Web Archives Software Developer/Engineer

Description

Play a key role in ensuring collecting, preserving and providing access to the web at the Library of Congress. You can see some of the fruits of this work in the Library of Congress web archives. In this role, you would work on developing tools to support web archiving  workflows, and access to and preservation of archived web content at the Library of Congress. Will involve working with MySQL databases and PHP scripting. Experience or knowledge of web archiving practices is encouraged though not required. 

This position is located in the Office of Strategic Initiatives at the Library of Congress, and reports to the director of the National Digital Information and Preservation Program (NDIIPP). The developer works on complex, multi-faceted prototype and production systems, and assists with software analysis, design, development, documentation and implementation of these systems. The developer will update and modify existing Library applications and design new applications. 

This position is elligible for a flextime work schedule and has potential for telework up to two days a week.This is a non-supervisory, bargaining unit position.