

[Lynne E. Grigsby]

Excuse cross postings!

    Data/GIS Technology Lead #21087

   - Job ID: 21087
   - Location: Main Campus-Berkeley
   - Full/Part Time: Full-Time
   - Regular/Temporary: Regular
   - Department: Library Administration
   - *The First Review Date for this job is:* *2/4/2016*

About Berkeley

The University of California, Berkeley, is one of the world's most iconic
teaching and research institutions. Since 1868, Berkeley has fueled a
perpetual renaissance, generating unparalleled intellectual, economic and
social value in California, the United States and the world. Berkeley's
culture of openness, freedom and acceptance-academic and artistic,
political and cultural-make it a very special place for students, faculty
and staff.

Berkeley is committed to hiring and developing staff who want to work in a
high performing culture that supports the outstanding work of our faculty
and students. In deciding whether to apply for a staff position at
Berkeley, candidates are strongly encouraged to consider the alignment of
the Berkeley Workplace Culture with their potential for success at
http://jobs.berkeley.edu/why-berkeley.html
Application Review Date
- The First Review Date for this job is: 2/4/2016Departmental Overview

The UC Berkeley Library provides scholarly information to all faculty and
students in the support of the University's research and instruction
mission. The Library Applications & Publishing Group (LAP) provides
technical support for Library, including developing, purchasing and/or
supporting all types of hardware platforms and software applications. LAP
has primary responsibility for supporting and building UC Berkeley
Library’s Integrated Library System (ILS), Digital Library, and web
presence. The UC Berkeley Library is a leader in the investigation and
implementation of advanced digital library services. Areas of current work
include scalable digital library system architectures, developing efficient
methods for creating digital library content, the long-term preservation of
digital materials, and standards for digital objects, digitization, and
archival collection descriptions. LAP supports digital library activities
by providing managerial and technical analysis, writing programs to create
digital content, writing, enhancing, and maintaining tools to publish,
create, and manage digital objects, and training staff for projects that
add content to our digital library.
Responsibilities

This position supports the Library’s data applications, including GIS, and
other digital library programs and will adopt, adapt, develop and maintain
software to provide a web-based geospatial discovery and access portal
using open source technologies in an inter-institutional, community-based,
development effort. The successful candidate will work to provision the
necessary computing systems to support data services and implement and
manage spatial data infrastructure, including administration of specialized
GIS applications, including geoserver, geohydra, geoblacklight. They will
develop software for the import and management of UCB’s GIS data
collections., manage data services, e.g., OAI, SOLR API, data set
management and access. In addition, they will play an active role in the
higher education GIS researcher community, representing the UCB Library in
the development of open source and consortial service efforts. This
position will be relied on to provide technical expertise to project
manager and other Library staff to define application specifications,
staffing needs and timeline. In addition  they will be relied upon to
independently create specifications, design information architecture,
coordinate and assign work with other programmers, determine system needs,
and follow through with testing and quality control.
Required Qualifications
- Requires thorough knowledge of applications programming function.
- Requires interest in and knowledge of GIS technologies.
- Requires advanced skills associated with programming design, modification
and implementation.
- Must be able to communicate technical information in a clear and concise
manner with both technical and non-technical staff.
- Requires ability to understand business needs and how business systems
can support those needs.
- Must be self motivated, work independently or as part of a team, able to
learn quickly, meet deadlines and demonstrate problem solving skills.
- Must have advanced skills in web applications, web programming language
and object oriented programming concepts.
- Requires experience with Perl, PHP, Python, or other programming languages
- Knowledge of shell scripting languages, e.g., sh, csh, ksh
- Knowledge of data services, e.g., OAI, SOLR API
- Demonstrated knowledge of Linux environment, tools, and libraries
- Working knowledge of HTML, CSS, Javascript, XSTL, and XML
- Knowledge of raster and vector resources, geodatabase configuration and
management tools (e.g., GeoServer, OpenLayers, OGC standards, etc).
- Experience in software engineering in web, solr-lucene, and
database-backed application environments, and experience in contributing
and/or defining the technical architecture of complex systems.
- Experience with, or knowledge of, Ruby, and Ruby on Rails, for
application development and enhancements to framework, including plug-ins,
engines and gems, for developing and deploying applications.

Preferred Qualifications

- Has skills needed to develop conversion and system implementation plans.
- Knowledge of SQL language and experience with database software, e.g.,
MySQL
- Knowledge of different image formats
- Knowledge of CGI and Servlet programming
- Experience installing, upgrading, or configuring Apache
- Requires knowledge of other related areas of IT.
- Knowledge relating to the design and development of applications programs
across the organization.
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Salary & Benefits

   - The salary range is $58,700 to $85,000

   For information on the comprehensive benefits package offered by the
   University visit:
   http://ucnet.universityofcalifornia.edu/compensation-and-benefits/index.html

How to Apply

Please submit your cover letter and resume as a single attachment when
applying.
Mandated Reporter

This position has been identified as a Mandated Reporter required to report
the observed or suspected abuse or neglect of children, dependent adults,
or elders to designated law enforcement or social service agencies. We
reserve the right to make employment contingent upon completion of signed
statements acknowledging the responsibilities of a Mandated Reporter.
Equal Employment Opportunity

The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action
Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for
employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual
orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected
veteran status. For more information about your rights as an applicant see:
http://www.eeoc.gov/employers/upload/poster_screen_reader_optimized.pdf For
the complete University of California nondiscrimination and affirmative
action policy see: http://policy.ucop.edu/doc/4000376/NondiscrimAffirmAct

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