Computational Scientist – Bioinformatics

Job ID: 525784
Job date: 2017-08-29
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Company : UT Southwestern Medical Center 

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Role : Research Scientist 


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Job Description:
Job Duties

1.Support faculty and students in adapting computational strategies to the specific features of the HPC infrastructure. Working with a range of systems and technologies such as compute cluster, parallel file systems, high speed interconnects, GPU-based computing and database servers.

2.Develop software and methods to explore, analyze and visualize biological data sets including genomic, imaging and protein structure data.

3.Participate in the design and execution of collaborative research studies in biomedical informatics.

4.Train users on the application and usage of computational systems to help accelerate the pace of scientific discovery.

**Other Duties: Performs other duties as assigned.

-BioHPC User Support: answer user queries recorded in BioHPC ticket system, provide advice and fix issues

-User Training: deliver scheduled user training sessions, generally once per month, develop and revise training materials according to feedback

-Develop BioHPC Systems and Services: create, expand, document, and test systems and services that support access to high performance computing at UTSW

-Research Collaborations: engage in up to 3 simultaneous research projects, working collaboratively with research groups to develop projects requiring high-performance computing

-System Maintenance: contribute to routine maintenance tasks for the BioHPC computing systems

Experience and Education:

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field and three (3) years of scientific software development/analysis. Experience with HPC is a strong plus. Master's or PhD preferred. Will consider demonstrated success in publishing computational science results in lieu of experience.


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Additional Info:
Security: This position is security-sensitive and subject to Texas Education Code 51.215, which authorizes UT Southwestern to obtain criminal history record information

Salary: Salary Negotiable

UT Southwestern Medical Center is committed to an educational and working environment that provides equal opportunity to all members of the University community. In accordance with federal and state law, the University prohibits unlawful discrimination, including harassment, on the basis of: race; color; religion; national origin; gender, including sexual harassment; age; disability; citizenship; and veteran status. In addition, it is UT Southwestern policy to prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression.

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