Computational Science Specialist

Posting Information

Posting Number

Posting Number PG194869EP

Internal Recruitment

Internal Recruitment No

Working Title

Working Title Computational Science Specialist

Anticipated Hiring Range

Anticipated Hiring Range $115,000 - $125,000

Work Schedule

Work Schedule Monday-Friday, 8am - 5pm

Job Location

Department

The College of Sciences brings together the mathematical, physical, and biological-sciences in a research-intensive environment that simultaneously values excellence in teaching and a strong community engagement. Sciences IT is a growing unit that provides innovative IT solutions, responsive and forward-looking support, and creative applications of technology to support the research, teaching, administrative and outreach functions of the College of Sciences. While working in this unit, you will be expected to foster a supportive and welcoming environment.
NC State promotes an integrated approach to problem solving that transforms lives and provides leadership for social, economic, and technological development across North Carolina and around the world. NC State’s land grant mission of teaching, research and service is dedicated to the service of North Carolina and its people. Applicants are encouraged to review the institution’s mission, vision and strategic plan, and consider how their background, interest and experience would enable them to support the university.

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Are you passionate about using advanced computing technologies to accelerate scientific discovery? Join the College of Sciences Information Technology ( COS IT) team and help power groundbreaking research across NC State University.

As a Computational Science Specialist, you will collaborate with faculty, researchers, and students to advance innovative research through high-performance computing, bioinformatics, cloud technologies, and advanced data analysis. This role offers a unique opportunity to bridge technology and science by enabling cutting-edge research projects while supporting the next generation of computational researchers.

From bioinformatics and data visualization to high-performance computing and cloud-based research environments, you will help researchers solve complex scientific challenges and contribute to a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning.

The Computational Science Specialist plays a critical role in advancing cutting-edge research across NC State by helping researchers deploy, optimize, and scale computational workloads on NC State’s high-performance computing ( HPC ) resources, national supercomputing centers, and commercial cloud platforms. Working closely with faculty, researchers, and graduate students, this position provides ongoing scientific computing support while serving as a key member of the Sciences IT team, reporting to the Assistant Director of Information Technology.

The successful candidate will provide bioinformatics computing expertise to the research community, supporting the development and optimization of computational pipelines, software installation and management, database…