Dear Colleagues,
Please see the job description for a Researcher/Software Developer for the Global Genome Biodiversity Network (GGBN) below. This 16 month term
position will be located at the Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum
Berlin. Applications are due by August 7th 2017. Please feel free to distribute this announcement as you see fit. We very much look forward to adding another member to the GGBN team.
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Freie
Universität Berlin
ZE
Botanic Garden
and Botanical
Museum Berlin
Researcher/Software Developer
GGBN 2020
The
Research Group Biodiversity Informatics
(http://bgbm.org/en/biodiversity-informatics)
at the
Botanic Garden
and Botanical
Museum Berlin, Freie Universität Berlin has an opening for
a Researcher/Software
Developer - German
federal salary level
EG
13
TV‐L
FU, 100%
(Scientist/Senior
Scientist).
1 September 2017
limited until 31
December 2018, project-linked funds
Job
description
Evaluation
and revision
of the
GGBN software architecture
(http://www.ggbn.org).
Evaluation and development of
automated and semi-automated updating
of the
GGBN-Index (SOLR). Evaluation and
development of data
quality functions. Development of
web-service
interfaces between technical
components of the GGBN platform.
The BGBM's “Research and Development Group
Biodiversity Informatics and Scientific
Information
Systems” is a leading
institution for
biodiversity informatics
research with numerous national and
international projects
(BMBF, DFG, BMU, EU). The
interdisciplinary team
consists of computer scientists,
biologists, bioinformaticians,
and engineers.
Important research
topics include information
modelling and standardisation of Meta data,
networking of
primary biodiversity data, and taxonomic computing.
Requirements
The candidate
must have a university degree
(Master/Diploma) in
computer science, bioinformatics, or a
similar scientific discipline.
Desirables
·
Very
good knowledge
of indexing
technologies (e.g.
SOLR,
Lucene).
·
Good
knowledge
of object‐oriented
information
modelling.
·
Very
good knowledge
of Java
and PHP.
·
Experience
with
relevant frameworks
such as
Spring, Hibernate,
Maven, and
Yii.
·
Very
good English
communication
skills.
·
A
familiarity with
the
relevant scientific
biodiversity informatics
data
standards as
well as
experience
with
collaborating in
a transnational
development
project is
also advantageous.
Applications accompanied by cover letter,
tabular CV, and proof of degree
should be submitted
by 7.8.2017
electronically by
email (Ref.
GGBN‐2020)
to av-p[at]bgbm.org or in paper form
by mail to
Freie
Universität Berlin,
Zentraleinrichtung
Botanischer Garten
und
Botanisches Museum
Berlin‐Dahlem,
‐ AV
‐,
Ref. GGBN‐2020,
Königin‐Luise‐Str.
6‐8,
14195
Berlin,
Germany
The
FUB adheres
to the German disability
guidelines and
is an Affirmative
Action/Equal Opportunity Employer.
Applications from
women are especially encouraged.
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With Warm Regards,
Katie Barker
Program Manager, Global Genome Initiative and Global Genome Biodiversity Network
National Museum of Natural History
Smithsonian Institution
MRC 106, PO Box 37012
Washington DC 20013-7012
Tel: 202-633-2460
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