Alma Platform Lead — Data Pipelines & Governance

Jobtailor; Beltsville (MD); On-site; USD 95,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor in Beltsville, MD seeks a senior Ex Libris Alma Administrator to manage Alma components, metadata configurations, and integrations. You will monitor data workflows, troubleshoot ingest/indexing, and ensure credential security and auditability.

In an Agile setting, you will participate in sprint planning, change management, and documentation, with occasional travel to Beltsville. Familiarity with security standards is preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Information Science, Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Science, Library/Information Science, or a related technical field.
• Experience administering Ex Libris Alma, including roles/permissions and metadata configuration.
• Experience with Python-based workflow automation and external-system integrations.
• Experience diagnosing data-flow, indexing, and schema issues in relational or cloud databases.
• Experience in Agile/Scrum teams and change-control processes.
• Familiarity with MARC/Dublin Core/RDA/MODS or similar metadata standards.

Responsibilities

• Administer and maintain Ex Libris Alma, including system components, user roles and permissions, profiles, metadata configurations, normalization rules, integrations, authentication/SSO, audit logs, and related configurations
• Monitor and troubleshoot Alma jobs and data workflows affecting ingest, indexing, publishing, preservation, and other processes
• Maintain and enhance Python-based data pipelines for automated ingestion, transformation, indexing, synchronization, error handling, and secure credential management
• Execute change-management activities including impact analysis, sandbox testing, deployment planning, validation, post-deployment verification, and rollback procedures
• Participate in Agile/Scrum activities including sprint planning, backlog refinement, user stories, acceptance criteria, and retrospectives
• Maintain operational monitoring and service-management capabilities, dashboards, incident management, and secure data handling

Skills

Python-based workflow automation

Agile/Scrum participation

Change-control governance

Metadata standards familiarity

Alma metadata tools

Data workflow troubleshooting

Education

Bachelor's degree in Information Science, Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Science, Library/Information Science, or a related technical field

Tools

Confluence

Git

Alma APIs

Issue-tracking tools

Job description

Jobtailor in Beltsville, MD seeks a senior Ex Libris Alma Administrator to manage Alma components, metadata configurations, and integrations. You will monitor data workflows, troubleshoot ingest/indexing, and ensure credential security and auditability.

In an Agile setting, you will participate in sprint planning, change management, and documentation, with occasional travel to Beltsville. Familiarity with security standards is preferred.