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Grade 8 (£36532 - £43622 p.a.)

2 years in the first instance

The Centre for Genomics and Global Health (CGGH) has immediate need for Senior Web Database Developer to have a formative role in the developing and enhancing the secure web applications to support the Centre's portfolio of research projects, in the UK and abroad. The post holder will report to the CGGH director, Professor Dominic Kwiatkowski.

The postholder will lead software development projects within the informatics section that supports the CGGH global research partnership of clinicians, epidemiologists, immunologists, geneticists and statisticians. He or she will be expected to set the overall software design principals, provide a considerable level of technical expertise to the project, and will be responsible for selecting solutions and driving them through to practical realisation.

You will have a PhD in a relevant subject area or a strong track record of programming in a scientific environment. You will have project management experience for the planning, development, roll-out, and support of software systems and the ability to communicate with an extended team of stakeholders on a given projects progress. You will have proven expertise in web application programming techniques and be comfortable programming in several languages including Perl and Java. You will be proficient in object-oriented programming techniques and have produced software that integrates data from heterogeneous database management storage systems. You will be familiar with modern software design documentation techniques, such as UML diagramming, and have experience of working in teams with agile methodologies.

A detailed job description quoting reference H5-09-030-VC is available from the Personnel Assistant, (email: personnel@well.ox.ac.uk, tel: 01865 287507 or from our web page here

Applications, in the form of a full and detailed CV together with the names and address of two referees, should be sent to the Personnel Assistant at the Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Roosevelt Drive, Oxford OX3 7BN, or by email to; personnel@well.ox.ac.uk, or fax; 01865 287516. Please quote the reference number on your application.

Closing date for applications is Monday 17th August 2009.

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