Research Cyberinfrastructure Manager
About The Position
The Research Cyberinfrastructure Manager will provide technical oversight for the development team within the Research Computing group, overseeing a team including Research Software Engineers (RSEs) working on large-scale data management problems within the institute’s and national cyberinfrastructure as part of the Center for High Throughput Computing (CHTC). The primary focus of this position is day-to-day oversight of the development and integration of the Pelican Platform—a distributed, global-scale platform for delivering data to compute workflows. The manager will work under the group lead to define technical road maps, prioritizing development workflows, and mentoring RSEs to ensure high-quality software engineering practices. While the position provides day-to-day team leadership and technical guidance, it operates within the broader Morgridge ecosystem, collaborating with the PIs who lead major NSF-funded cyberinfrastructure projects such as the Partnership to Advance Throughput Computing (PATh), the Pelican Platform, and the Fabric for AI-Driven Science (FabAID). The ideal candidate will bridge the gap between high-level objectives / architectures and daily software implementation, ensuring the team effectively leverages modern software engineering practices to advance Fearless Science at the Morgridge Institute.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, or related fields; Master’s degree preferred.
- 5+ years of experience in software engineering, with at least 3+ years in a leadership or senior technical / architectural role, preferably in a research, academic or distributed systems environment.
- Demonstrated experience leading or coordinating technical teams.
- Experience in utilizing or software engineering inside research computing environments (batch, cloud, or HTC/HPC).
- Strong background in distributed systems design, architecture, and programming.
- Expertise in managing project workflows using issue trackers and version control systems (GitHub/JIRA).
- Proven ability to translate complex research goals into concrete software requirements and design documents.
- Strong familiarity with modern DevOps/Agile/Scrum development styles.
- Familiarity with CI/CD tooling (GitHub Actions/Jenkins) and using agentic AI as part of software development.
- Ability to mentor and grow the technical skills of junior and mid-level software engineers.
- Deep understanding of, or rapid ability to learn, cyberinfrastructure projects and ecosystem (e.g., HTCondor, Pelican).
Responsibilities
- Lead and mentor a team of four RSEs, overseeing the development and implementation of software, including the Pelican Platform.
- Coordinate daily development workflows, execute project milestones, and ensure code quality and system robustness.
- Interact with the Research Computing PIs to identify software engineering challenges.
- Translate architectural designs and principles into actionable technical requirements and plans.
- Manage projects’ technical roadmap and delivery.
- Utilize project management and issue-tracking systems (JIRA, GitHub) to organize work, track progress, and communicate status to stakeholders.
- Improve and enforce best practices for systems development, including testing, code review, and the use of modern CI/CD tooling.
- Work with the team to enhance productivity, through use of agentic AI or other techniques.
- Work with the integration and operations teams to identify and prioritize issues and coordinate rollout of new versions and functionality.
- Serve as a technical point of contact for external partners and the broader US and international cyberinfrastructure community.
- Represent the team at relevant technical meetings with external groups.
- Miscellaneous duties as required
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
