New Position: Web Architecture Specialist
Note: Regretfully, this
position is no longer proposed and we will not fulfill this
position for the moment.
LEAD THE WEB TO ITS FULL POTENTIAL: The Architecture Domain seeks a Web
technology evangelist and consensus-builder to help the
development of Web technology standards and their deployments
across the enterprise.
This is an opportunity to be part of the team responsible for the
design of the next generation World Wide Web, to lead a variety of
industry and user groups toward the development of services that
enhance the Web, and to assist with W3C's work as team
contact. The role of a W3C team contact is described in the W3C
process.
Responsibilities
- Consensus building: work with W3C Working
Group Participants so that both working groups in the Web
Services activity, as well as other W3C activities, produce Web
standards that support the Web Architecture requirements.
- Architectural & technical leadership:
provide guidance to technical working groups in the design and
evolution of Web infrastructure, including the Web Architecture
itself, or services for the Web and the enterprise (SOAP or
HTTP-only based).
- Evangelization: Build support among user and
vendor communities for the Web Architecture by illustrating the
benefits to those communities.
- Industry outreach and liaison: Establish
liaisons with other technical standards bodies involved in
Web-related technology to ensure compliance with existing
Web standards and collect requirements for future W3C work.
The goal of the Architecture
Domain is maintain and extend some of the Core technologies of
the World Wide Web, including URI/IRI, XML, Web Services, and
Internationalization. The W3C Architecture technologies enable
people to exchange data on the Web every day from the protocol
level, with HTTP and SOAP, and to the application level, with XML,
XML Schema, or WSDL. It also includes technologies for data
manipulation, with XSL Transformations, DOM, or XML Query. Our
focus is to improve the stability of the existing platform; this
includes interoperability between world wide applications, and
extending their capabilities.
Requirements
Candidates should meet the following requirements:
- Strong background in computer science and software
engineering;
- Familiar with up-to-date Web technology, in particular
with respect to Web Protocols and services on the Web;
- Good sense of the Web industry, its market, practices
and product development cycle;
- Good sense of Information Technology in the
enterprise;
- Good written and spoken competency in the working language of
the W3C, English;
- Good communication technical and non-technical skills,
both written and oral;
- Free to travel internationally on a regular basis.
- Development experience in distributed systems design
on UNIX systems in Python, C#, Java or other OOP languages a
plus.
- Eagerness to contribute to a better and more interoperable Web,
and enthusiasm for the mission and spirit of W3C required;
- Must work well as part of a team with many distractions.
The
position is based at ERCIM (Sophia-Antipolis,
France), but remote working may be possible.
How to apply
To apply, please send a motivation letter and your résumé or CV
in electronic form *before the end of April 2006*
to job-application@w3.org