Research Data Storage Developer

RiseIT Solutions invites applications for a Research Data Storage Developer on a three-year, benefits-eligible term. This onsite role in Princeton, NJ centers on building and integrating TigerData storage and management workflows, metadata harvesting, and automated data processes to support research activities.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, test, debug, and document software that underpins research data management, including discovery components, metadata extraction from common file formats and campus systems, and data movement workflows.
• Create API driven interfaces to power the TigerData presentation layer.
• Connect with diverse data sources such as TigerData, ORCID, Globus, cloud storage, and existing repositories.
• Analyze, transform, migrate, and process data and metadata to support research workflows.
• Develop tools and workflows to validate submissions of research data.
• Automate and streamline manual or inefficient tasks to improve project efficiency.
• Participate in planning and estimation of software project work.
• Collaborate as part of a PUL development team operating in an agile environment.
• Maintain a strong partnership with the PUL software development group to advance TigerData implementation.

Requirements

• 3 to 5 years of developer experience in environments with complex software systems, object oriented programming, web-based applications and services, and distributed architectures.
• Proficiency with an object oriented language, with a preference for Ruby or Java.
• Experience building sophisticated web forms that drive workflows, adhering to modern usability standards using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript frameworks.
• Demonstrated experience with test-driven development, preferably using RSpec or JUnit.
• Ability to operate effectively in a Linux-based environment.
• Willingness to learn new technologies and data or metadata formats.
• Experience with Agile software development practices.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Education: a bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.

Technologies

• TigerData
• ORCID
• Globus
• API
• Ruby
• Java
• HTML
• CSS
• JavaScript
• RSpec
• JUnit
• Linux
• Git
• GitHub
• Capistrano
• Ansible
• Python
• R
• OAI-PMH
• ResourceSync
• MARC
• MODS
• Dublin Core

Benefits

Benefits eligible.