Remote Alma Platform Lead - Automation & Data Governance

King William County Library System; Beltsville, Northern (MD, KY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

LAC Federal is seeking an experienced Alma Platform Manager to provide senior technical support for library systems, including Ex Libris Alma, Python workflows, and data integration. This role collaborates with librarians, IT staff, and vendors to maintain a secure, well-governed environment while supporting ingestion, indexing, and downstream synchronization.

The position emphasizes change management, operational monitoring, and continuous improvement within a primarily remote work arrangement,

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Information Science, Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Science, Library/Information Science, or related field.
• Demonstrated experience administering the Ex Libris Alma Library Services Platform, including roles/permissions and metadata configurations.
• Experience with Python-based workflow automation, ingestion/transformation scripts, 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/governance processes.
• Familiarity with MARC21, Dublin Core, RDA, MODS, or comparable schemas.
• Ability to work with Alma APIs, integrations, normalization processes, and authentication/SSO.
• Experience with configuration management, version control, security controls, and audit logging.
• Ability to complete background investigation and security/privacy training.

Responsibilities

• Administer and maintain Ex Libris Alma including system components, roles, metadata configurations, and SSO functionality.
• Monitor Alma jobs and data workflows, resolving disruptions affecting ingest, indexing, and publishing.
• Maintain Python-based data pipelines for automated ingestion, transformation, and synchronization.
• Lead change-management lifecycle with sandbox testing, deployment planning, validation, and rollback.
• Engage in Agile/Scrum activities including sprint planning, backlog refinement, and story evaluation.
• Maintain dashboards, job monitoring, audit logs, and incident management to ensure security and reliability.
• Support business continuity, release management, and Ex Libris release windows.
• Diagnose cross-system metadata/data-flow issues involving Alma and downstream systems.
• Collaborate with internal teams and external vendors on data management and IT services.
• Produce technical documentation, runbooks, and governance artifacts; support reporting metrics.

Skills

Ex Libris Alma administration

Python-based workflow automation

Agile/Scrum

Change management

Data integration

Operational monitoring

Documentation

ETL/data pipelines

SQL/relational databases

Vendor collaboration

Education

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

Tools

Git

Confluence

CI/CD

SSO / authentication

Job description

LAC Federal is seeking an experienced Alma Platform Manager to provide senior technical support for library systems, including Ex Libris Alma, Python workflows, and data integration. This role collaborates with librarians, IT staff, and vendors to maintain a secure, well-governed environment while supporting ingestion, indexing, and downstream synchronization.

The position emphasizes change management, operational monitoring, and continuous improvement within a primarily remote work arrangement,