Digital Humanities Specialist - Arts and Sciences, IT

About the role

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.
• Mets with faculty to understand academic goals and translates those requirements into technical plans for software and data management.
• Buils, 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.
• Performs 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.

Education

• Required Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree or combination of education and/or experience may substitute for minimum education.
• Preferred Qualifications: College-level or graduate study in one or more fields in the humanities, or experience in collaboration with humanities researchers.

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)
• Techical Support
• Web Development
• XML Technologies
• XSLT (Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformations)

Benefits

• 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 employees with a defined contribution (403(b)) Retirement Savings Plan, which combines employee contributions and university contributions starting at 7%.
• Wellness: Wellness challenges, annual health screenings, mental health resources, mindfulness programs and courses, employee assistance program (EAP), financial resources, access to dietitians, and more!
• Family: We offer 4 weeks of caregiver leave to bond with your new child. Family care resources are also available for your continued childcare needs. Need adult care? We’ve got you covered. WashU covers the cost of tuition for you and your family, including dependent undergraduate-level college tuition up to 100% at WashU and 40% elsewhere after seven years with us.