Barcelona Supercomputing Center

Context And Mission

In the framework of the Earth-Sciences department, the candidate will substantially improve the efficiency and productivity of numerical weather and climate simulations on high-performance computing platforms by supporting the end-to-end workflows of global Earth system modeling in HPC environments.

This will be obtained by improving and supporting: the development and operation of modeling workflows on state-of-the-art supercomputer systems, and the usability of these models and tools throughout the European HPC ecosystem.

The candidate will develop solutions for cross-cutting HPC challenges, in particular in the weather and climate domain, and help to develop existing workflow orchestration software.

Key Duties

• Coordinate the BSC activities related to the technical development, testing, improvements, and documentation of the Autosubmit workflow engine.
• Contribute to the Autosubmit development strategy by analyzing the user needs and learning from the benefits and disadvantages of the most used workflow. tools in the Earth Sciences domain.
• Identify priorities, find gaps in the plan, and contribute to the short and medium-term strategy to ensure objectives are met.
• Contribute to the convergence and efficiency of the different workflows running in the department.
• Support the users inside and outside the BSC center by adding new features to the existing and new tools.
• Maintain the operational deployment on different HPC platforms.
• Maintain the software in Git and deploy it to the HPC module and to the PyPi repository, publishing both source code updates and documentation.
• Facilitate the adoption of the solutions developed through workshops and seminars in and out of the department.
• Disseminate the results obtained through peer-review publications and presentations at conferences.

Requirements

• Education
  • Having a Bachelor in Computer Science or related discipline.
  • Having a Master’s degree will be valued.
• Essential Knowledge and Professional Experience
  • Excellent development skills in Python 3 and OOP, and experience with UNIX/LINUX environments and scripting languages (bash, …)
  • Experience writing and maintaining tests (unit, functional, ...)
• Additional Knowledge and Professional Experience
  • Experience in version control in a collaborative environment, including SVN or Git
  • Previous experience in scientific Python packages (Python Numpy, Scipy, …) will be valued
  • Previous experience in a scientific area related to the research position will be appreciated
  • Previous experience with workflow management solutions will be highly valued.
  • Good documentation skills, applied to software code documentation for other developers, and also general documentation for users.
  • Fluency in English
• Competences
  • Capacity to interact and build strong relations with both Earth and Computer scientists
  • Excellent problem-solving skills with a proactive approach
  • Willingness and capacity to learn about new technologies and procedures
  • Capacity to work and communicate in an international and interdisciplinary working environment
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Ability to take initiative, prioritize and work under set deadlines and under pressure
  • Ability to work both independently and within a team

Conditions

• The position will be located at BSC within the Earth Sciences Department
• We offer a full-time contract (35h/week), a good working environment, a highly stimulating environment with state-of-the-art infrastructure, flexible working hours, extensive training plan, restaurant tickets, private health insurance, support to the relocation procedures
• Duration: Open-ended contract due to technical and scientific activities linked to the project and budget duration
• Holidays: 22 days of holidays + 6 personal days + 24th and 31st of December per our collective agreement
• Salary: we offer a competitive salary commensurate with the qualifications and experience of the candidate and according to the cost of living in Barcelona
• Starting date: ASAP

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