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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