Open Position: Data Scientist

The re3data team of the Research Services Department at the KIT Library is looking for a Data Scientist (f/m/d).

The KIT Library is a scientific universal library that serves the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), the Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences – Technology and Economics, and the Baden-Württemberg Cooperative State University Karlsruhe at four locations, providing them with literature and information.

The Research Services Department supports sustainable research data management (RDM) with a wide range of services—from the application phase of research projects to the publication and archiving of research data.

re3data (Registry of Research Data Repositories) is a global, cross-disciplinary registry for research data repositories and provides detailed information about research data infrastructures. You will support the re3data team in the following areas:

• Identification and curation of research data repositories
• Analysis and assessment of the needs of the repository and RDM landscape
• Further development of the metadata schema and alignment with RDM standards
• Guidance for repository operators and scientific organizations, as well as communication and outreach within relevant academic groups and communities
• Creation of reports with a focus on repositories
• Design of workflows and interfaces for (partial) automation of data registration, updates, and quality assurance
• Technical implementation of processes and interfaces in the web application (Linux, Apache, Postgres, PHP, ElasticSearch) in close collaboration with the IT department
• Integration of external systems and maintenance of interfaces and technical documentation
• Training and advising researchers at KIT on research data repositories

Visit the KIT website for more information (in German only)