Job
- Level
- Experienced
- Job Field
- Data, Application
- Employment Type
- Full Time
- Contract Type
- Permanent employment
- Location
- Darmstadt
- Working Model
- Onsite
Job Summary
In this role, you will enhance the PUNCH Science Data Platform, improving the integration of research data, workflows, and software through metadata management and collaboration with various project stakeholders.
Job Technologies
Your role in the team
- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung in Darmstadt operates one of the leading particle accelerators for science. Currently, the new FAIR (Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research), one of the world's largest research projects, is being built in international cooperation. GSI and FAIR offer the opportunity to work in this international environment with a team of employees committed to ensuring each day to conduct world-class science.
- The Research Division (RED) is looking for a new team member within the framework of PUNCH4NFDI 2.0, the NFDI consortium for Particles, Universe, NuClei, and Hadrons, as a Research Data Manager / Scientific Employee (all genders) for Research Data Management and Science Data Platform Development.
- The position is assigned to GSI's contribution to Work Package 'Science Data Platform'. The aim is to further develop the PUNCH Science Data Platform as a user-oriented environment for finding, curating, linking and reusing research data, metadata, Digital Research Products, workflows and research software.
- Contribute to the development and integration of the PUNCH Science Data Platform as a central access point for research data, metadata, Digital Research Products, workflows, and scientific tools.
- Support the service- and metadata-based integration of PUNCH components, in particular authentication and authorization mechanisms, registries, workflow tools, metadata services and user-facing platform components.
- Develop and maintain components for metadata-based discovery, data finding, DRP publication and registration of analysis outputs.
- Work with common and domain-specific metadata, search and filtering functionality, JSON/API-based data exchange, and links between data, software, workflows and publications.
- Support workflow-oriented platform functionality, including resource monitoring, code-to-data approaches, provenance capture and the reuse of research outputs.
- Contribute to the further development of GSI-internal research data management services, in particular by improving local metadata, repository, software and publication workflows and by developing interoperable interfaces between existing services.
- Prepare technical documentation, usage guidelines, examples and onboarding material for PUNCH4NFDI and GSI-internal research data management services.
- Coordinate with scientific user groups, technical contact persons and project partners within GSI, PUNCH4NFDI and the NFDI.
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Our expectations of you
Education
- Abgeschlossenes Hochschulstudium auf Master- oder Diplomniveau in Informatik, Data Science, Physik, Computational Science, Datenmanagement oder einem vergleichbaren Fach.
Qualifications
- Knowledge of scientific software development, data modelling and web-based research data infrastructures.
- Knowledge of metadata schemas, FAIR principles, research data management workflows, persistent identifiers, repository systems and data/software publication are beneficial.
- Ability to work at the interface between software development, research data management and scientific user support.
- Structured, independent and team-oriented way of working, as well as good communication skills.
- Good written and spoken English; German language skills are an advantage.
Experience
- Experience with Python or comparable programming languages, relational databases, REST interfaces, Git-based software development and structured metadata formats such as JSON.
- Experience with Django, REACT or comparable web frameworks, authentication and authorization mechanisms, containerized environments, workflow systems or CI/CD processes is desirable.
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What we offer
- A unique opportunity to work in an exciting and highly stimulating multidisciplinary and international environment.
- The contract is limited until 01.10.2028.
- The salary is based on the collective agreement for public employees (TVöD).
- GSI supports the vocational development of women. Therefore, women are especially encouraged to apply for the position.
- Handicapped persons will be preferentially considered when equally qualified.
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About Your Employer
GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH
Das GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung in Darmstadt betreibt eine der weltweit führenden Teilchenbeschleunigeranlagen für die Forschung. Etwa 1.400 Mitarbeiterinnen und Mitarbeiter sind bei GSI beschäftigt. Dazu kommen jährlich rund 1.000 Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftler aus Universitäten und anderen Forschungslaboren weltweit, um die Anlage für Experimente zu nutzen
Description
- Company Type
- Established Company
- Working Model
- Hybrid, Onsite
- Industry
- Science, Research
Research Data Manager / Scientific Employee
- Location
- Darmstadt
- Working Model
- Onsite
- Diversity
- Open for all genders
