Digital Humanities Specialist - Arts and Sciences, IT

Washington University in St. Louis • Hadley, MO

2d • Onsite

About The Position

This position partners with faculty to design and implement custom software and data management solutions tailored to specific humanities research goals. The specialist also leads an intensive summer workshop, providing direct training and project mentorship to a large cohort of student fellows.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or combination of education and/or experience may substitute for minimum education.
• Relevant Experience (3 Years)
• General awareness of a range of technologies
• Willingness to keep learning
• Flexibility

Nice To Haves

• Strong familiarity with basic web technologies
• Strong familiarity with data science skills
• Strong familiarity with XML/TEI markup
• Strong familiarity with data visualization
• College-level or graduate study in one or more fields in the humanities, or experience in collaboration with humanities researchers.
• Data Science
• FORTRAN Programming Language
• Git
• Goal-Oriented
• High Performance Computing (HPC)
• HPC Cluster
• JavaScript
• Linux System Administration
• Multitasking
• Natural Language Processing (NLP)
• Prioritization
• Python (Programming Language)
• Researching
• Research Management
• Self Motivation
• Shell Scripting
• Software Development
• Structured Query Language (SQL)
• Technical Support
• Web Development
• XML Technologies
• XSLT (Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformations)

Responsibilities

• Provides practical technical mentorship and training for graduate and undergraduate students working on faculty research projects. This is particularly important during the eight weeks of an intensive digital humanities summer program.
• Meets with faculty to understand academic goals and translates those requirements into technical plans for software and data management.
• Builds, modifies, and deploys both custom programs and shared open-source software to meet the evolving needs of various research projects.
• Organizes and manages research data across multiple formats and disciplines, ensuring data is structured for long-term project goals.
• Maintains server environments, manages user permissions, and utilizes version control and testing to ensure software reliability.
• Partners with various university departments and assists with occasional internal administrative applications to support campus workflows.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Up to 22 days of vacation
• 10 recognized holidays
• Sick time
• Competitive health insurance packages with priority appointments and lower copays/coinsurance.
• Free Metro transit U-Pass for eligible employees.
• 4 weeks of caregiver leave to bond with your new child.
• Family care resources for childcare needs.
• Adult care resources.
• Tuition for employee and family (up to 100% at WashU and 40% elsewhere after seven years).

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level