Organisation Name: Science and Technology Facilities Council
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Country: United Kingdom
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Science and Technology Facilities Council
Salary: £39,748- £44,166 per annum (dependent on skills and experience). Specialist allowance of up to £4k per annum depending on experience and access to STFC UK VISA support. Support (up to £8k) for UK VISA (healthcare) costs through the relevant skilled worker routes.
Hours: Full time
Contract Type: Open Ended.
Location: Science and Technology Facilities Council, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Harwell, Oxfordshire OR Science and Technology Facilities Council, Daresbury Laboratory, Warrington
Closing date for applications is Monday 10th April 2023
Come and do the kind of computing that got you into technology in the first place. Work with cutting-edge tech and world-leading scientists and engineers. And harness the power of some of the country's most advances supercomputers to tackle work that improves daily life in the UK and far beyond.
Put simply, come and discover the impact you can make when you're equipped, encouraged and inspired to perform to your very best.
About the role:
We are looking for someone to help us create the software tools of modern research.
In this role, you will have the opportunity and freedom to design and build research-enabling software and have an impact well beyond any specific research project. The main task, initially, will be to re-develop the CCP-NC database – an open repository of computational solid state NMR results. This will be an exciting testing ground for the wider Physical Sciences Data Infrastructure (PSDI) initiative and will involve working closely with the UK solid state NMR community as well as interfacing with data management experts in STFC Scientific Computing Department.
The role sits at the interface between the PSDI (https://www.psdi.ac.uk/) project and the Collaborative Computational Project for NMR Crystallography (CCP-NC), https://www.ccpnc.ac.uk/ and will support the work and further developments at this interface. In addition, the goals of this work will have strong overlap with those of the new Ada Lovelace Centre (ALC).
You would be involved in:
Re-developing and maturing prototype databases using state-of-the-art technologies.
Developing database APIs that follow emerging standards and community recommendations and facilitating the interaction with other data sources and IT components.
Working with users to provide high-quality web interfaces aligned with user requirements.
Providing well-documented, maintainable software.
About us:
The PSDI and CCP-NC are both involved with providing researchers in the Physical Sciences (e.g. Chemistry, Physics, Materials Science) with data sources that facilitate their research. CCP-NC, for example, develops software tools for a multidisciplinary community of NMR spectroscopists, crystallographers, materials modellers and application scientists, who work on understanding and characterising solid materials. The PSDI aims to accelerate research in the Physical Sciences by providing tools and services to help researchers to handle, analyse and share data, building upon the data systems researchers already use.
In addition, the work is aligned with a rapidly growing initiative – the Ada Lovelace Centre – aimed at transforming research performed at large experimental Facilities (synchrotrons, neutron and muon sources, laser-based facilities etc) through a multi-disciplinary approach to data processing, computer simulation and data analytics. This initiative will provide computing hardware, build software and provide computational and data analytics expertise that will spark a paradigm shift in the capability of scientists to design, analyse and interpret experiments.
About you:
This is a highly collaborative role, and you will work closely with a variety of people, as such the ability to interact and communicate well with others is a must. You must have the ability to develop good working relationships and be eager to develop skills in the interaction with experimental scientists. You also must be available to travel to attend short in-person meetings (in the UK) with relevant SCD-STFC, CCP-NC and PSDI stakeholders.
In addition, we are looking for someone with the following experience and skills, which will be assessed either during the screening (S) or interview (I) or both (S&I) stages.
Essential Criteria:
1st degree in relevant computing or scientific discipline (S)
Experience in s/w development in a scientific application (S&I)
Experience in web development, including Python-based frameworks (S&I)
Experience in managing or working with databases (S&I)
Experience working with software engineering tools and practices (e.g., version control, documentation, issue tracking and continuous integration) (S&I)
Understanding of Findability, Accessibility, Interoperability, and Reuse (FAIR) Principles (S&I)
Good written and verbal communication skills in English (S&I)
Strong track record of initiative and problem solving (I)
If this sounds interesting to you and you’d like to know more, don’t hesitate to contact Kane Shenton at kane.shenton@stfc.ac.uk.
Employee Benefits:
We are offering a permanent position with a whole host of benefits including:
30 days holiday (in addition to 10.5 bank holidays and privilege days).
Flexible working hours.
An excellent defined average salary pension scheme.
Employee shopping/travel discounts.
Excellent learning and development opportunities.
Relocation allowance may also be available where applicable.
We are committed to sustaining a diverse and inclusive workforce. We are invested in creating an environment that is welcoming and supportive of all, to help us achieve the highest possible standards in our work and organisation together. In this regard, we encourage applications from under-represented groups.
We ask some of the biggest questions in the universe, to answer some of the biggest challenges in the world. Together, our scientists, technologists, engineers and business-support team explore the unknown across every field you could think of. And they turn what they find into work that changes the world around us.
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About The Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
As one of Europe’s largest research organisations, we ask the biggest questions in the universe to find answers that change the world around us. We seek understanding. We’re proud of the impact we make. And we’re committed to helping build a globally competitive, knowledge-based UK economy. Being part of all this means contributing to work that pushes boundaries and creates possibilities. You’ll work with, and learn from, true experts. Whatever your role, you’ll be free to question, and encouraged to share ideas. And, in a positive and supportive culture, you’ll discover just what a difference you can make when you’re equipped and inspired to excel.
We’re a place where curious minds thrive. Not bound by profit, we explore ideas that others don’t, ask questions that others won’t, and discover answers that others are not equipped to find. And, alongside Mars landings and black holes, we also explore diverse, international projects in everything from science and engineering to computing and technology. Whether it’s at the cutting edge or behind the scenes, our work is intellectually challenging. It’s very often ground-breaking. And it’s endlessly, irresistibly fascinating.
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How to apply
Online applications only preferred for this role. Please submit a CV and covering letter which clearly outlines how you fulfil the criteria specified along with your motivation for UKRI and the role. Ensure that the job reference number is included in the filename description of each document uploaded. Note that failure to address the above criteria or submit an application without a covering letter may result in the application not being considered. Assessment will only be based upon the content of your submitted covering letter and CV and not the ‘experience’ section of the application.
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