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Description
NatureServe is a non-profit organization dedicated to developing and providing knowledge about the world's natural diversity. Working in partnership with its member programs - 75 independent natural heritage programs and conservation data centers that gather scientific information on rare plants and animals and ecosystems in the United States, Latin America and Canada - NatureServe is a leading source for the biodiversity information that is essential for effective conservation action.
NatureServe was formed in July 1999 as the Association for Biodiversity Information when The Nature Conservancy and the Natural Heritage Network jointly established an independent organization to advance the application of biodiversity information to conservation. NatureServe uses staff expertise and scientific methods that reflect more than 25 years of experience, research, and development to address biodiversity information at regional, national and international levels.
NatureServe offers a results-oriented and collaborative workplace where a common mission provides focus and excitement and where staff are empowered to take ownership of projects and mission success. Benefits include a 401K savings and retirement plan; health, dental, and vision insurance; short and long-term disability; annual and sick leave; and life insurance.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
The Senior Software Engineer will have a demonstrated record of leading software development projects and will have extensive hands-on programming experience. Candidate must be able to work independently and also within a small development team. Primary responsibilities for this position include:
- Senior member of the software development team responsible for system architecture, design, and implementation of a new infrastructure for enabling Internet access to biodiversity data in a distributed database environment.
- Re-engineer NatureServe's data exchange process to allow automated, incremental synchronization and taxonomic reconciliation between the central database and each local node's database.
- Develop WSDL compliant Web Services software components to provide the facility for NatureServe to respond to third party application requests.
- Serve as the primary technical liaison with a collaborating project team from the University of Massachusetts - Boston that is developing an Access Control Agent to support XML-based management of user authentication and rights enforcement.
- Coordinate the activities of a Technology Working Group, consisting of a team of technologists from NatureServe data centers that have expertise in online data delivery.
- Create hand held data collection tools to enable field level collection of survey data.
QUALIFICATIONS:
General Skills:
- 5 years experience with developing enterprise data management solutions
- Expertise with large-scale data management solutions including the following: Warehousing/Mining, Distributed Databases, Replication, Data Transformation
- Experience transforming requirements into design
- Experience using Open Source technologies in deployed solutions
- Extensive knowledge with full product lifecycle methodologies including the following: Planning, Design, Architecture, Documentation, Testing
- Experience developing n-tier solutions
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Familiarity with and commitment to NatureServe's mission to preserve biological diversity
Required Technical Skills:
- 5+ years experience with Java
- 2+ years experience with XML/XSLT
- 5+ years experience working with relational databases including SQL and Oracle; Strong understanding of data modeling - not DBA level; Stored Procedures
- 1+ years experience with Web Services technologies including the following: SOAP, UDDI, WSDL
Pluses:
- 2+ years experience with J2EE
- 2+ years experience with UML
- 2+ years experience with GIS technologies: experience with geodatabases, vector and raster spatial analyses; Programming with the ESRI ArcObjects library; GIs-based enterprise solutions (SDE, Geodatabases)
- Experience with WebMacro
- Experience with Visual Basic
TO APPLY:
Please submit your resume via e-mail to: natureserve_jobs@natureserve.org