To assist the Information Management Systems Section Manager to specify,
design, develop, test and document prototypes and production systems for
the Department of Energy and other sponsors.
TYPICAL ACTIVITIES:
- Identifies functional requirements for software development projects,
and produces corresponding data models. 30%
- Researches, creates and documents designed databases. 20%
- Implements computer software in accordance to requirements and design
documents, and tests results. 40%
- Evaluates data base management systems. 5%
- Documents user instructions, data descriptions and schemas. 5%
All activities will be executed in compliance with ES&H responsibilities
established by Argonne National Laboratory's ES&H policies, work rules,
and safe practices as they apply to work performed by self or personnel
under supervision.
WORK ENVIRONMENT
Typical office/laboratory setting but with extended hours and travel.
Reports to the manager of Information Management Systems.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
- Considerable skills in the design and implementation of databases using
the relational and/or object-oriented model
- Considerable understanding of the object oriented paradigm.
- Considerable skill in programming in C and C++, or equivalent OO language.
- Considerable skill using standard software database management
system packages and products, preferably Unix-based.
- Good understanding of the fundamentals of text retrieval.
- Good skill using the INGRES relational database management system package,
or equivalent.
- Good skill using the INGRES Windows/4GL development package, or
equivalent.
- Good skill using the Versant object database management system package,
or equivalent.
- Good skill using the Verity Topic text retrieval system package, or
equivalent.
