[Rdap] JOB POSTING: Office of Research Information Services (ORIS), Smithsonian Institution

[Carol Minton Morris]

*--forwarded from Thorny Staples, Smithsonian Institution--*
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*Application Programmer
The Office of Research Information Services (ORIS), Smithsonian Institution*

The Smithsonian Institution was founded in 1846 for the “increase and
diffusion of knowledge”.  It has evolved into the world’s largest museum
and research complex, consisting of 19 museums and galleries, the National
Zoological Park, and 17 research and advanced study facilities, both
scientific and cultural heritage in nature.

In 2011, the Office of Research Information Services (ORIS) was created,
within the Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO) to address the
need to manage digital research data. Over the last 15 months ORIS has
built a first prototype of “Sidora” a general information architecture and
software that is designed to be used by Smithsonian researchers to capture
and organize the digital “evidence” as they create it in their research
process and use it directly in their analysis and dissemination activities.
Based on a Fedora/Islandora/Drupal stack, the goal is to create a “system
of systems” that actively supports the research process as it unfolds,
leaving behind a coherent expression of the digital content that was
generated which can permanently stand alongside related publications.

We are looking for a developer who can help us build upon a very early
working version of the software to create a very powerful, user friendly
system that will support research that creates and uses digital information
in all media with a wide variety of software tools. A successful candidate
will have good experience building web applications using Drupal (PHP) and
javascript (with libraries such as EXT-JS), as well as experience with
processing and managing a variety of digital media encodings. Experience
with repositories systems such as Fedora, semantic web technologies (RDF),
java programming, XML, and web services is desired. Good communication
skills and the ability to work with a diverse, geographically dispersed
team are necessary.

This position will soon be posted through the Smithsonian’s normal channels
(http://www.sihr.si.edu/jobs.cfm) where candidates will need to apply. It
is a two-year grant-funded position with benefits that closely match those
of a Federal position. Questions about the position can be addressed to
Thorny Staples at staplest at si.edu.

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Carol Minton Morris
DuraSpace
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