Department RINL Research Computing Center About the Department The University of Chicago Research Computing Center (RCC), a unit in the Office of Research and National Laboratories (RNL), provides high-end research computing resources to researchers at the University of Chicago. It is dedicated to enabling research by providing access to centrally managed High Performance Computing (HPC), storage, and visualization resources. These resources include hardware, software, high-level scientific and technical user support, and the education and training required to help researchers make full use of modern HPC technology and local and national supercomputing resources. The Office of Research and National Laboratories oversees the conduct of sponsored research, research program development, multi-institutional research institutes, national laboratory board, and contract management functions. RNL supports the development and coordination of research-related communications and educational programs at The University of Chicago. RNL oversees the management of two Department of Energy contracts for Argonne National Laboratory and Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory. When combined with the Lab R&D budgets, the office oversees approximately $1.4 billion in sponsored research. RNL works closely with individual scholars, departments, and divisions to encourage, seed, and coalesce research across the University, Argonne, and Fermilab campuses. Job Summary The job develops software to support the data acquisition, ingestion, and integration for research projects. Assists in the development of user interfaces and scalable back-end services to automate and accelerate the scientific output of multi-institutional research projects. Responsibilities Serves as a multi-disciplinary technical expert in supporting and advising faculty on using sensitive high-end computing environments and related technologies for their research. Engages the community of researchers using sensitive data at UChicago across application areas. Works closely with faculty to identify, develop, and implement useful computational methods and resources that support or advance their research. Assists faculty, researchers, and students with using resources and services available in the UChicago Secure Data Enclave (SDE) and through the UChicago Secure Research Data Strategy. Serves as a central resource and point person for RCC’s secure computing environments. Assists with onboarding new users. Plans and delivers SDE training to faculty, staff, and other researchers. Develops and maintains user guides, training materials, and other documentation. Installs, configures, and maintains software and tools. Ensures proper process workflows are followed, recommends data protection best practices, and ensures requirements outlined in the standard operating procedures for working with sensitive research data are followed. Evaluates new technologies and software products to determine feasibility and desirability of incorporating their capabilities within research projects. Supports and contributes to research grant proposal development. Provides computational science advance technical support in your area of expertise. Participates in the product development life cycle, providing professional assistance to the design of front-end applications and database systems back-end schema. Analyzes high-level system specifications and makes sure that all application development standards are met. Evaluates past and present technologies to help develop new tools. Ensures all the new tools have been through quality control reviews. Performs other related work as needed. Minimum Qualifications Education: Minimum requirements include a college or university degree in related field. --- Work Experience: Minimum requirements include knowledge and skills developed through 2-5 years of work experience in a related job discipline. --- Certifications: --- Preferred Qualifications Education: PhD. Technical Skills or Knowledge: Work in a research related institution. Background in a high-end computing environment. Expertise with at least two of the following: C/C++, Python, R, Matlab, Julia. Compiling and building scientific applications. Working knowledge of job schedulers such as SLURM or PBS and ability to write shell scripts. Proficient in statistical and numerical methods. Parallel programming. Git and svn. Knowledge of data security and privacy standards and best practice. Familiarity with data management considerations of sensitive data. Preferred Competencies Excellent interpersonal, verbal, written, and presentation skills. Understand and translate researchers’ scientific goals into computational requirements. Identify and gain expertise in appropriate new technologies and/or software tools. Function as part of an interactive team while demonstrating self-initiative to achieve project’s goals and Research Computing Center’s mission. Strong analytical skills and problem-solving. Work well with faculty and researchers. Dedicated to meeting the expectations and requirements of faculty and researchers. Application Documents Resume/CV (required) Cover letter (preferred) When applying, the document(s) MUST be uploaded via the My Experience page, in the section titled Resume/CV of the application. 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