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ALCF Open Positions
Computational Scientist
HR Requisition #311956
The person selected for this position will draw on a deep knowledge of high performance computational science to assist and collaborate with Leadership Science Project Teams to enable breakthrough science and engineering research at the Argonne Leadership Computing Facility (ALCF). He or she will provide an enduring scientific point of contact for these projects and will help mesh their computational campaign needs with facility resources.
The computational scientist will lead multidisciplinary ALCF teams to address integration, performance, and operation challenges of high performance science and engineering applications. He or she will build relationships with other supercomputer centers to address common challenges.
This position requires comprehensive knowledge of high performance computational science, particularly in one or more of these fields (1) Computational materials science (including related nanoscience areas), (2) computational biology, (3) computational lattice Quantum Chromo-Dynamics, and/or (4) computational astrophysics. It also requires comprehensive experience and leadership skills in interdisciplinary research involving multidisciplinary scientists and engineers.
Application Performance Engineer
The person selected for this position will work closely with Argonne Leadership Computing Facility (ACLF) INCITE science application project team members, application developers, and users to identify and isolate problems, extend functionality, and enhance performance of their applications through algorithmic improvements, code parallelization, and performance analysis. The application performance engineer will take a leadership role in developing computational algorithms and performance tools for the Blue Gene system. He or she will mentor other performance engineers in collaboration with the user community. The individual will also develop a deep understanding of scientific applications from diverse science disciplines. He or she will lead workshops and other user forums to educate ALCF users, and work closely with the ALCF’s User Services and Outreach group and Catalyst team to support users.
This position requires comprehensive understanding of computational analysis, including algorithms, performance, efficiency, and scalability for high-performance computers; comprehensive knowledge of advanced scientific computing, software design, and software methodology for high-performance computing and collaboration; comprehensive skill in the solution of computational science problems on high-performance computing systems; comprehensive awareness of scientific issues and related computational approaches in more than one scientific discipline; and comprehensive expertise in multiple high-performance computing systems and architectures.
Storage Engineer
The person selected for this position will act as a senior storage system expert for the Argonne Leadership Computing Facility (ALCF) and hold primary responsibility for ALCF storage systems. He or she will be responsible for the implementation, configuration, and tuning of present and future storage systems in support of ALCF operations. The storage engineer will work closely with software development teams, project coordinators, application developers, and software architects—both internal and external—to define and implement future storage solutions. He or she will identify and implement industry best practices for storage operations, troubleshooting, and monitoring of system health and performance. This individual will build and direct a small, three-person team and is expected to have hands-on hardware expertise and actively participate in storage activities. Candidates experienced with DataDirect Networks, Infiniband, Fiber Channel interconnects, and SATA disk drives will be given preference.
This position requires comprehensive knowledge of current and emerging storage technologies, application-level protocols and tools for large-scale data manipulations in high-performance parallel I/O systems, advanced storage network protocols (Infiniband, Fiber Channel, SCSI, etc.), advanced scientific computing, advanced scientific I/O and data storage, and comprehensive collaborative skills, including the ability to work well with industry, other labs, and universities. Considerable skills and experience with use and administration of the Linux OS. Experience with Suse Linux Enterprise Edition a plus. Due to this position's responsibilities and access levels, U.S. citizenship is required.
UNIX Database Administrator, Sr.
This person will act as database administrator for UNIX system databases, including DB2, ySql, Postgres, and Oracle databases. He or she will be responsible for installation, backup, recovery, replication, and performance tuning. He or she will develop key tools and applications and maintain development, testing, and production DB environments. The UNIX Database Administrator will act as the division database expert and ensure database security, availability, and integrity.
Required skills and experience include a comprehensive understanding of DB2 and/or MySql databases, the ability to troubleshoot and optimize SQL databases, knowledge of database security and backup procedures, and a comprehensive knowledge of and experience with relational databases.
The qualified candidate will have experience performing all common Database Administration (DBA) tasks and will be skilled in designing and implementing Perl or Python scripts using perl or python database bindings, and in application development using SQL and PL/SQL. He or she will be skilled in high-level programming languages and the software development life cycle, plus have experience building, updating, and maintaining relational objects (including tables, referential integrity, indexes, stored procedurfes, functions, triggers, views, etc.) with performance and scalability in mind. Experience with open source databases is highly desirable.
Postdoctoral Appointee, Computing: Computational Sciences
As a member of the Argonne Leadership Computing Facility (ALCF), this person will draw on knowledge of high performance computational science to introduce new techniques that substantially improve the performance or range of science and engineering that can be addressed by petascale science applications. He or she will work closely with multi-disciplinary ALCF teams and science project teams to address the challenges of high performance science and engineering applications. The qualified candidate may partner with other petascale centers or tool development efforts to address common challenges.
The position requires comprehensive knowledge of high performance computational science, particularly in one or more of these fields: computational materials science (including related nanoscience areas), computational biology, computational Quantum Chromo-Dynamics, and/or computational astrophysics. Good communications skills (both verbal and written), collaborative skills, and skill in the solution of computational science problems using scalable parallel computers and large data systems are required.
