Senior Research Computing Systems Engineer

Posting Summary

This Research Computing Systems Engineer position provides expert support for the Vermont Advanced Computing Center’s (VACC) research computing systems and helps build and maintain state-of-the art high performance computing (HPC) solutions for our researchers. This position joins a team that supports the HPC hardware, large-scale storage systems, cluster software, and researcher software in the VACC.

TheVACChas four research clusters, including multi-thousand core “big compute” resources andGPU-focused resources, and a massive in-memory database cluster. This position will support theVACCcomputing and storage hardware infrastructure, as well as research computing software such as Slurm, Open On Demand  and related technologies. This position directly supports UVM’s goal of enhancing IT resources and infrastructure available to theUVMresearch community.

The position will work with otherVACCIT staff to install, maintain, and support research software and tools used by theUVMresearch community. In collaboration with Research Computing Facilitators, this position will respond to a wide range of requests submitted by researchers, providing guidance and expertise in software installation and troubleshooting.

This position will assess the needs of our faculty, helping adjust theVACCcompute resources to better meet their needs for research and academic purposes. The position will actively support academic use ofVACCresources, working with faculty to expandHPCinto the classroom.

Scripting is an important skill for this position, both for cluster administration, and for helping users take advantage of theVACCcluster. A change to any part of theVACCresources is likely to affect hundreds of users, working on millions of dollars of research, so systematic attention to detail, careful planning and judgement are critical.