Vacancies for the Post of Scientific Assistant Gr. II
University of Colombo School of Computing (UCSC)
Scientific Assistant Gr. II (Academic Support Grade)
Vacancies
The University of Colombo School of Computing (UCSC) a leading Higher Education Institute which provides Undergraduate and Postgraduate education in computing and related fields in Sri Lanka will entertain applications for the following posts from suitably qualified persons up to 06th October 2020.
Educational Qualifications:
(UGC Circular No. 484)
(1) A First or Second Class (Upper Division) in a B.Sc. (Special) Degree in Computer Science/Computer Engineering or equivalent Degree from a recognized University
OR
(2) A Second Class (Lower Division) in a B.Sc. (Special) Degree in Computer Science/ Computer Engineering or equivalent Degree from a recognized University
OR
(3) A pass in a B.Sc. (Special) Degree in Computer Science/ Computer Engineering or equivalent Degree from a recognized University
OR
(4) A pass in a B.Sc. General Degree or equivalent Degree from a recognized University with a recognized postgraduate qualification in Computer Science/Computer Engineering from a recognized University
Note:
(a) The applicants should have Computing degrees as defined in the UGC Commission Circular No. 08/2018 as follows.
- Computer Science
- Software Engineering
- Information Systems
- Information Technology
- Computer Engineering
(b) Candidates should be able to carry out duties according to the Terms of Reference (TOR) for Scientific Assistant given below.
Scientific Assistant for Examination System
- Analyze the Examination System of Higher Education System and develop business scenario using use-cases/flow charts/data flow and other representative techniques
- Prepare both functional and non-functional requirement specification of the examination system using standard documentation formats and maintain such documents with respect to changes in the university examination process
- Identify suitable software architecture for the examination system considering study programmes at the undergraduate, postgraduate and external degree programmes
- Provide innovative solutions for different problems in examination systems using Computing/ICT Framework
- Develop reusable software components/modules/libraries for e-Examination or e-Assessment systems
- Develop database structures considering both formative and summative assessment requirements
- Ability to integrate different examination data resources to mine different patterns
- Experience with test-driven development to accommodate changes in DevOps context
- Develop a massive data repository for data mining requirements
- Produce different analytical reports for management requirements
Scientific Assistant for Computer Forensic
- Carry out Investigation specialized to Computer File system forensics such as Investigating on Existing Data, Data Recovery, Investigating on Recovered Data, Data analyzing, data backup and Report writing
- Sound knowledge of file system such as FAT/ NTFS/ exFAT/ ext2, ext3, ext4/ Hikvision File System
- Partition repair, Data recovery
- Carry out Investigation specialized to Video & image forensics such as Storage mirroring (Imaging), Investigating on Existing Data, Data Recovery, Investigating on Recovered Data, Data analyzing, Data backup, Report writing
Good knowledge and experience of PC / Laptop / CCTV DVR / Mobile device assembling and disassembling
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- Experience of data acquisition by using hardware tools
- Good knowledge and handling experience of storage devices
- knowledge of electronics
- Carry out Investigation specialized to mobile forensics such as Storage mirroring (Imaging), Investigating on Existing Data, Data Recovery, Investigating on Recovered Data, Data analyzing, backup, Report writing
- Working experience on Knowledge of forensic analysis tools
- Knowledge of Mobile data extraction and analyzing
- Knowledge of data analyzing of databases {MSSQL, MySQL, Oracle, …}
- Audio analyzing
- Image and Video analyzing
- Knowledge of data encryption and decryption
METHOD OF RECRUITMENT:
By open advertisement, Selection by Interview.
SALARY CODES & SCALES:
U-AS 1 (I); Rs.48,385–19 x 690 – 61,495 p.m. (w.e.f. 01.01.2020)
In addition, cost of living allowance & other allowances approved by the University Grants Commission will be paid.
OTHER BENEFITS APPLICABLE TO above positions
i) Provident Fund and Contributory Pensions Scheme
10% and 7% of the salary by the employee and employer respectively will be credited to the Universities Provident Fund. 8% of the salary will be credited to the Pensions Fund by the employer.
ii) Employees Trust Fund
3% of the salary by the employer
Applicable conditions:
- The appointments will be in accordance with provisions of the Universities Act No: 16 of 1978 and subsequent Amendments, Ordinances, By-laws, Regulations and Rules etc., made there under.
- Duly filled specimen application form should be sent to Senior Assistant Registrar/ Establishments, UCSC, No. 35, Reid Avenue, Colombo 07 under registered cover along with certified copies of relevant certificates on or before 06th October 2020 (Specimen application form is available here).
- The name of the post in respect of which the application is sent, should be stated on the top left hand corner of the envelope.
- Candidates of the Higher Educational Institutions/ Institutes, Government Departments, State Corporations and Statutory Boards should apply through the Heads of their respective institutions. Applications which are not forwarded through the respective Heads of Departments will be rejected.
- Applications received after the closing date, incomplete or not submitted on the format in the UCSC website will be rejected.
- University of Colombo School of Computing reserves the right to short list the candidates.
- Applicants should submit a self-evaluation report (SER) describing how the tasks mentioned in the TOR for the given post could be performed based on their experience.
Director
University of Colombo School of Computing
No. 35, Reid Avenue
Colombo 07.
02.09.2020