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The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Inc. (http://www.noble.org) is a non-profit research institute with a vision to influence agriculture by exploring and improving production agriculture techniques and advancing plant science through research and discovery. The lately established Scientific Computing Department is seeking a Scientific Systems & Data Management Specialist. the successful candidate will report to the Director of the Scientific Computing Department. The candidate will work in a teamed environment to design and manage the Foundation's scientific computing infrastructure, and to assist researchers' management of their daily scientific data.
Position: Scientific Systems & Data Management Specialist
Position ID: PB-S123-525 APPLY ONLINE VIA:
https://www.noble.org/Jobs/WebsiteEmployment/WebsiteEmploymentOpportunity.aspx?jobNumber=PB-S123-525 The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Inc. (http://www.noble.org) is a no-profit research institute with a vision to influence agriculture by exploring and improving production agriculture techniques and advancing plant science through research and discovery. The Foundation is one of the world's leaders in interpretation of the Medicago genome and in bioenergy crops including switchgrass, alfalfa and tall fescue. The Foundation has recently approved an initiative to make substantial investments to enhance its scientific computing and bioinformatics infrastructure. As a major part of the initiative, the lately established Scientific Computing Department has three immediate openings, namely a Biostatistics & Bioinformatics Specialist, a Scientific Data Analyst & Programmer, and a Scientific System & Data Management Specialist. As a Scientific Systems & Data Management Specialist, the successful candidate will report to the Director of the Scientific Computing Department. The candidate will work in a teamed environment to design and manage the Foundation's scientific computing infrastructure, and to assist researchers' management of their daily scientific data. Principal Responsibilities:
1.Work with the Information System department to design, deploy and manage the institute's scientific computing infrastructure, particularly in the software aspect, such as virtual servers, database servers, scientific software packages and software development environments.
2.Work with the Scientific System Administrator to deploy, customize and manage the institute's scientific data warehousing system. Immediate work will be to identify scientific researchers' data storage, management and sharing needs, develop strategies to satisfy such needs, and to evaluate and recommend commercial software system for this purpose.
3.Identify, deploy and customize commercial and publically available software for compliance with community data standards and data quality control.
4.Assist bioinformaticians and software developers in aspects of virtual servers and storage planning and allocation, database construction and administration, SQL query optimization etc. Minimum Qualifications:
1.M.S. degree in computer science, computer engineering, information science, bioinformatics or a closely related area. B.S. applicants with 5+ years of closely related experience will also be considered.
2.Experience in large scale database and data management system applications and administration.
3.Experience in SQL language and low-level MySQL, Microsoft SQL server and Oracle SQL server administration, e.g. managing databases and users, incremental backup and hot synchronization.
4.Excellent communication skills and enjoy collaborative projects. Preferred Qualifications:
1.Ph.D. degree in computer science, computer engineering, information science, bioinformatics or a closely related area.
2.Experience in UNIX/LINUX system administration and scripting.
3.Knowledge in technical aspects of enterprise data warehousing, e.g. process automation, heterogeneous data integration, data indexing and information retrieval.
4.A good understanding of biological community data standards, e.g. MIAME, MIAPE, MSI.
5.A good understanding of biology basics, e.g. molecular biology, genetics, genomics and computational biology.
6.A good understanding of knowledge discovery, knowledge management and knowledge sharing concepts and their implementations. Application Instructions:
Applicants are requested to apply online by completing the application and submitting a resume, copy (s) of college transcripts, contact information for three references (excluding relatives), and a cover letter explaining interest in the position and career goals. If applicant does not have the ability to upload the additional documents they can be faxed to (580) 224-6240 (please include position number), but the application should be completed and submitted online. Applications will be accepted until a candidate is hired. Interested applicants should apply immediately.
The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Inc.
Human Resources Department
Position Number: PB-S123-525
P.O. Box 2180
Ardmore, OK 73402
Website: http://www.noble.org/
The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Inc., is an Equal Opportunity Employer and will consider all qualified applicants for employment, regardless of their race, color, creed, gender, national origin, age, disability, or veteran status. APPLY ONLINE VIA:
https://www.noble.org/Jobs/WebsiteEmployment/WebsiteEmploymentOpportunity.aspx?jobNumber=PB-S123-525
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