Computational Scientist, BioHPC

UT Southwestern Medical Center • Dallas, TX

4d • Onsite

About The Position

The research computing infrastructure for UT Southwestern Medical Center is the Biomedical High Performance Computing (BioHPC) resource that includes an HPC cluster containing conventional and GPU-based nodes for parallel computing, large-scale data storage, and integration of HPC with high-performance desktop workstations. The Computational Scientist - BioHPC will work on the daily operations of the HPC system, provide user support and training, and collaborate on high-end computational research projects.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree In Computer Science, Engineering, Physics, or other field related to biomedical and computational research

Nice To Haves

• Master's Degree or PhD
• Experience with HPC and/or demonstrated success in publishing computational science results is a strong plus.

Responsibilities

• Support faculty and research teams from all BioHPC member departments at UTSW in adapting computational strategies to the specific features of the BioHPC infrastructure.
• Work with a range of systems and technologies such as compute cluster, parallel file systems, high speed interconnects, GPU-based computing, and database servers.
• Automation of continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines to deliver software in the HPC environment, including containerized environments.
• Develop software and methods to explore, analyze and visualize very complex and high dimensional biological and biomedical data sets.
• Design and optimize workflows for the high-performance compute environment for data collection, data integrity, stable data flow, and ensuring data security during transfer and at rest.
• Participate with UTSW faculty in the design and execution of collaborative research studies in biomedical informatics, providing expertise on the HPC environment.
• Interact with users to understand computational research needs and develop/deliver training on the application and usage of computational systems to help accelerate the pace of scientific discovery across UTSW's research community.
• Performs other duties as needed.

Benefits

• PPO medical plan, available day one at no cost for full-time employee-only coverage
• 100%25 coverage for preventive healthcare-no copay
• Paid Time Off, available day one
• Retirement Programs through the Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS)
• Paid Parental Leave Benefit
• Wellness programs
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Qualified Employer

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level