PG191655EP

No

Scientific Software Developer

$70,000 - $80,000

Monday - Friday, 40 hours per week. Shift times may vary.

Raleigh, NC

The Department of Biological Sciences, within the College ofSciences at NC State University, is dedicated to research andteaching in a broad range of aspects of the biological sciences. TheDepartment has strong undergraduate, graduate, and postdoctoralprograms and substantial extramural support to develop and maintainintegrative research programs. Additionally, the Department partnerswith other units across the University to enhance its mission toconduct interdisciplinary research and training programs.

The Comparative Toxicogenomics Database (CTD) is a publiclyavailable database that has been continuously funded by the NationalInstitute of Environmental Health Sciences since 2001. The goal ofthis database is to advance understanding about the role ofenvironmental exposures on human health. CTD development andexpansion is supported by a team of software developers andPhD-level Biocurators who are housed within the Department ofBiological Sciences.

The incumbent will be an expert in advanced technical solutions, using this expertise to implement advanced and highly complex software solutions with minimal supervision. The position will beresponsible for and/or assist in:

Baseline CTD Software Engineering and Development● All aspects of the Comparative Toxicogenomics Database’s(CTD) Public Web Application (PWA), www.ctdbase.org, the public’s front-end internet portal intoCTD curation, 3rd party data integration, inference generation and scoring, and visualization functionality.● All aspects of the CTD Curation Application (CAPP), which isused by CTD scientists to curate toxicogenomic relationships from the literature, including planned integration of Exposure Science curation, and text mining functionality.● Use and maintenance of the suite of CTD data load-relatedprocess, which on a monthly basis integrates CTD curation with 3rd party datasets, generates and scores inference datasets, and moves these datasets to our public database.● All text mining-related processes, which rank the literature interms of suitability for curation, identify key actors, and are planned for integration into the CAPP.● Maintaining the PWA software architecture, which includesperiodically upgrading the application to the latest versions of Tomcat, Apache, Java, and other 3rd party software on which the PWA is reliant, new hardware migration, and software re-engineering and refactorization.● Designing the CTD database, and developing and implementing stored procedure-based functionality.● Ensuring CTD integrates those state-of-the-art softwareengineering tools which will provide the most effective means of presenting our toxicogenomic relationships, including data integration, network analysis, and visualization.● Implementing in the PWA chemical structure search-basedfunctionality, subcellular disease mapping functionality, and enhanced exposure analysis capabilities.● Working with our System and Database Administrators tomonitor network traffic and query execution, maximizing CTD’s availability and performance, and ensuring that the PWA is not misused, maliciously or otherwise.● Promote positive team relationships across CTD.

Technical Support● Applying knowledge and skills to troubleshoot complicatedproblems and provide timely resolution.● Researching and/or developing new technologies andkeeping abreast of emerging technologies to evaluate feasibility for organizational needs.● Providing guidance to other team members for more complexissues.● Completing detailed analysis and solutions development,regression testing, performance testing, and quality assurance testing in an accurate and timely manner.● Developing and maintaining technical documentation andcommunicating status in a timely manner to stakeholders.● Performing and/or assisting with CTD data analysis andreporting.● Assisting with manuscript analysis and development.● Performing CTD data corrections and validations.● Fostering relationships with 3rd parties who collaborate withCTD.● Assisting with grant analysis and preparation.

Inclusiveness and diversity are critical to the success of the College of Sciences and the University. The selected candidate will be expected to foster an environment that is supportive and welcoming of all groups.

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Master’s degree and at least three years of relevant experience; or Bachelor’s degree with atleast five years of relevant experience; or an equivalent combination of education, training andrelevant experience.

Demonstrates in-depth knowledge of programming and coding and integrating thisknowledge to achieving solutions for highly complicated problems. Investigates, researches,and implements new technologies in web design, production, and application development.Experience with redesigning and re-engineering large-scale web-based legacy applications.Proficiency in Jakarta EE-based web application development and large-scale Java-based back-end processing, preferably using most or all of the following technologies:

• JSP/Servlet Model View Controller Architecture
• JavaScript/AJAX
• Java
• SQL/JDBC
• PostgreSQL Database Management System
• PL/PgSQL
• ER Studio
• UNIX-based shell scripting
• Apache/Tomcat
• Linux
• Windows
• LDAP/Active Directory-based authentication.
• Knowledge of biological software applications and bioinformatics

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04/15/2022

00109231

EHRA Non-Faculty

1.0

12 Month Recurring

Non Mandatory - Adverse Weather

Non Mandatory - Emergency Event

No

172201 - Biological Sciences

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