Web Developer

Description

Qualifications

• A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, MIS, or other appropriate degree and two years experience or a combination of appropriate post high school education and experience equal to six years.
• Minimum one (1) year experience programming on UNIX-based systems using LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySql and PHP) stack or equivalent.
• Demonstrated proficiency and experience in at least one web development language (PHP, perl or Python).
• Ability to write documentation and communicate effectively in a team environment.
• Highly developed problem solving skills.

Preferred

• Experience with, and enthusiasm for, open source software principles, development and tools.
• Drupal or other open source Content Management Systems experience.
• Experience with JavaScript and JavaScript Libraries (JQuery or equivalent).
• Practice working with versioning systems (Git, SVN or equivalent).
• Familiarity with XML, XML schema, and XML tools (XPath, XQuery, XSL, etc.)
• General knowledge of Digital Asset Management systems and library metadata standards (MARC, MODS, METS) a major plus.

Responsibilities
This developer works on a variety of library web applications under the guidance of a senior developer. Works in a team environment to support existing and new library applications as needed.

Major responsibilities include installing, developing and/or maintaining locally-written and open source web applications. Drafts specifications, coding, testing, debugging and documenting new and existing applications (some are vendor provided). May include gathering requirements from users.  Highest priority will be given to the ongoing development of the FSU Digital Library built on the Islandora platform (http://fsu.digital.flvc.org).

Participating in Digital Scholarship project teams as the technical member. Monitors traffic, analyzes usage, and contributes to performance tuning and capacity planning.

Performs other duties as assigned.