Job Title: Computer Research Scientist
PVN ID: QC-1511-000823
Category: Information Technology
Location: QUEENS COLLEGE

Job Description

General Description

The incumbent works in a high tech innovation center designed to encourage growth in the NY software industry, and consults with users to determine computing needs and to identify fundamental issues in computing. The incumbent also works with other scientists to develop and improve the software systems that form the basis of the computing experience. The incumbent builds and maintains servers required for internal/external research projects and web-based platform for a variety of research projects. The incumbent designs experiments to test the operation of software systems and evaluates project plans and proposals to assess feasibility. The incumbent also acquires, configures and maintains development, test and production servers and works on research projects involving big data cleansing, learning algorithm, and visualization.

Other Duties

N/A

Qualifications

A master’s degree in Computer Science is required.  Knowledge of the following is also required: Big Data/Machine Learning techniques; Unified modeling language UML; web platform (Apache, Tomcat) and languages (Java, Python); DBMS (Oracle and MySQL); content management systems; Windows and Linux Servers administration; hardware and network monitoring.

RFCUNY Benefits

RFCUNY Employee Benefits and Accruals

About the Research Foundation

The Research Foundation of The City University of New York (RFCUNY) was established as a not-for-profit educational corporation chartered by the State of New York in 1963. RFCUNY supports CUNY faculty and staff in identifying and obtaining external support (pre-award) from government and private sponsors and is responsible for the administration of all such funded programs (post-award).

RFCUNY stands between CUNY’s principal investigators (PIs) and the sponsors who support them and strives to fulfill its essential responsibilities to both groups. Working closely with individual PIs and Grants Officers on the campuses, RFCUNY oversees employment, accounting, audit, reporting, purchasing, and special responsibilities that include management of a planned giving program; liaison with governmental agencies and foundations; negotiation of agreements; facility construction and renovation; protection and commercialization of intellectual property; and compliance with applicable standards in research involving human subjects, animal care, environmental and radiological safety, and conflicts of interest.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

The Research Foundation of the City University of New York is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Americans with Disabilities Act/E-Verify Employer. It is the policy of the Research Foundation of CUNY to provide equal employment opportunities free of discrimination based on race, color, age, religion, sex, pregnancy, childbirth, national origin, disability, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, domestic violence victim status, arrest record, criminal conviction history, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.

Key Features

Department
Status
Full Time
Salary
Depends on Qualifications
Closing Date
Oct 24, 2017 (Or Until Filled)
Bargaining Unit
No

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