Software Engineer
- Employer
- Johns Hopkins University
- Location
- Maryland, United States
- Salary
- Salary Not Specified
- Date posted
- Oct 26, 2021
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Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries has an immediate opening for aSoftware Engineer to support our archives, special collections, and institutional repository services. Top goals are to ensure system reliability and data integrity, and to improve business processes and IT practices. There is a strong emphasis on collaboration across the library, the university, and the archives and special collections IT community. This is a remote-work position, open to applicants who are not located in Baltimore.
Specific Duties & Responsibilities:
-
Ensure the integrity and
availability of the JHU digital institutional repositories (IR)
systems, which are based on open-source
software.
Orchestrate the ingest and
maintenance of digital assets and metadata, including electronic
theses and dissertations.
Perform regular system
maintenance such as upgrading components or modules and applying
security patches.
Collaborate with developer
communities and peer institutions to support and improve
open-source IR software, share knowledge, and promote best
practices.
Manage the software
development life cycle, using GitHub and DevOps tools to maintain
rigorous procedures for software development and
deployment.
Partner with internal
stakeholders as the technical lead and process analyst for archives
and special collections.
Follow agile, user-centric
software development principles, emphasizing accessibility, user
experience, and evidence-based design.
Improve the performance
and skill level of the Library Application team as a whole, through
collaboration and knowledge sharing.
Minimum Qualifications (Mandatory):
- Five years of work experience with enterprise-level systems maintenance and software development, demonstrating significant responsibilities and achievements.
- Bachelor’s Degree (additional experience may substitute for education and additional education may substitute for experience. 30 undergraduate degree credits or 18 graduate degree credits = 1 year of experience).
- Strong proficiency with large-scale data manipulation and systems integration, including data exports and imports, format and schema transformation, data integrity and auditing, and metadata standards.
- Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively and creatively in a software team environment using an agile development process, and to communicate effectively with non-technical stakeholders.
- Strong proficiency in one or more common programming languages, preferably Java.
- Extensive experience with software development best practices, including provisioning, collaborative development, version control, testing, and deployment tools and procedures.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Software development and life-cycle management in an academic library, archive, or cultural institution.
- Knowledge of metadata standards and best practices.
- MLS degree.
Special Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:
- Java
- PHP
- Drupal
- Python
- Ruby on Rails
- Continuous integration procedures using Docker, Ansible, Jenkins, and similar tools
- BASH scripting and cron jobs
Systems Supported:
- DSpace - institutional repository (Java, Solr, CentOS, Tomcat, PostgreSQL)
- Islandora 8 – institutional repository (PHP, Drupal, Solr, IIIF, Docker)
- Vireo - electronic theses and dissertations submissions (Java, CentOS, Play Framework, PostgreSQL)
- Dataverse – research data repository (Java, CentOS, Apache, Glassfish, Payara, Solr, PostgreSQL)
Classified Title: Software
Engineer
Role/Level/Range: ATP/04/PE
Starting Salary Range: $69,140 - $95,005 annually (commensurate
with experience)
Employee group: Full Time
Schedule: Mon - Fri, 8:30am - 5:00pm
Exempt Status: Exempt
Location: Remote
Department name:
Library Systems
Personnel area:
Libraries
The successful candidate(s) for this position will be subject to a pre-employment background check.
If you are interested in applying for employment with The Johns Hopkins University and require special assistance or accommodation during any part of the pre-employment process, please contact the HR Business Services Office atjhurecruitment@jhu.edu. For TTY users, call via Maryland Relay or dial 711.
Johns Hopkins has mandated COVID-19 and influenza vaccines, as applicable. Exceptions to the COVID and flu vaccine requirements may be provided to individuals for religious beliefs or medical reasons or because the individual is pregnant or attempting to become pregnant. Requests for an exception must be submitted to the JHU vaccination registry. For additional information, applicants for SOM positions should visit https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/coronavirus/covid-19-vaccine/and all other JHU applicants should visit https://covidinfo.jhu.edu/health-safety/covid-vaccination-information/.
The following additional provisions may apply depending on which campus you will work. Your recruiter will advise accordingly.
The pre-employment physical for positions in clinical areas, laboratories, working with research subjects, or involving community contact requires documentation of immune status against Rubella (German measles), Rubeola (Measles), Mumps, Varicella (chickenpox), Hepatitis B and documentation of having received the Tdap (Tetanus, diphtheria, pertussis) vaccination. This may include documentation of having two (2) MMR vaccines; two (2) Varicella vaccines; or antibody status to these diseases from laboratory testing. Blood tests for immunities to these diseases are ordinarily included in the pre-employment physical exam except for those employees who provide results of blood tests or immunization documentation from their own health care providers. Any vaccinations required for these diseases will be given at no cost in our Occupational Health office.
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Law
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The successful candidate(s) for this position will be subject to a pre-employment background check.
If you are interested in applying for employment with The Johns Hopkins University and require special assistance or accommodation during any part of the pre-employment process, please contact the HR Business Services Office at jhurecruitment@jhu.edu. For TTY users, call via Maryland Relay or dial 711.
The following additional provisions may apply depending on which campus you will work. Your recruiter will advise accordingly.
During the Influenza ("the flu") season, as a condition of employment, The Johns Hopkins Institutions require all employees who provide ongoing services to patients or work in patient care or clinical care areas to have an annual influenza vaccination or possess an approved medical or religious exception. Failure to meet this requirement may result in termination of employment.
The pre-employment physical for positions in clinical areas, laboratories, working with research subjects, or involving community contact requires documentation of immune status against Rubella (German measles), Rubeola (Measles), Mumps, Varicella (chickenpox), Hepatitis B and documentation of having received the Tdap (Tetanus, diphtheria, pertussis) vaccination. This may include documentation of having two (2) MMR vaccines; two (2) Varicella vaccines; or antibody status to these diseases from laboratory testing. Blood tests for immunities to these diseases are ordinarily included in the pre-employment physical exam except for those employees who provide results of blood tests or immunization documentation from their own health care providers. Any vaccinations required for these diseases will be given at no cost in our Occupational Health office.
Equal Opportunity Employer
Note: Job Postings are updated daily and remain online until filled.
EEO is the Law
Learn more:
https://www1.eeoc.gov/employers/upload/eeoc_self_print_poster.pdf
Important legal information
http://hrnt.jhu.edu/legal.cfm
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