The following positions involved with development of new information technology for ecological research are open at the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (http://www.nceas.ucsb.edu):

* Database Systems Developer -- Vegetation Classification

* Metadata Systems Developer -- Marine Ecology Databases

See the UCSB HR website for instructions on how to apply (http://hr.ucsb.edu/Employment/how-to-apply.html). Contact Human Resources directly for job descriptions for these positions.

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Database Systems Developer

[TECHNO III, COMPUTER & NETWORK]

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Opening Date: Current Status:

MARINE SCIENCE INSTITUTE 02-25-2000 Open

Job Number: 2000-02-028 Apply By:

Salary: $3,841-$5,250/mo. 03-13-2000 NEW

Duties: Designs, implements, tests, and maintains databases and Internet- and www.-based interfaces to those databases for the US National Vegetation Classification (NVC). Acts as liaison between technical and scientific personnel, and ensures timely completion of project goals. Builds solutions to manage complex vegetation plot data using relational database systems and data analysis tools such as SAS. Integrates these systems with web servers and other Internet-accessible systems (e.g., CORBA) to provide remote data management and data sharing facilities across the multiple institutions contributing to the US NVC. Responsible for database integration, performance, and reliability. Collaborates on information management projects with other scientists and developers at NCEAS and the Association for Biodiversity Information/The Nature Conservancy.

Minimum Requirements: Strong background in data modeling and database design. Demonstrated knowledge of relational (RDBMS) and object-oriented (OODBMS) database systems and SQL programming. Expertise in web interface design and data processing using HTML, XML, CSS, and XSL, and other recent technologies. Expertise with web-database integration, especially using high-level programming languages (Perl, Java, Javascript) and distributed computing environments (CORBA). Broad programming skills, including C, C++ developments to working systems. Excellent communication and writing skills, and ability to work within a team. Bachelor's Degree or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Desirable: Familiarity with manipulating and analyzing ecological, environmental, and taxonomic data. Experience with general-purpose scientific data management environments (SAS) and other analysis environments (Matlab, Splus).

Special Conditions: Note: This position is funded by a National Science Foundation grant, with funding for the position to last two years. Located at the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis 735 State St., Santa Barbara, CA.

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Metadata Systems Developer

[TECHNO III, COMPUTER & NETWORK]

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Opening Date: Current Status:

MARINE SCIENCE INSTITUTE 02-25-2000 Open

Job Number: 2000-02-029 Apply By:

Salary: $4,333- $4,833/mo. 03-13-2000 NEW

Duties: Works for National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis and works with participants in the Multi-Agency Rocky Intertidal Network (MARINE) to create an internet-accessible database for marine ecological data based on new research on metadata systems . Designs, develops, tests, and installs a metadata and data system to manage marine ecological data; extend existing metadata standards for ecology to include metadata about data semantics for use in conceptual data queries. Develops software and database tools for internet-based metadata and data access by participating MARINE scientists. Develops metadata conversion tools for conversion among existing metadata standards and develops software for semi-automated quality assurance analysis based on metadata.

Minimum Requirements: Specialist in metadata systems, database modeling and design, and software programming. Strong knowledge of relational and object-oriented database systems and SQL programming, including Oracle database programming. Expertise with web-database integration using high-level programming languages (e.g., Perl, Java). Broad programming skills, including Java and C/C++. Detailed knowledge of emerging web and internet technologies (e.g., XML, XML-Schema and Resource Description Framework) and their potential impact on metadata systems. Ability to quickly understand new developments in information science and apply those developments to working systems. Excellent communication and writing skills and ability to work within a team. Bachelor's Degree or higher or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Desirable: Quanitative analysis and statistical skills desirable, especially in the SAS environment. UNIX experience and knowledge of the field of knowledge representation (KR). Experience with ecological or earth systems science research.

Special Conditions: Note: Position funded by National Science Foundation for three years. Located at 735 State St., Santa Barbara.

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