Digital Humanities Specialist - Arts and Sciences, IT

Scheduled Hours

37.5

This position partners with faculty to design and implement custom software and data management solutions tailored to specific humanities research goals. The specialist also leads an intensive summer workshop, providing direct training and project mentorship to a large cohort of student fellows.

Primary

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Provides practical technical mentorship and training for graduate and undergraduate students working on faculty research projects. This is particularly important during the eight weeks of an intensive digital humanities summer program.

• Meets with faculty to understand academic goals and translates those requirements into technical plans for software and data management.

• Builds, modifies, and deploys both custom programs and shared open-source software to meet the evolving needs of various research projects.

• Organizes and manages research data across multiple formats and disciplines, ensuring data is structured for long-term project goals.

• Maintains server environments, manages user permissions, and utilizes version control and testing to ensure software reliability.

• Partners with various university departments and assists with occasional internal administrative applications to support campus workflows.

• Perform other duties as assigned.

Working Conditions:

Job Location /

Working Conditions:

• Normal office environment.

Physical Effort:

• Typically working at a desk or table.

• Repetitive wrist, hand, or finger movement.

• Ability to travel to off-campus locations occasionally.

Equipment:

• Office/computer equipment.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all job duties performed by the personnel so classified. Management reserves the right to revise or amend duties at any time.

Education:

Bachelor’s degree or combination of education and/or experience may substitute for minimum education.

Certifications

No specific certification/professional license is required for this position.

Work Experience:

Relevant Experience (3 Years)

Skills:

Not Applicable

Driver’s License:

A driver’s license is not required for this position.

It’s helpful to have general awareness of a range of technologies, a willingness to keep learning and to be flexible, and ideally especially strong familiarity with one or more of the following: basic web technologies, data science skills, XML/TEI markup, data visualization.

Preferred Qualifications:

• College-level or graduate study in one or more fields in the humanities, or experience in collaboration with humanities researchers.

Education:

No additional education unless stated elsewhere in the job posting.

Certifications

No additional certification/professional licenses unless stated elsewhere in the job posting.

Work Experience:

No additional work experience unless stated elsewhere in the job posting.

Skills:

Data Science, FORTRAN Programming Language, Git, Goal-Oriented, High Performance Computing (HPC), HPC Cluster, JavaScript, Linux System Administration, Multitasking, Natural Language Processing (NLP), Prioritization, Python (Programming Language), Researching, Research Management, Self Motivation, Shell Scripting, Software Development, Structured Query Language (SQL), Technical Support, Web Development, XML Technologies, XSLT (Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformations)

G12

$58,400.00 - $99,700.00 / Annually

The salary range reflects base salaries paid for positions in a given job grade across the University. Individual rates within the range will be determined by factors including one’s qualifications and performance, equity with others in the department, market rates for positions within the same grade and department budget.

Personal

• Up to 22 days of vacation, 10 recognized holidays, and sick time.

• Competitive health insurance packages with priority appointments and lower copays/coinsurance.

• Take advantage of our free Metro transit U-Pass for eligible employees.

• WashU provides eligible…