Apply for the position of Web Application Developer in the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) OF Princeton University.

The Web Application Developer will play a key role in the implementation and/or integration of platforms and systems required to support PPPL’s mission.

The Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory is a world-class fusion energy research laboratory managed by Princeton University for the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Science. PPPL is dedicated to developing the scientific as well as a technological knowledge base for fusion energy.

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The successful candidate will work closely with PPPLs IT Department and Publications Office to build applications to support digital content management workflows, with a focus on supporting the availability and retrievability of both mission and mission support data.

• Gather requirements, build, test, debug, and document software designed to support data management, including discovery, curation workflows, and digital preservation; assist with deployments
• Integrate with data sources such as ORCID, Globus (data transfer needs, larger than G), cloud storage, as well as existing data repositories.
• Plan and estimate work on software projects and evaluate third-party software.
• Analyze, transform, migrate, and process data and metadata.
• Build automated tools and workflows to validate research data submissions.
• In addition, participate in open source software development communities by contributing code, participating in joint planning and architecting, writing documentation, and performing code reviews.
• Plan and architect new applications and deployment strategies.
• Moreover, research, prototype, and automate the deployment of related systems and services

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Education and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution in Library Science, Computer Science, Geographic Information Systems, Information Management or other related degrees.
• Must have hands-on experience, with similar responsibilities, working with complex software systems, object-oriented programming, web-based applications and services, as well as distributed architecture.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

Successful candidates must have experience with data repository management and maintenance, requirements gathering, data discovery and indexing applications, and building infrastructure to support research data curation.

Essential:

• Understanding of best practices for data modelling and data management
• Experience with research data management and/or institutional repositories
• Also has experience building complex web forms that drive workflows and meet contemporary usability guidelines using modern HTML, CSS, or Javascript frameworks for researcher usability
• Demonstrated experience with test-driven development
• Ability to work in a heterogeneous environment e.g. Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux
• Willingness to learn new technologies as well as data/metadata formats
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• In addition, Knowledge and understanding of cybersecurity best practices concerning application development

 Preferred:

• Demonstrated experience with an object-oriented language, preferably Ruby or Java
• Advanced degree in Computer Science, Library Science, Geographic Information Systems, or another research field helpful.
• Experience with metadata formats; ideally with archival and/or geospatial metadata formats
• Familiarity with databases and scripting languages such as SQL, PHP, ASP.NET
• Experience with Python or R (data analysis language) as well as C# and Visual Basic
• Experience with data harvesting APIs such as OAI-PMH (repositories of all kinds to talk to each other) or ResourceSync
• Also has the experience contributing to open-source software projects
• Proficiency with common tools for source code version control, collaboration, and deployment including Git, GitHub, Capistrano or Ansible
• Experience with DevOps and deployment automation
• Experience with PeopleSoft

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Working Conditions:

• Must be able to work remotely and or onsite (hybrid work situation).
• Ability and willingness to work extended hours to deliver critical project milestones.
• Desk and computer work are required.

Additional Information

• Department of Energy (DOE) prohibits DOE employees and contractors from participating in certain foreign government talent recruitment programs.
• All PPPL employees are required to disclose any participation in a foreign government talent recruitment program and may be required to withdraw from such programs to remain employed under the DOE Contract.
• Weekly working hours: 40
• The position is not eligible for overtime.
• The successful candidate will also gain various benefits from Princeton.
• Probationary Period: 180 days
• Moreover, there is no requirement for Physical Capacity Exam