Research Computing Facilitator
Diversity Statement:
The University is especially interested in candidates who can contribute to the diversity and excellence of the institution. Applicants are encouraged to include in their cover letter information about how they will further this goal.
Posting Summary:
As Research Computing (RC) Facilitator, serve in a critical role to support research computing needs across UVM. Directly support UVM’s goal of enhancing IT resources and infrastructure available to the UVM research community. Assist researchers with software and services to accelerate research productivity, and leveraging of UVM’s RC infrastructure, including the Vermont Advanced Computing Center’s HPC cluster systems as well as RC Virtual machines and Research Storage clusters. Provide hands-on training workshops and documentation on various topics related to Research Computing, HPC, and use of the VACC clusters. Engage with faculty to promote the effective use of technology resources through expert knowledge of RC software and hardware systems.
Assist with outreach and engagement of new users who would benefit from advanced computation. Assist other IT staff to install, maintain, and support research software and tools used by the UVM research community. Respond to a wide range of requests submitted by researchers, providing guidance in software installation, software configuration, and the use of HPC package managers such as Spack. Provide job scheduler support, effective use of available hardware resources, and assistance with software troubleshooting and porting applications to the UVM environment.
Support research workflows and data movement via Globus or other automated tools. Support services such as Open OnDemand and Jupyter Notebook to enhance academic use of HPC resources and deploy new software for cluster users. Collaborate with RC IT staff to evaluate how to improve services and contribute to planning efforts for future grants, equipment and software for RC services. Collect and assess community needs and communicate data-driven feedback to the team to help guide the new features and services that will benefit UVM research. This is an entry- to mid-level position.
Minimum Qualifications (or equivalent combination of education and experience):
Bachelor’s degree in STEM related field and one or more years of experience with high performance computing systems and scientific software, or an equivalent combination of education and experience required. Exposure to installing software on Linux-based systems, often from source experience. Experience with academic research software such as Python, Jupyter, R, Matlab, Amber, GROMACS. Scripting and/or programming experience, ideally with multiple languages such as C, C++, Python, Perl, bash, Fortran required. Experience with software version control such as Git. Strong technical and problem-solving skills. Ability to think creatively about technical challenges. Excellent customer service experience and ability to build rapport quickly with students, faculty, and staff. Effective written and verbal communication skills. Ability to work effectively on team and independent projects. Motivated to learn and evaluate new technologies and share information.
Desirable Qualifications:
Exposure to HPC architectures, and appropriate use of CPUs, memory, storage, interconnects, and GPU architectures. Familiarity with HPC technologies, such as job schedulers like Slurm, package managers like Spack, Open OnDemand, and MPI libraries.Knowledge of debugging, parallelization, optimization, and tuning of software applications on HPC clusters, experience with common scientific libraries and applications.Experience creating, using, and updating automated testing.
Experience working at an academic institution.Experience developing containers for HPC software deployment.Experience with building software using CUDA, HIP or OpenCL libraries on GPU hardware.
Special Conditions:
Bargaining unit position, External candidates must complete a 4-month probationary period, A probationary period may be required for current UVM employees, This position is eligible for a hybrid schedule with an option to split time between campus and elsewhere, in accordance with the university telecommuting policy, Background Check required for this position
FLSA:
Exempt
Payband Min (Represents full-time (12 months, 1.0 FTE) equivalent salary. Must be prorated for jobs less than 12 months or 1.0FTE (Salary/12 x # of months x FTE)):
43500.00
Payband Max (Represents full-time (12 months, 1.0 FTE) equivalent salary. Must be prorated for jobs less than 12 months or 1.0FTE (Salary/12 x # of months x FTE)):
82650.00
Staff Hiring Band:
Hiring salary budgeted at mid to high end of pay band
Union Position:
Yes, UVMSU ($20 minimum hourly rate)
Job Open Date:
05/30/2023
Open Until Filled:
No
Position Title:
Information Tech Professional
Posting Number:
S4381PO
Department:
Systems Architecture & Admin/11620
Position Number :
00026573
Employee FTE :
1.0
Employee Term :
12
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