HPC System Support Specialist - College of Humanities, Arts & Sciences

University of Northern Iowa Alumni and Foundation•Lexington, MA

2d•Onsite

About The Position

This position's primary function is to develop training materials for faculty and students on managing jobs within the High Performance Computing (HPC) system. The specialist will collaborate with faculty and students to understand their scientific tasks and identify computing requirements. They will advise faculty, staff, and students on how to organize, prepare, and obtain data sets for analysis, and provide guidance on using techniques such as data visualization, statistical analysis, machine learning, and data mining to answer research questions. The role also involves assisting and training faculty in composing and assembling reproducible workflows and protocols, helping researchers with job requests, environment, execution, and troubleshooting, and assisting in the maintenance of the HPC system. This is a full-time, on-campus position that is grant-funded and expected to continue through June 2028.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in information technology, computer science, statistics, or related field
Ability to interact with students and faculty to facilitate their use of the HPC system
Experience with Linux based clustered computing environments such as RedHat and Rocky Linux
Proficiency in shell scripting (Bash, Python) and at least one of the following: R, C, C++, Perl, or Java

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree in information technology, computer science, statistics, or related field
Experience working with a range of audiences
Experience providing support and/or training
Proficiency in setting up jobs for parallel execution, e.g., allocating adequate CPU cores and memory to meet specific requirements
Experience with Linux account management and application support
Proficiency with job submission systems such as Slurm, PDB, and LSF
Student experience will be considered

Responsibilities

Develops training materials for faculty and students regarding managing jobs in the High Performance Computing (HPC) system
Collaborates with faculty and students to understand their scientific tasks and identify computing requirements
Advises faculty, staff, and students on how to organize, prepare, and obtain data sets for analysis
Provides guidance on the use of techniques such as data visualization, statistical analysis, machine learning, and data mining to answer research questions
Assists and trains faculty in composing and assembling reproducible workflows and protocols
Assists researchers with job requests, environment, execution, and troubleshooting
Assists in the maintenance of the HPC system