[Maize] Position open: Information Technology Specialist, USDA/ARS

[Marty Sachs]

USDA
RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND ECONOMICS
Agricultural Research Service
VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT

Position Title: Information Technology Specialist
Series/Grade: GS-2210-07/09
Promotion Potential: GS-11
Salary: GS-07 $40,654.00 - $52,852.00;  GS-09 $48,607.00 - $63,185.00
Type of Appointment: Full-time - Permanent
Location of Position: Soybean/Maize Germplasm, Pathology, Genetics 
Research, Urbana, IL
Announcement Number: ARS-X5W-0395
Opening Date: August 22, 2005
Closing Date: September 13, 2005
Who Can Apply: ALL U.S. CITIZENS

APPLICATIONS WILL ALSO BE ACCEPTED FROM USDA SURPLUS AND FEDERAL 
DISPLACED EMPLOYEES IN THE COMMUTING AREA.

DUTIES: The incumbent serves as database Information Technology 
Specialist of the Maize Genetics Cooperation - Stock Center's 
collection and is responsible for coordinating the data operations 
necessary for the acquisition, maintenance, and evaluation of the 
Collection.  Incumbent performs the following duties:  develops, 
maintains, and improves custom web applications for the Stock Center 
to aid the management of the collection, the distribution of genetic 
stocks to the maize genetics community, the curation of scientific 
data in public databases such as the Maize Genome Database and the 
Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) database, and the 
presentation of data from the collection; prepares and analyzes 
yearly planting pedigrees, inventory management, selection of stocks 
for yearly increase production of field notebooks and harvest data 
archival; manages computer hardware and software for the Stock 
Center; performs regular software security and version updates, 
hardware and software troubleshooting, and regular data backups; 
recommends new hardware and software; prepares required annual 
security reports and emergency contingency plans and coordinates with 
administrators of public, scientific databases to provide those 
databases with current, relevant scientific data about the Stock 
Center collection.

For additional information, please see: 
http://www.afm.ars.usda.gov/divisions/hrd/vacancy/X5W-0395.pdf

For information on applying, please see:

http://www.afm.ars.usda.gov/hrd/jobs/apply.htm

Contact information on the application procedure:

Location contact: Barbara Donsbach <barbarad at uiuc.edu>, 217-244-3261

Name and phone number of Servicing Specialist: Margy Trout, 301-504-1580

Submit applications to:

USDA, Agricultural Research Service
Human Resources Division
Attn: Margy Trout
5601 Sunnyside Avenue, Stop 5106
Beltsville, MD 20705-5106

FAX applications to: 301-504-1535
E-MAIL applications to: scirecruit at ars.usda.gov

For further information about the position, contact:

Marty Sachs <msachs at uiuc.edu>

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Marty Sachs                 msachs at uiuc.edu     (217) 244-0864

          Maize Genetics Cooperation - Stock Center
S-123 Turner Hall           maize at uiuc.edu [stock requests]
1102 S. Goodwin Ave.        (217) 333-6631 [phone]
Urbana, IL  61801-4798      (217) 333-6064 [FAX]
                 http://www.uiuc.edu/ph/www/maize [URL]
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