Data Curator, NYU CUSP – NY
CUSP is a dynamic research and academic center that requires a Data Curator to manage data ingest and access workflows, to catalog data using and maintaining controlled vocabularies, and to provide reference and data services to faculty, researchers, and students. The Data Curator will manage the Data Lifecycle from beginning to end to ensure that CUSP data is indexed, curated, and stored within the CUSP Data Warehouse for discovery and access. Strategy must be employed to scale for both data volume and data access growth.
Qualifications/Required Education: Bachelor’s degree
Preferred Education: Master of Library or Information Science
Required Experience:
3-5 years experience in a related field, such as applied science,
metadata schema design and management, taxonomy management, or
equivalent education and experience; relevant experience in research
data management as a researcher, research data manager, research data
repository manager , or in similar roles. Demonstrated experience in
consulting with faculty or researchers regarding technology or metadata
creation; Demonstrated understanding of the research and data lifecycle.
Demonstrated experience in curating and handling large data sets with
particular understanding of requirements for longer term digital
archiving. Understanding of database systems, XML, RDF, scientific
metadata standards, API development, and related technologies; as well
as protocols such as OAI-PMH. Experience with ontologies and metadata
issues related to the discovery of academic or data resources.
Experience constructing and maintaining a controlled vocabulary.
Preferred Experience:
Professional data archive, repository, or warehouse experience..
Professional computer programming experience. Professional data
management experience. Professional experience working within academia.
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:(include unique competencies, certification, licenses, etc.):
Working knowledge of data management, including metadata, data
retrieval and research data use, format migration, preservation;
High-level interpersonal, consultation and reference skills, including
evidence of the ability to collaborate and liaise effectively with a
diverse range of faculty, researchers, and students. Highly developed
organizational and analytical skills with demonstrable ability to work
independently as well as collaboratively, to set priorities, show
initiative and balance the demands of working in a rapidly changing
environment. Awareness of issues related to data curation, data
citation, data ethics, metadata, and data privacy.
Preferred Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:(include unique competencies, certification, licenses, etc.):
Familiarity with current efforts in annotation standards.
Familiarity with video data and/or sensor data. Familiarity with data
management technologies such as XML, SQL, MySQL, unix filesystems.
Ability to use XSLT, Python (or other programming language) and some
relevant programming experience is highly desirable. Metadata editing
software. Familiar with data warehouse architecture and workflows and
ability to systematize workflows.
See: www.nyucareers.com/applicants/Central?quickFind=58926 (Source: Indeed.com)
