Applications Architect
Clines Center for Advanced Social Research College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
The Cline Center for Advanced Social Research (http://www.clinecenter.illinois.edu/) in the University of Illinois College of Liberal Arts and Sciences aims to equip and empower social scientists, humanists, and decision-makers with tools to address key challenges that threaten human flourishing—climate change, civil unrest, inequality, and injustice, to name a few—by applying advanced computational techniques to extract structured insights from millions of news stories from around the world. The Applications Architect will be responsible for the design, engineering, and integration strategies that govern the full life-cycle from development to deployment of applications and services that leverage a supportive, sustainable, and scalable enterprise software infrastructure for Cline Center for Advanced Social Research operations. The primary focus for this role is designing and implementing software infrastructure to make operational a dynamically scalable service platform that embraces High Performance Computing (HPC) concepts and technologies. Furthermore, this position, under the direction of a project manager, coordinates and oversees a team of software developers helping to build the designed solutions.
The University of Illinois is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action employer. Minorities, women, veterans and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply. For more information, visit http://go.illinois.edu/EEO.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Application Development
- Software design.
- Software development in the Java programming language.
- Web application development and maintenance using Vaadin and GWT technologies.
- Design, develop, and enhance CCASR datastrore architecture and associated APIs SOLAR, MongoDB and MYSQL.
Systems Maintenance
- Maintenance and optimization of CCASR datastore systems, SOLR, MongoDB, and MySQL
- Maintenance of Ubuntu/Linux systems.
Tracking Virtual Machine usage to identify machines that are not needed and to recommend allocation of new ones.
Team Support Activities
- Supervise student workers. Will be responsible for hiring, training, assigning and reviewing work. Will review and approve student time and address work issues.
- Conduct design discussions, code reviews, and product development meetings with product managers to identify and define product development cycles.
- Other Duties as Assigned to further the mission of the Center.
QUALIFICA TIONS
Required
- Bachelor’s degree in information technology, IT management, computer science, electrical engineering, systems engineering, library and information science, or related field.
- Experience with Java programming language.
Preferred
- Master’s degree in information technology, IT management, computer science, electrical engineering, systems engineering, library and information science, or related field
- Five (5) years of work experience with programming/software engineering
- Experience managing complex projects
- Experience developing applications in a high performance computing environment
- Experience with large data stores and No-SQL technologies
- Experience with Google Web Toolkit and Vaadin architectures
- Experience with Git
- Experience with T omcat
- Experience with physical system security
- Understanding of high performance computing and surrounding issues
- Fluency in the Python programming language.
Successful candidates will have
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Excellent oral and written skills
- Excellent organizational skills
- Ability to work on multiple projects at one time
- Comprehensive understanding of object oriented design principles
SALARY AND APPOINTMENT INFORMATION
This is a full-time Civil Service IT Technical Associate position appointed on a 12 month service basis. The expected start date is as soon as possible after the closing date. Salary is commensurate with experience and qualifications.
APPLICATION PROCEDURES AND DEADLINE INFORMATION
Applications must be received by April 30, 2019. Apply for this position using the “Apply for Position” button below. If you have not applied before, you must create your candidate profile at http://jobs.illinois.edu/. If you already have a profile, you will be redirected to that existing profile via email notification. To complete the application process: Step 1) Submit the Staff Vacancy Application. Step 2) Submit the Voluntary Self-Identification of Disability forms. Step 3) Upload your cover letter, resume (months and years of employment must be included), and academic credentials (unofficial transcripts or diploma may be acceptable) and names/contact information for three references.
In order to be considered as a transfer candidate, you must apply for this position using the “Apply for Position” button below. Applications not submitted through this website will not be considered. For questions regarding the application process, please contact 217-333-2137. For further information about this specific position, please contact Alice Turner, 217-300-5340 or ajturner@illinoios.edu.
The University of Illinois conducts criminal background checks on all job candidates upon acceptance of a contingent offer.
The University of Illinois is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action employer. Minorities, women, veterans and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply. For more information, visit http://go.illinois.edu/EEO. To learn more about the University’s commitment to diversity, please visit http://www.inclusiveillinois.illinois.edu/.