Metadata Analyst

Computercraft Corporation • Bethesda, MD

3d • $80,000 - $100,000

About The Position

Computercraft is seeking a Metadata Analyst to support the National Library of Medicine (NLM) at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland. NLM is the world’s largest biomedical and health research library and maintains a preeminent collection of biomedical literature and information resources. NLM’s Metadata Management Program supports the creation, management, enhancement, and distribution of metadata used to describe and provide access to NLM collections.

The Metadata Analyst will work full-time performing data analysis, programming, workflow automation, systems integration, and related technical activities supporting NLM’s Metadata Management Program.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or a related field.
• Four years of experience developing data-processing and workflow-automation solutions with Python.
• Experience using Python to retrieve, manipulate, transform, compare, validate, and analyze structured data.
• Experience with REST APIs, including authentication, requests and responses, pagination, error handling, and processing JSON and/or XML.
• Experience developing reliable automated processes with logging, validation, exception handling, and reporting.
• Experience processing structured and semi-structured data formats such as XML, JSON, and CSV.
• Experience analyzing and reconciling large or complex datasets from multiple sources.
• Experience with version control, preferably Git, and maintaining documented, reusable code.
• Strong analytical, programming, troubleshooting, problem-solving, communication, and technical documentation skills.
• Ability to obtain Public Trust clearance.

Nice To Haves

• Familiarity with library bibliographic and authority metadata, including MARC 21 and MARCXML formats.
• Experience with Python libraries for data analysis, HTTP/API interaction, XML processing, or MARC processing.
• Experience with metadata matching, normalization, transformation, deduplication, or record reconciliation.
• Familiarity with library systems, metadata management systems, digital repositories, or other metadata-intensive environments.

Responsibilities

• Develop, test, document, and maintain Python scripts and reusable automated processes to improve metadata management workflows, reduce manual repetition, and increase efficiency and consistency.
• Develop automated workflows that integrate with Ex Libris Alma, OCLC services, and other systems via APIs, batch processes, and file-based data exchanges.
• Retrieve, process, transform, compare, and reconcile large amounts of bibliographic, authority, holdings, and related metadata across Alma, OCLC, and other data sources.
• Develop scripts and processes to manipulate structured and semi-structured data, including MARC/MARCXML, XML, JSON, CSV, and other formats used in NLM metadata workflows.
• Develop automated validation, logging, exception handling, and reporting processes; analyze system outputs and processing results to identify errors, anomalies, and opportunities for workflow improvement.
• Support testing and implementation of new or modified automated workflows, including validating data changes and documenting APIs, data mappings, processing logic, dependencies, and technical procedures.
• Conduct technical analysis and prototyping to identify additional opportunities for automation and recommend technical approaches to Metadata Management staff.

Benefits

• Health, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance.
• 401(k) plan with matching.
• Paid leave starting at 128 hours per year for the first three years of employment.
• 11 paid holidays.
• Positive work–life balance and a standard 40-hour work week.

What This Job Offers

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