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Informatics Specialist

The Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BUNDESANSTALT FÜR GEOWIS-SENSCHAFTEN UND ROHSTOFFE, BGR) is searching for an Informatics Specialist to be hired as soon as possible, for the duration of the research project “GS Soil” until 31.05.2012.
The position is part of the BGR’s contributions to the project GS Soil (Assessment and Strategic De-velopment of INSPIRE-compliant Geodata-Services for European Soil Data www.gssoil.eu), financed under the EU eContentplus Programme.
Responsibilities and duties
− Concept development and implementation of interconnections between geoscientific (soil) data bases for web-based data communication in Germany and Europe
− Development of concepts to facilitate compatibility, interoperability and applicability of digital prod-ucts in soil and environmental information systems
− Analysis of existing web-portal and digital product designs as well as standards (such as OGC observation and measurements) for further development of soil information systems, data bases and geo-portals
− Contributions to the development of international and national standards for the encoding of soil data, including testing its applicability
− Development of interactive geoscientific web applications (e.g. transformation services for nomen-clature harmonization)
Employment conditions
Applicants must hold a University Diploma or MSc degree in informatics or comparable, with additional geoscientific qualification preferred. In order to further develop and manage the communication be-tween geoscientific/environmental information systems in the web, the position requires excellent knowledge of web-GIS standards (OGC, W3C, ISO, CEN). In particular, a thorough understanding of XML/UML/GML is needed for the modelling of data specifications (for soil data). In order to intercon-nect and retrieve data interactively, in-depth experience is needed in managing SQL-data bases e.g. using MS-SQL, MySQL or PostgreSQL, as well as knowledge of script languages PHP, JavaSript (AJAX), etc. The modification and adaptation of libraries and domain applications requires experience in programming, preferably C++. Fluency in English language is required, basic knowledge in German or willingness to learn German would be an asset.
The place of work is the Hannover headquarters, maybe by personal preference our office in Berlin. Payment is based on E13 or E 14 due to the TVöD and depends on the individual qualification of the applicant. BGR is an equal opportunities employer. A full-time position is planned, part-time would be considered.
We ask you to provide us with your detailed application referring to „GS Soil Informatics“ and applica-tion number B 23/10 including CV, brief statement of research interests and accomplishments, copies of relevant certificates as well as individual project results/publications/links to demonstrate your level of experience. Please send your application until the 16.04.2010 to
Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR)
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Stilleweg 2, 30655 Hanover, Germany
Information about BGR can be found at www.bgr.bund.de.
For more information, you are welcome to contact rainer.baritz@bgr.de, or by phone +49/511/643-2409.