Programmer Analyst III (7300)

Description

The California Digital Library (CDL) is a collaborative effort of the University of California designed to enable UC's libraries to continue to meet the informational needs of UC's faculty and students in the 21st century.  The CDL assumes a leadership role in providing digital content to the citizens of the State, develops systems that encourage resource sharing, and provides for a focus for the development of strategies and initiatives that guide the University's libraries through the transition to the digital future.

Reporting to the Technical Lead, Digital Special Collections, the incumbent participates in the Access Services Team responsible for the design and maintenance of web sites and other systems that provide access to digital resources held at the California Digital Library.

Required:

Bachelor's degree in computer science, information management or science, or a related field or an equivalent combination of education and 5 or more years of experience in information technology, which includes writing programs in C, PERL, Java and Javascript in a production environment.

Demonstrated knowledge and experience with UNIX OS and shell scripting as well as a thorough knowledge of and experience with database design and relational databases (for example SQL, Sybase ASE and ASIQ) and of web-based applications.

Demonstrated working knowledge of web protocols and CGI programming as well as with web framworks (Spring, Ruby), and UI presentation tools such as JSTL, and XSLT.

Demonstrated knowledge of user interface design, prototyping and web applications.

Demonstrated knowledge of structured programming techniques.

Demonstrate knowledge of unit and regression testing.

Excellent interpersonal skills as demonstrated by the ability to interact with others in a consistently positive manner, exercising discretion and tact.

Excellent oral communications skills which demonstrate the ability to effectively convey and explain information, liaise with vendors and tactfully deal with diverse people, situations and ideas.

Excellent written communications skills which demonstrate the ability to draft clear, concise and specifications, documentation and reports.

Strong analytical skills as demonstrated by the ability to draw conclusions in a logical, systematic way.

Demonstrated ability to plans assignments and monitor performance according to priorities as demonstrated by regularly meeting established deadlines.

Demonstrated ability to perform competently under pressure, handling interruptions and changes without losing productivity.

Demonstrated experience making extensive customizations to an open source PHP publishing framework such as the Open Journal System (Preferred).