Programmer Analyst

Description

The New Schoenberg Database of Manuscripts seeks a Programmer Analyst for a two-year, grant-funded project to carry out large-scale analyses and visualizations of the history and provenance of medieval and Renaissance manuscripts by linking heterogeneous sources of data relating to them. In partnership with the Bodleian Libraries at Oxford University, the Institut de Recherche de l'Histoire des Texts in Paris, and the Semantic Web Computing Group at Aalto University, the specific objectives of the project are to:

* Create a Linked Data environment for bringing together diverse data about the history and provenance of individual medieval and Renaissance manuscripts in collaboration with project partners at the e-Research Centre and Bodleian Libraries at Oxford University, the Institut de Recherche de l'Histoire des Texts in Paris, and the Semantic Web Computing Group at Aalto University.

* Populate this environment with data supplied by the partner institutions and from publicly available datasets

* Carry out a series of large-scale analyses and visualizations of the data, focusing on research questions related to provenance histories of manuscripts

Working under the Digital Content Programmer (DCP) for Special Collections at the Penn Libraries, the Programmer Analyst will coordinate with international partners to develop software, data models, and workflow. The Programmer Analyst will work with the DCP, SDBM staff, and the Libraries' Technical Services team and project partners to design and implement a Linked Data model for the analysis of the history and movement of medieval and Renaissance manuscripts over the centuries. The Programmer Analyst will use technologies such as Ruby on Rails, RDF, SPARQL, and JSON-LD to build an interface for the sharing of SDBM data in a Linked Data environment.

Qualifications

A Bachelor's Degree, or equivalent experience, is required in computer science, information science or relevant discipline. Also required is 1-2 years of experience with web application development for publicly accessible, interactive websites using relevant technologies such as jQuery or Ruby on Rails and using data structures from SQL or XML or equivalent combination of education and experience. Preferred qualifications will include experience with linked data technologies and applications.

Successful candidates will also possess:

* Proven development skills, including developing rich interactive websites

* Experience working with SQL databases

* Experience working with source code version control systems, such as Git, Subversion, or Mercurial

* Experience with unit and integration testing practices, such as test-driven development (TDD) or behavior-driven development (BDD)

* Outstanding communication skills

* Ability to work effectively with stakeholders and work collaboratively with technical staff

* Demonstrated capacity to learn new methods and processes

Not required, but desirable are knowledge of HTML5 and SPARQL and experience working in the Digital Humanities

If you are interested in the position, please complete our online application (the complete job description is also located) at: http://jobs.hr.upenn.edu/postings/27649

Should you have any questions, please contact Penn's Recruitment and Staffing department at recruitment@hr.upenn.edu or (215) 898-7287.

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