Computational Scientist
1 month ago
The University of Southern California’s Information Technology Services (ITS) seeks a skilled **Computational Scientist** committed to service excellence to join our Center for Advanced Research team. In this role, you will collaborate with diverse professionals to address complex information technology challenges, enhance customer experiences, and deliver value to campus stakeholders across USC.
**THE WORK YOU WILL DO**
As the Computational Scientist, you will provide direct outreach and support services for research computing-related tasks, assisting faculty, research staff, graduate students, and academic programs across the university. You will deliver technical support for new research projects and ongoing academic endeavors involving advanced computing, ensuring optimal use of high-performance computing environments. This role requires developing and implementing technical solutions, maintaining HPC systems, and offering training and education to the research community, thereby enhancing the overall research capabilities at USC.
Job Accountabilities:
- Develops testing procedures and production documentation, contributing to developing and engaging initiatives and projects. Interfaces with researchers as a technical resource, contributing to workflows and assessing and identifying computational requirements to align with research computing.
- Develops, maintains, and presents training and education efforts for researchers and academic programs to enable the optimal use of high-performance computing (HPC). Develops and teaches training workshops and related regular educational curriculum as necessary. Acquires a strong understanding of research topics surrounding the capabilities of advanced computing (e.g., HPC, cloud, containers) and leading-edge initiatives across the industry.
- Builds and maintains collaborative relationships with team members, peers, and department leaders. Supports the vision for the research computing program. Works closely with team members and management to implement and support effective solutions for the research community. Maintains currency with industry technology, standards, and best practices. Supports process improvement efforts within the team and across departments.
- Supports institutional, regional, and national collaborative efforts to identify and promote research and development opportunities supporting the university's strategic research plans. Investigates and addresses researcher inquiries and presents complex technical concepts in simple, straightforward manners. Engages with and encourages engineers to collaborate on initiatives as needed.
- Promotes an environment that fosters inclusive relationships and creates unbiased opportunities for contributions through ideas, words, and actions that uphold the USC Code of Ethics principles.
**MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS**:
- Master’s degree in computer science, Computer Information Systems, etc. or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
- Three years of work experience in IT, computational science and engineering, high-performance or cloud computing.
- Demonstrated knowledge of the research process, proposal lifecycle, data lifecycle, and workflows.
- Advanced knowledge of Linux/Unix and extensive experience in building, installing, and maintaining open-source software in high-performance computing environments.
- Demonstrated experience conducting research in a higher education environment and providing technical support for research projects.
- Familiarity with shared and distributed memory parallelism (e.g., OpenMP, MPI, OpenACC), accelerators (e.g., GPUs), and large-scale file systems.
- Proven expertise in Unix/Linux shell scripting and one or more programming languages (e.g., C/C++, Python, Perl, MATLAB).
- Strong debugging and troubleshooting skills.
- Strong understanding of high-performance computing topics and the data and programming efforts involved in HPC/Cloud.
- Experience communicating technical details to non-technical audiences (e.g., documentation, training, public speaking).
- Proven ability to successfully manage and prioritize multiple projects and plans, implement project specifications, report project status, identify delays, and raise concerns.
- Exceptional interpersonal skills, including demonstrated ability to interact effectively with various stakeholders, including researchers, IT staff, IT leadership, and university administrators.
- Awareness of research data compliance regulations, including federal requirements and granting agency standards.
- Ability to develop positive working relationships and a strong rapport with team members.
**PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS**:
- Doctorate in computer science, Computer Information Systems, etc., or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
- Minimum eight years in information technology, product management, product development, consulting, or another relevant role.
- Five years of work experience
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