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Software Engineer
Oxford University Library Services

Grade 7: Salary £27,466 - £33,780 p.a.

The Bodleian Library, University of Oxford, is starting a three year initiative (http://futurearchives.blogspot.com/) to preserve and provide access to the born-digital archives of politicians, writers and scientists for future scholarship. This is an opportunity to become part of the team that will deliver new infrastructure and services to support this work.  This is a three year fixed-term contract.

We seek someone able to develop and maintain complex software solutions. You will require analytical and communication skills to determine technical and functional requirements. You will have an aptitude for developing user interfaces, particularly in a web environment. You will work well in a team of non-technical and technical colleagues to achieve common goals. You will be creative and responsive to the needs of the curators and researchers who will use the systems that you develop.

Understanding of open-source development and emerging library standards relating to preservation, archiving and digital repositories would be useful. Knowledge or experience of some of the following technologies is also desirable: Fedora digital repository and service framework (http://www.fedora-commons.org/) or similar architectures; data security (e.g. PKI, SSH, and related technologies); thin client technologies (e.g. Sun Ray); virtual architectures (e.g. VMware); data forensics concepts, tools and techniques;  web syndication (e.g., Atom, RSS), metadata harvesting (e.g., OAI), and search engines (e.g., Lucene, Solr); Unix/Linux including shell scripting; client-server technologies and web-based applications (HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Ajax); server-side scripting languages, such as PHP and Python; Apache/Tomcat server technologies; XML and related technologies and standards, including XSDs and XSLT; object-oriented programming languages, including Java; practical experience of data modeling, database design, and database development.

For an informal discussion about this post, please contact Susan Thomas, telephone 01865 283821 or email [log in to unmask].  Further details and application forms are available from http://www.admin.ox.ac.uk/fp/sebl8060.shtml or from the OULS Personnel Section, The Bodleian Library, Broad Street, Oxford OX1 3BG. Tel. 01865 277171; fax 01865 277193; email: [log in to unmask].

Closing date: 29 August 2008.

No agencies please.

It is expected that interviews will take place in mid-late September.

Please quote our ref: BL8060.

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     Susan Thomas
     Project Manager/Digital Archivist
     Bodleian Library
 
Post: Oxford University Library Services
 Osney One Building
     Osney Mead
 OXFORD OX2 0EW
Web : http://futurearchives.blogspot.com/
Tel : +44 (0) 1865 283821