Research Software and Data Engineer

Job Description Summary

This position is available within the University of Maryland’s Division of Information Technology (DIT).

Overview:

The Research Computing team, part of the University of Maryland’s Division of Information Technology (DIT), designs and supports advanced technology systems and services used by researchers at UMD - a top 20 public research institution.

The Research Software and Data Engineer will play a key role in designing, implementing, and supporting research cyberinfrastructure, software, and data-facing solutions.

Primary Responsibilities:

The Research Software and Data Engineer's primary responsibilities will be to work with researchers to design, plan, and implement secure, compliant, and well-engineered software, data workflows, and data science-focused solutions that enrich research productivity, reliability, and reproducibility. The engineer will be part of short- to long-term projects. The work will also include consulting with researchers across disciplines in order to deeply understand their software and data needs and to identify and explain solutions.

Additional Responsibilities:

The Research Software and Data Engineer will work with other team members to offer a wide range of related training workshops and to help bring a mature project management approach to research software work on campus, contributing toward software design and project planning and tracking.

The Engineer will also write code to automate cloud account management, such as provisioning new cloud accounts. The Engineer will work with researchers to adapt existing workflows to cloud environments.

As a Research Computing team member, they will provide technical expertise and insight to teams and projects alongside research programs, collaborate across multiple units in the Division of IT and the University, and help researchers navigate the tools, processes, and services available to them.

**This position is considered essential and may be required to work at the normal work location or an alternative location during a major catastrophic event, weather emergency, or other operational emergency to help maintain the continuity of University services.**

**May be required to work evenings, nights, weekends, or different shifts for extended periods.**

Physical Demands: Predominantly operates in an office environment. Some periods of time may be spent in computer room and communications equipment spaces for installation, testing, and troubleshooting. Some work (less than 5%) requires moving and lifting of heavy computing equipment.

Licenses/Certifications: N/A

Minimum Qualifications

Education: Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university.

Experience: Three to five years experience working in software and data engineering environments.

Other: Additional work experience as defined above may be substituted on a year for year basis for up to four (4) years of the required education.

Knowledge of research computing technologies:
o Batch processing
o Relational Database architectures
o Data Science tools
o Data pipelines, ETL, and data workflows

Knowledge of machine learning frameworks such as PyTorch, TensorFlow, and JAX.
Knowledge of creating and operating container based infrastructure; knowledge of Docker or similar technology.
Knowledge of GPU programming.
Skill in programming, particularly in the languages used in our computational research applications (Julia programming language, C/C++, FORTRAN, python, R).
Skilled at providing technical solutions to complex problems in diverse computing environments.
Skill in oral and written communication.
Skill in the use of Google and Microsoft Office products.
Ability to learn new programming languages and technologies beyond area of core knowledge.
Ability to effectively communicate technical concepts with non-technical audiences.
Ability to multitask while demonstrating a commitment to customer service.

Additional Job Details

Job Risks

Not Applicable to This Position

Financial Disclosure Required

No

Department

DIT-EE-Research Computing

Worker Sub-Type

Staff Regular

Salary Range

$105,800 - $126,960

Background Checks

Offers of employment are contingent on completion of a background check. Information reported by the background check will not automatically disqualify anyone from employment. Before any adverse decision, the finalist will have an opportunity to provide information to the University regarding disclosable background check information. The University reserves the right to rescind the offer of employment or otherwise decline or terminate employment if the information reported by the background check is deemed incompatible with the position, regardless of when the background check is completed.

Employment Eligibility

The successful candidate must complete employment eligibility verification (on Form I-9) by presenting documents that establish identity and work authorization within the timeframe required by federal immigration law, and where applicable, to demonstrate renewed employment authorization.  Failure to complete employment eligibility verification or reverification within the timeframe set forth by law may result in suspension or termination of employment.

EEO Statement

The University of Maryland, College Park is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment. Please read the University’s Equal Employment Opportunity Statement of Policy.

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