The Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology (IRIS) seeks a Software Engineer to further the development of a web-service architecture at the IRIS Data Management Center (DMC) in Seattle. The successful Software Engineering candidate should have a minimum of 5 years of programming experience, with current skills in information technology including: object oriented programming languages (Java, C++, C#), web services (XML, SOAP, WSDL, REST, XML Schema), servlets (JSP, Struts, Tomcat) and database access and persistence interfaces (JDBC, Oracle, Hibernate). Past experience with modern web client technologies (Portlets, DWR, AJAX, Google APIs) is a plus. We will also consider the experience in the following areas as positive qualifications for a candidate: workflows, semantic web, distributed service technologies (e.g. CORBA), experience with UNIX operating systems such as Solaris, Linux, and OS X, experience with MATLAB?, and experience in earth sciences. The successful candidate should have strong communication, presentation, and teamwork skills. The IRIS DMC, located near the University of Washington, receives earthquake and seismic data from a variety of seismological data centers and is responsible for the long-term archive and distribution of all IRIS-generated data. IRIS DMC receives data from institutions all over the world and provides open services and software to the public for discovery and dissemination of this data. IRIS is a university consortium with more than 100 institutional members. IRIS is funded by the National Science Foundation to support facilities for research in seismology and the earth sciences. Qualified candidates should submit (electronically) a letter of interest that highlights their qualifications as they pertain to this position as well as their resume by Friday, July 31, 2009 to , using the subject line ?Software Engineer WS??. Please include the names and contact information of two references familiar with your abilities. IRIS is an equal opportunity employer.