Job Description
Join NCAS-CMS to provide and support HPC services for UK environmental science research and the NCAS Science Strategy. You will be closely involved in both computational and data science elements with a primary focus on testing and support of numerical modelling systems and related codes on a range of computational platforms that include, but that is not limited to, ARCHER2, JASMIN, UK Met Office, the AI Research Resource (AIRR) platforms, EuroHPC, and a UK Exascale platform. This is a great opportunity to collaborate and develop relationships with weather and climate scientists, research software engineers, and computational modellers from partner organisations.
You will:
- Provide support for the research community
- Installing underpinning software on current HPC and emerging Exascale systems
- Porting, optimising and debugging software
- Resolving specialist user queries
- Maintaining, developing, and running modelling workflows
- Represent NCAS-CMS at national and international conferences
- Support user services
- Developing and maintaining data management services
- Maintaining and developing outward facing software systems
- Manage CMS internal infrastructure
- Improving the CMS web presence, including the development and deployment of container based data services.
- Working with CMS group members to produce documentation and showcase recent work.
You will have:
- Programming in at least one of these languages: FORTRAN, C, C++, Python.
- Use of modern software engineering practice
- Bachelor in a numerate degree or equivalent experience
- Knowledge of HPC computation issues: optimization, scalability etc
Closing date: 13 Sept 2024
Interviews will be held: 4th Oct 2024
Contact Name: Grenville Lister
Contact Job Title: Head of CMS
Contact Email address: grenville.lister@ncas.ac.uk
Alternative Contact Name: Bryan Lawrence
Alternative Contact Job Title: Professor of Weather and Climate Computing
Alternative Contact Email address: bryan.lawrence@ncas.ac.uk
By reference to the applicable SOC code for this role, sponsorship may be possible under the Skilled Worker Route. Applicants wishing to consider the SWR must ensure that they are able to meet the points requirement before applying. There is further information about this on the UK Visas and Immigration Website.
The University is committed to having a diverse and inclusive workforce, supports the gender equality Athena SWAN Charter and the Race Equality Charter, and is a Diversity Champion for Stonewall, the leading LGBT+ rights organisation. Applications for job-share, part-time and flexible working arrangements are welcomed and will be considered in line with business needs.
