Sr Research Scientist 3

The University of New Mexico•Albuquerque, NM

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Center for Advanced Research Computing (CARC) is searching for a 0.25 FTE Sr. Research Scientist 3 to work on the NSF Funded MESA Grant and other CARC projects. The selected individual researcher will serve as a recognized leader and authority in a high-performance cloud computing. They will be responsible for making authoritative decisions and recommendations to the CARC Director that have a major impact on extensive scientific research activities. The selected individual will need to exercise a high degree of creativity, foresight, and mature judgment in planning, organizing, and guiding extensive scientific research programs and activities of outstanding novelty and/or importance.

Requirements

Master's degree; at least 9 years of experience directly related to the duties and responsibilities specified.
Completed degree(s) from an accredited institution that are above the minimum education requirement may be substituted for experience on a year for year basis.

Nice To Haves

Understanding of Kubernetes, Terraform, Ansible, LiteLLM, and HuggingFace
Experience with national-scale research cyberinfrastructure platforms, particularly Jetstream-2 (NSF-funded research cloud) and/or CyVerse (national data management and analysis platform).
Demonstrated experience designing and deploying HPC or cloud infrastructure, including hybrid on-premise/cloud architectures.
Familiarity with ACCESS-CI resource allocation processes and integration workflows.
Experience supporting multi-stakeholder research computing environments, such as those spanning multiple colleges, departments, or externally funded programs.
Knowledge of or experience with containerization and orchestration technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes, Singularity) as applied in research computing contexts.
Prior involvement in cyberinfrastructure acquisition planning, including participation in hardware procurement, system integration, or grant-supported infrastructure buildout.
Experience collaborating with or contributing to NSF-funded center or program activities (e.g., SW CACTI, MESA, or equivalent regional/national initiatives).

Responsibilities

Develops model concepts and approaches as an individual researcher and acts independently on technical matters.
Makes authoritative decisions and recommendations that have a major impact on the MESA grant.
Exercises a high degree of creativity, foresight, and mature judgment in planning, organizing, and guiding extensive collaboration in the MESA grant program.
Interprets, organizes, executes, and coordinates scientific research assignments for the MESA project.
Leads infrastructure design and supports cloud infrastructure integration with NSF Jetstream-2 and CyVerse, including architecture planning, deployment coordination, and ongoing operational support.
Leads infrastructure design and architecture for CyVerse deployment on CARC resources in support of the SW CACTI, MESA, and Arts & Sciences cyberinfrastructure hardware acquisition initiatives.
Prepares analyses, reports, and other documentation for publication; presents findings at local, national, and/or international meetings associated with MESA’s Grant Work.
Serves as a senior personnel on the $4.6 million dollar MESA grant.
Maintains currency of knowledge with respect to relevant state-of-the-art technology, equipment, and/or systems, with a particular emphasis in Cloud Computing.
Performs miscellaneous job-related duties as assigned.