[Dspace-general] Technology Director DSpace Foundation

[Michele Kimpton]

Members of the DSpace Community,

As many of you may be aware the Foundation is looking for a  
Technology Director to help lead the architecture 2.0 project within  
the community and over the long run work with the technical community  
to ensure contributions have a place to live within the DSpace  
platform, and make sure we have a set of tools and infrastructure  
that can support the work of the distributed and diverse community of  
developers.

Below is the job description for the Director.  Ideally this person  
would work at MIT, here with me, however I will consider candidates  
that would work remotely.  Please pass this on or post where  
appropriate.  Thanks for you support!

Feel free to email me if you have any questions regarding this position.

Sincerely,
Michele Kimpton
Executive Director DSpace Foundation

Technology Director DSpace Foundation
Are you a leader in the open source world?  Are you an advocate for  
public access to digital content?  Are you passionate about internet  
technologies and preservation of digital content?  If you answer yes  
to any or all of these questions, we are looking for someone of your  
caliber to set the technical direction for the DSpace Foundation.

The DSpace Foundation is a non-profit organization located on the  
M.I.T campus. The mission of the DSpace Foundation is to lead the  
collaborative development of open source software for digital  
repositories that enable services for access provision and  
stewardship and re-use of digital assets, with a focus on educational  
and research materials; to promote the adoption of this technology,  
and to provide a platform for innovation in these areas with an  
overarching goal of promoting the dissemination and future utility of  
information and knowledge.

DSpaceä (http://dspace.org) is an open source digital repository  
system, developed collaboratively by the MIT Libraries and Hewlett- 
Packard Company. It is used primarily by academic and research  
institutions to capture, manage, preserve, and redistribute their  
digital research and educational materials and scholarly  
publications, in a variety of formats for a variety of purposes. In  
order to encourage the development of a federation of research  
institutions and other organizations running digital repositories,  
DSpace has been made available as open source software and the open  
source community of users is working actively to further develop the  
system.

RESPONSIBILITIES: The Chief Technology Officer will work in  
collaboration with developers from around the world to preserve and  
provide open access to intellectual output from a community of over  
250 top educational institutions. The CTO will be responsible for  
providing technical guidance, support and leadership to the developer  
community in advancing the platform to be able to effectively manage  
digital assets for a diverse set of requirements and applications.  S/ 
he will work closely and collaboratively with the developers and  
committers on the software to come up with a technical roadmap.  S/he  
will provide technical oversight for key architecture decisions and  
will work with standards bodies to ensure the application adheres to  
applicable standards in the industry. The Chief Technology Officer  
will work with new and emerging applications to access feasibility  
and development required to use DSpace as a platform; will work with  
the community to integrate stand alone applications as extensions  
into DSpace; will maintain code base infrastructure and all developer  
tools required to support the work; and, will manage release and test  
functions for code base.

QUALIFICATIONS: Required - Bachelors degree in computer science,  
engineering, math or physics. Minimum of ten years work experience in  
a technical or internet industry. Work experience on an open source  
project. Effective leadership ability within a team environment.  
Ability to collaborate successfully with other organizations. Ability  
to document processes and specifications. Experience in a start up  
environment. Fluency in internet technology. Proficiency with Java.  
Excellent communication skills, both oral and written.  Desired -Good  
familiarity with academic institutions and scholarly communication.  
Experience in working with a diverse and international community.

Position available immediately.  Apply to: michele at dspace.org.

  
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