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Job Summary :

The High Performance Computing (HPC) Research Computing Associate provides technical expertise and user support for Colby College’s advanced computing infrastructure. This role is integral in ensuring that researchers, faculty, and students can effectively leverage HPC resources for their computational and data-intensive research. The HPC Research Computing Associate primary responsibility will be to work closely with Information Technology Services (ITS) and Academic Research Computing (ARC) staff, faculty, and research teams to optimize the performance and usability of HPC systems, to develop and maintain software solutions to support the computational and data analysis needs of the research community, and to design, code, test, and optimize software systems that enhance research capabilities and streamline computational workflows.

The HPC Research Computing Associate is expected to occasionally debug and rewrite low-level systems software, evaluate software for potential acquisition, and work closely with vendors’ support organizations to ensure timely resolution of problems and high availability of HPC production services.

Essential Functions And Responsibilities

To perform successfully in this position, an individual must be able to perform essential duties satisfactorily as well as possess education/experience, employ the knowledge, skills, and abilities as listed in representative fashion. Colby College actively supports the Americans with Disabilities Act and will consider reasonable accommodations to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the position. This listing of essential duties is not all-inclusive, but representative;

other duties may be assigned. .

Responsibilities

• Develop, deploy, enhance, and maintain software applications and tools to support research computing needs.
• Implement efficient algorithms and data structures to handle large datasets and complex computations.
• Write clean, well-documented, and maintainable code using modern programming languages.
• Integrate software solutions with existing research computing infrastructure, including high-performance computing (HPC) systems and cloud platforms.
• Collaborate with systems administrators and researchers to ensure seamless integration and functionality of software tools within the research environment.
• Analyze and optimize the performance of software applications, ensuring they meet the high demands of computational research.
• Identify and address performance bottlenecks, memory usage issues, and other technical challenges.
• Provide technical support and troubleshooting for software issues, assisting researchers in overcoming obstacles.
• Create and maintain comprehensive documentation for software tools, including user guides, technical specifications, and troubleshooting procedures.
• Stay up to date with advancements in software engineering and computational research technologies.
• Propose and implement new features, improvements, and updates to enhance the functionality and usability of software tools.
• Manage project timelines, deliverables, and milestones to ensure successful and timely completion of software initiatives

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computational Science, Engineering, or a related field
• Conceptual knowledge of all and in-depth knowledge of some of the following: systems architectures, security, networking, storage systems, parallel computing, batch/scheduling systems.
• Extensive knowledge of HPC environments, including experience with job scheduling systems (e.g., Slurm), parallel computing, and data-intensive computing.
• Proficiency in…