Cloud Computing Analyst

Woodwell Climate Research Center Inc•Falmouth, MA

1d•$96,000 - $107,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Join Woodwell’s Information Systems team as a Cloud Computing Analyst to manage public cloud resources for the center. The successful candidate will work closely with research and non-research staff to optimize cloud storage, compute environments, software, and scientific data and modeling processing workflows. The ideal candidate will have passions for cloud computing, coding and climate solutions.

Requirements

Administration experience with Google Cloud Platform or other major IaaS provider is required
Strong track record of implementing cloud-based processing techniques
A passion for coding and data science including knowledge of at least one programming language (Python, R, and C++ are preferred)
Experience handling large volumes of spatiotemporal data
Proven deep technical background including cloudbased CPU and GPU optimization
Ability to work in a demanding environment with minimal supervision
Familiarity with database usage and basic administration tasks (SQL preferred)
Proven track record in architecting and managing High-Performance Computing (HPC) environments, leveraging Terraform for Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) and optimizing large-scale data workflows within BigQuery
Ability to design informative and accessible technical training materials
2+ years of hands on professional experience
A Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information technology or other quantitative fields.

Responsibilities

Work with staff to analyze, optimize and manage cloud computing environments, including GCP, AWS and Azure
Work with research staff to streamline scientific computing workflows within cloud environments
Work with the IS team to optimize cloud security utilizing least privilege access principle
Manage and optimize cloud billing and resource usage
Develop and manage scalable architecture to support applications and infrastructure as a service (IAAS)
Identify cloud technology gaps/risks and establish mitigation strategies.
Write guides and provide training on cloud platform usage, cloud management tools and best practices
Remain up to date with cutting-edge cloud technologies, methods and proactively work to implement them