Digital Preservation Specialist

9 hours ago


Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom Digital Preservation Coalition Full time

Job Overview

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The Digital Preservation Coalition is seeking an experienced Full Stack Developer to join their team as a Application Engineer. As a key member of the DLIP project, you will be responsible for implementing and delivering technical infrastructure and services that support the University's digital transformation objectives.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Developing a sustainable digital libraries research and education infrastructure
  • Implementing an updated cultural collections website to improve user experience
  • Merging data from different sources using a modern data platform
  • Improving digital surrogate and born content storage and management processes
  • Designing a foundational cloud infrastructure for digital humanities research and teaching

Requirements:

  • Extensive skills and experience in full-stack application development
  • Familiarity with AWS or Azure deployment and systems such as Terraform and ElasticSearch
  • Knowledge of programming languages such as .NET, JavaScript, TypeScript, Node, or Python
  • Familiarity with digital asset management and digital scholarship
  • Experience with data handling using different data schemas and IIIF

Working Environment:

You will be working in a complex environment where ensuring user documentation is developed and maintained in line with standard operating procedures to ensure alignment with industry best practice, IT standards and regulatory compliance.



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