Research Scientist III - Computational Chemistry Facilities Manager

University of North Texas System•Denton, TX

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The UNT Chemistry Department seeks a full-time Research Scientist III to manage its High-Performance Computing (HPC) facility. The position maintains departmental computer servers and infrastructure, coordinates equipment maintenance and upgrades, and manages user access, training, and research support. The role also supports computational chemistry research, installs and updates software and codes needed by users, manages billing and computational job queues, and works with users to obtain funding for facility upgrades. The successful candidate will have a strong background in computational chemistry or a closely related area. Experience managing, installing, or upgrading modern HPC facilities is strongly preferred. The University of North Texas is a Carnegie R1 research university and a federally designated Hispanic-Serving Institution and Minority-Serving Institution. The Chemistry Department has strengths in materials chemistry, computational chemistry, and catalysis, and supports interdisciplinary collaboration. The position is based in Denton, Texas. The work schedule varies based upon assignment.

Requirements

Ph.D. in Computational/Theoretical Chemistry or a related area.
Strong background in computational chemistry or a closely related area.

Nice To Haves

Experience managing and maintaining multi-user high-performance computing facilities.
Experience managing, installing, and/or upgrading modern HPC facilities.
Strong record of published research in Computational/Theoretical Chemistry or related areas.

Responsibilities

Manage and maintain the physical infrastructure for the departmental high-performance computing (HPC) facility.
Manage and coordinate access to the Computational Chemistry Instructional Laboratory (CCIL).
Provide information about computational facilities to chemistry researchers for publications and grant proposals.
Support HPC users with software and hardware needs.
Provide technical support for research groups conducting computational chemistry.
Manage research access to HPC systems and manage queues for computational research jobs.
Obtain quotes for needed HPC facility upgrades and repairs, and oversee the upgrades and repairs.
Coordinate maintenance and upgrades of computing equipment and support systems.
Manage user access and training.
Manage billing for the facility.
Install and update codes and software needed by users.
Work with users to obtain funding for facility upgrades.