RoR Programmer needed to aid Childhood Leukemia Research Study (Job ID 10149)

The Northern California Childhood Leukemia Study of the UC Berkeley School of Public Health is hiring an Applications Programmer to help develop new research and operational systems using Ruby on Rails. Position is an on-site, full time position. Candidates must have US Citizenship. Interested applications should apply by going to the URL provided, clicking on the button for "External Applicants" and searching for JOB ID #10149.

The position mainly involves developing and maintaining databases to track research and operational activities in Professor Buffler’s research unit, which is composed of several genetic and epidemiologic studies of childhood cancers. Involves writing programs in a computer language, designing related databases, web interfaces and content, or multimedia processes. Designs, develops, modifies, tests and evaluates and maintains computer programs. Work includes test-to-production processes, quality assurance, maintenance and documentation of applications. Includes web applications programming.

Assists Research Unit’s Information Systems Analyst in providing first-line technical services to Unit personnel including liaising with IS&T’s desktop support unit (DOCS) to report system problems, communicate specifications to procurement personnel for purchase and renewal of software licenses, maintain an inventory of Unit assets.

You can learn more and apply on line by going to jobs.berkeley.edu. Click on the button for External Job Applicants to Search and Apply for Jobs and then search for Job ID: 10149 Applications Programmer 3

Note: Please note that the first paragraph under the heading "Responsibilities" in the job posting on the UC Berkeley website is misleading. The correct description is as listed above.

•Possesses a minimum of five years of professional experience as an applications programmer.
•Requires thorough knowledge of the applications programming function.
•Understands industry practices and department policies and procedures relating to work assignments
•Requires experience migrating from and supporting changes to legacy applications such as MS Access.
•Has skills needed to develop conversion and system implementation plans.
•Experienced hand-coding dynamic, data-driven websites using technologies such as HTML, CSS, Javascript, Ruby on Rails as well as an RDBMS like MS SQL Server, mySQL or their equivalent.
•Familiarity with epidemiologic, clinical or other academic research domains is a plus..
•Advanced experience with Test Driven Development practices in Ruby on Rails highly desirable
•Must be able to communicate technical information in a clear and concise manner.
•Requires ability to understand business needs and how business systems can support those needs.
•Has ability to interface with management on a regular basis.
•Must be self motivated, work independently or as part of a team, able to learn quickly, meet deadlines and demonstrate problem solving skills.

•Experienced configuring development and production platforms with appropriate middleware, presentation and backend technologies to support applications programming efforts.
•Proficient using an IDE (e.g. Eclipse, NetBeans, Aptana) for coding and particularly for debugging application software.