[XML4Lib] Job Posting: LANL Research Library

[Miriam Blake]

The <http://library.lanl.gov/>Los Alamos National Laboratory's 
Research Library is seeking a Technical Staff Member with 
professional level experience as a software engineer to assist in 
programming and supporting the digital library application development efforts.

The successful candidate will have a mix of assignments within the 
Digital Library Applications and Repository team. This team uses 
cutting-edge concepts defined in Digital Library, Computer Science, 
and Information Science research to build digital library 
applications for use by high-level scientific researchers. 
Specifically, the successful TSM software engineer will work 
collaboratively with the team leader and colleagues to: Design and 
develop tools for disseminating various representations of scholarly 
assets stored in the LANL Repository, including but not limited to 
search, taxonomy browse, de-duplication tools, etc.; Design and 
develop capabilities to facilitate a deeper integration of scholarly 
assets stored in the LANL repository into the research process, 
including tools that support personalized access to and interaction 
with assets; Design and develop tools that support collaborative 
research, and in which the scholarly assets stored in the LANL 
Repository are integrated; Other work areas will be assigned as appropriate.

Required Skills: Significant professional programming experience in 
JAVA, Perl, and XSLT; Significant professional experience in building 
XML-based applications and in using XML tools; Significant 
professional experience working with and developing using Linux/Unix 
platforms; Understanding of and professional experience in developing 
software based on W3C standards such as XML Schema, Web Services 
(SOAP and/or REST), DOM, Xpath, XSL and associated tools; Profesional 
experience developing Web applications with dynamic, client-side 
interface components using AJAX and browser-independent 
Javascript/AJAX toolkits such as Dojo. Understanding of and 
professional experience in developing software based on other 
standards relevant to the work of the team: ant, tomcat, CVS; 
Understanding of and professional experience in developing relational 
database applications (Oracle and/or MySQL); Demonstrated ability to 
work collaboratively with a team leader and with members of a 
technical team in achieving common goals; Demonstrated ability to 
work autonomously in analyzing problems, proposing and implementing 
solutions; Demonstrated commitment to all aspects of maintaining the 
Laboratory's security environment, and demonstrated effective 
communication skills, both verbal and written.

This position requires an L access authorization. Applicants must 
have the ability to obtain an L clearance, which normally requires 
U.S. citizenship.

Desired Skills: Understanding of and professional experience in 
developing sophisticated high-performance, browser-independent Web 
interfaces using AJAX technologies including Javascript (DOM and 
xmlhttprequest), CSS, XSL, and XHTML; Understanding of and 
professional experience in developing software based on other 
standards relevant to the work of the team: RDF, DOI, handle, 
OAI-PMH, OpenURL, SRU/SRW, etc; Professional experience with large 
sets of metadata, including addressing significant entity 
de-duplication issues.

Education: M.S. degree in computer science, information science, or 
equivalent combination of education and experience.

For more information or to apply, go to
http://www.hr.lanl.gov/JobListing/SingleJobAd.aspx?JobNumber=214473


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Miriam Blake
Research Library Director
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Voice: 505-667-4448
Fax: 505-665-6452
http://library.lanl.gov 
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