[OSGeo-Jobs] Fwd: ExCiteS job advert

[Iván Sánchez Ortega]

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From: "Haklay, Muki" <m.haklay at ucl.ac.uk>

Hi,
We're looking for a developer for the ExCiteS group to redevelop our community 
platform. We've advertised the text below for a month from March to April, 
offering a salary of £42K (which we can't get above). We've got only 4 
applications which weren't very good so my conclusion is that we either 
advertised it in the wrong place, or the description below is wrong in some 
way.





Duties and Responsibilities
We are looking for an experienced and talented Senior Programmer with 
knowledge of systems architecture and management to fill a 2-year vacancy to 
help our various research projects achieve the aims they set out to accomplish 
with bespoke and innovative technologies.
The main duties and responsibilities of the ExCiteS Senior Developer will 
include, but not be limited to the redevelopment of the Community Maps 
platform (www.communitymaps.org.uk<http://www.communitymaps.org.uk>) using 
open source and current technologies, administration of IT systems and server 
management, and providing assistance to the group in making decisions about 
technologies that will be used on various projects.  The appointee will also 
be required to manage Linux servers, and advise on and be involved in 
development projects that aim to include people in the scientific process from 
the Inuit in Canada to the Pygmies of the Congo. The job includes guidance 
with the development team which includes MSc and PhD students and postdoctoral 
fellows.
The post is available for immediate start and is for 2 years in the 1st 
instance
Key Requirements
The candidate will have extensive experience working as a developer, ideally 
within standards-based projects and using Open Source technologies with 
project management. They will have to have extensive knowledge of up-to-date, 
open source, spatial and non-spatially enabled technologies, such as Linux, 
PostgreSQL/PostGIS, and OpenLayers/Leaflet and quickly pick up and adapt to new 
development environments, particularly as we wish to move into further HTML5 
and mobile development, and basing some of our technologies on open APIs. They 
ideal candidate should be able to use object-oriented methodologies and tools 
to analyse, design and implement software tools, as well as experience in 
designing and implementing API architectures to further extend the current 
software systems.  It is imperative that they are able to communicate 
technically complex information in an understandable way. They will also need 
to have a solid foundation in structures and standards, properly utilising 
code management systems (such as GitHub), designing robust code in an easily 
extensible way, and ensuring that the viability of solutions extend far beyond 
the lifetime of the research projects themselves.
Further Details
A job description and person specification can be accessed at the bottom of 
this page. To apply for the vacancy please click on the 'Apply Now' button 
below.
If you have any queries regarding the vacancy or the application process, 
please contact Prof. Muki Haklay, 
m.haklay at ucl.ac.uk<mailto:m.haklay at ucl.ac.uk>, +44 (0)20 7679 2745.



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Iván Sánchez Ortega <ivan at sanchezortega.es> <ivan at geonerd.org>