Lead Architect – SSCAN Data Space (Job ID 75664)

CRDCN was recently awarded funding through the Digital Research Alliance of Canada’s National Data Spaces pilot to develop a national data space for researchers who work with sensitive data in the social sciences. We are recruiting four roles for this project, based at CRDCN headquarters at McMaster University.

About SSCAN Data Space The SSCAN Data Space is envisioned as a collaborative environment where communities working on related data, topics, or research questions come together to share and use data from multiple providers, often under varying sovereignty and security requirements. The data space is community-driven, with established governance structures that guide how data is accessed, used, and maintained. Funding from the Alliance’s National Data Spaces pilot is for a two-year project that will engage and convene the community of users from across the country, and conduct a thorough requirements analysis for the technical architecture and data modelling (including metadata standards and schema) for an eventual repository to support the community and data. The pilot will also develop guidelines and policy frameworks to support governance and operations.

Duties The Lead Architect willbe responsible forleading thetechnicaldesign of a digital repository and trusted research environment for sensitive research data to serve the pan-Canadian communities of social sciences researchers.

Reporting to the Director of IT at CRDCN, the Lead Architect will:

Take a research-based approach to the system design, exploring contemporary best practice in repositories for sensitive data, articulating the state of the art with an eye to future developments, and consulting with like projects internationally.

Working closely to understand the multiple project requirements with the SSCAN project team, especially the Data and Policy Lead and the Metadata and Curation Lead, determine options for the system’s architecture to meet a variety of storage and access needs and a range of security levels for different datasets and depositors.

Seek out quotes and monitor cost profiles for the components of the system, motivated by cost constraint in line with public sector funding

Architect a detailed solution for the chosen option that combines robust cybersecurity and privacy protections with authentication and authorization solutions, high-performance data storage, curation, search and retrieval technologies, and comprehensive disaster recovery strategies.

Research and implement full compliance with relevant data governance frameworks

Ensure that the solution supports FAIR data management practices and aligns with the CARE and TRUST principles, with a preference for Open Source solutions.

Align the architecture with the requirements of the CoreTrustSeal, considering how long-term preservation could be incorporated into the repository, with an eye to eventual certification

Liaise with other groups in the National Data Spaces pilot to exchange approaches and best practices and align decisions where possible.

Ensure alignment/interoperability/incorporation of a range of services and national planning by the Digital Research Alliance of Canada, including the use of persistent identifiers, data management planning templates, the creation of the Canadian Research Data Platform, etc.

The following assets are highly desirable

Master’s degree in one of the following: Information Science; Information Systems; Information Studies; Library and Information Science (MLIS); Computer Science or a related area.

Deep technical systems expertise.

Active research profile with publications and conference presentations.

Experience designing systems for data management, archiving, or similar.

Understanding of scholarly data lifecycle, RDM and FAIR practices.

Familiarity with metadata standards and their encoding.

Familiarity with requirements around sensitive data.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Business, or related field of study.

Requires 6 years of relevant experience, including one year of supervisory experience.

How to apply To apply, please use the following link: https://crdcn.ca/lead-architect-sscan-data-space-job-id-75664/

If you have any questions, please emailinfo@crdcn.ca.

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