Platform Manager – Library Systems Engineer

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🇺🇸 United States – Remote

⏰ Full Time

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⚙️ Systems Engineer

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FedWriters

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201 - 500 employees

Founded 2010

🤝 B2B

🏛️ Government

📚 Education

B2B • Government • Education

FedWriters is a company that specializes in facilitating effective communication for government agencies, particularly NASA's Aeronautics division. They translate intricate technical subjects into accessible formats, including engaging web stories, publications, and social media content. Additionally, FedWriters provides a range of services including technical writing, policy and rulemaking support, and compliance with accessibility standards, while also focusing on enhancing operational efficiency through innovative solutions.

📋 Description

• Configure, secure, and maintain the Alma platform, including roles, permissions, profiles, integrations, normalization rules, and SSO/authentication behavior • Monitor Alma jobs across ingest, indexing, publishing, and preservation workflows, and resolve disruptions • Maintain and enhance Python pipelines supporting automated ingest, transformation, indexing, and system synchronization, including secure credential handling • Execute the full change management lifecycle under a formal Change Control Board process, including impact analysis, sandbox testing, deployment, validation, rollback planning, and documentation • Participate in Agile ceremonies while aligning Alma and automation work with governance and change-freeze requirements • Troubleshoot metadata, ingest, indexing, and preservation-sync issues with library and IT teams • Maintain operational continuity through backups, recovery procedures, restore testing, and release/freeze calendar notifications • Produce recurring status, metrics, and change-log reporting, and package documentation for governance and audit review

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Information Science, Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Science, Library/Information Science, or a related technical field • Four (4) years of related experience • Experience administering the Ex Libris Alma Library Services Platform, including roles, permissions, metadata configuration, job monitoring, and troubleshooting • Experience with Python-based workflow automation, ingestion/transformation scripting, and integrations with external systems • Experience diagnosing data flow, indexing, and schema issues in relational or cloud databases • Experience participating in Agile/Scrum teams (planning, standups, retrospectives, work decomposition) and applying change-governance artifacts (change control, change lifecycle documentation, freeze/sandbox procedures) • Familiarity with metadata standards (e.g., MARC21, Dublin Core, RDA, MODS) and Alma's metadata tooling (normalization rules, templates, mapping tables) • Ability to translate governance requirements into compliant system configurations • Strong written documentation skills (e.g., Confluence) and ability to collaborate across teams, divisions, and external vendors • Ability to maintain security controls, audit-log review, and credential handling for system integrations • Familiarity with configuration management, version control, and configuration-drift detection/remediation • Must be able to pass a federal background investigation and complete required security training prior to facility/system access • Desired: Hands-on experience with disaster recovery and backup/restore validation for library or enterprise data platforms • Desired: Experience coordinating release/freeze calendars with vendor (e.g., Ex Libris) release cycles • Desired: Prior experience supporting a federal or large institutional library system • Desired: Experience presenting operational metrics (MTTR, job success/failure rates, incident trends) to governance bodies

🏖️ Benefits

• Health Insurance • Dental Insurance • Vision Insurance • Long-term and Short-term Disability Insurance • Life Insurance • 401(k) Plan • Holiday Pay • Paid Time Off • Internal promotions • Professional development • Recognition and rewards programs