Job ID: 310214778
Job date: 2017-05-17
End Date:
Company : Bechtle Steffen Schweiz AG Country : Role : Research Scientist
Job date: 2017-05-17
End Date:
Company : Bechtle Steffen Schweiz AG Country : Role : Research Scientist
Job Description:
Tasks & Responsibilities: • Ensures installation, configuration and operation of the scientific platform environment to achieve the performance and agility of the various applications supported (in the range of several hundreds). • Definition of HPC/HTC workflows and job submission optimization activities • Assist with scientific application and data analysis tool set build, installation, configuration, maintenance and advanced tuning. • Contributes to the concept, planning and execution of projects. Must Haves: We decided to split the must haves in a), b) and c) to make it easier for you to understand the skill set. a) TECHNICAL SKILLS: • At least 7 years of advanced experience working with large scale Linux/HPC environments • Knowledge of HPC cluster build and management tools (e.g bright, xcat); HPC infrastructure components, infiniband networking; Parallel Filesystem (e.g. GPFS, Lustre); GPUs; and monitoring/benchmarking/tuning HPC workloads and applications • Knowledge of Workload management and architecture, queue configuration, such as SLURM, LSF, Gridengine and parallel programming techniques and tuning, openmp, mpi • At least 10 years general Linux system administration skills: DevOPS approach: configuration management (e.g. puppet), automated build/release test & deployment (e.g. jenkins, git); monitoring tools/frameworks (e.g. nagios, ganglia, elk); Scripting: shell, python, perl; b) GENERAL SKILLS: • Senior level technical operational skills (+7 years), such as troubleshooting, capacity planning, and root cause analysis; writing application and platform documentation; and user training and education experience • Experience in fast changing environments where solutions are deployed and retired at high pace; problem solving attitude; customer orientation and delivery focus with good end user perspective • Good communication and interpersonal skills; advanced English language skill is a must • Clear goal orientation and supportive of change; proactivity, with a clear ability to think beyond boundaries, take controlled risks and assume responsibilities; experience in a global organization, working in an international and multicultural environment is considered a valuable asset • Scientific knowledge or awareness – bioinformatics, cheminformatics, life sciences; desirable understanding of Computer Systems Validation and ITIL concepts; active open source contributor c) QUALIFICATIONS: • Minimum Bachelor computer science or equivalent, ideally Masters. • Professional Linux related certifications, qualifications and industry presentations/recognition. Nice to Haves: +++ Desirable experience working with 1) installing and configuring +++ scientific applications particularly on a Linux/Unix platform (e.g. +++ Schrodinger, Moe, Bowtie, Gromacs, R, Python, Matlab, Topspin, +++ Pipeline Pilot) and 2) also experience of Linux build and packaging +++ tools (e.g. Make, CMake, Easybuild, RPM, Yum) Roche experience +++ German speaking ++ Programming skills in high level languages such as Java or C++ are a ++ plus Experience with cloud technologies such as AWS, Azure, GCP
Additional Info:
• Start date: 01.08.2017 • End date: 31.12.2018 • Extension: Would be possible, but needs to be approved. • Work load: 100% • Work location: Basel • Remote: not possible • Travel: not required Please note that we can only consider applications from candidates with a swiss working permission or EU citizenship. All applications must include a CV, otherwise they will be disregarded. [Click Here to Access the Original Job Post]
Tasks & Responsibilities: • Ensures installation, configuration and operation of the scientific platform environment to achieve the performance and agility of the various applications supported (in the range of several hundreds). • Definition of HPC/HTC workflows and job submission optimization activities • Assist with scientific application and data analysis tool set build, installation, configuration, maintenance and advanced tuning. • Contributes to the concept, planning and execution of projects. Must Haves: We decided to split the must haves in a), b) and c) to make it easier for you to understand the skill set. a) TECHNICAL SKILLS: • At least 7 years of advanced experience working with large scale Linux/HPC environments • Knowledge of HPC cluster build and management tools (e.g bright, xcat); HPC infrastructure components, infiniband networking; Parallel Filesystem (e.g. GPFS, Lustre); GPUs; and monitoring/benchmarking/tuning HPC workloads and applications • Knowledge of Workload management and architecture, queue configuration, such as SLURM, LSF, Gridengine and parallel programming techniques and tuning, openmp, mpi • At least 10 years general Linux system administration skills: DevOPS approach: configuration management (e.g. puppet), automated build/release test & deployment (e.g. jenkins, git); monitoring tools/frameworks (e.g. nagios, ganglia, elk); Scripting: shell, python, perl; b) GENERAL SKILLS: • Senior level technical operational skills (+7 years), such as troubleshooting, capacity planning, and root cause analysis; writing application and platform documentation; and user training and education experience • Experience in fast changing environments where solutions are deployed and retired at high pace; problem solving attitude; customer orientation and delivery focus with good end user perspective • Good communication and interpersonal skills; advanced English language skill is a must • Clear goal orientation and supportive of change; proactivity, with a clear ability to think beyond boundaries, take controlled risks and assume responsibilities; experience in a global organization, working in an international and multicultural environment is considered a valuable asset • Scientific knowledge or awareness – bioinformatics, cheminformatics, life sciences; desirable understanding of Computer Systems Validation and ITIL concepts; active open source contributor c) QUALIFICATIONS: • Minimum Bachelor computer science or equivalent, ideally Masters. • Professional Linux related certifications, qualifications and industry presentations/recognition. Nice to Haves: +++ Desirable experience working with 1) installing and configuring +++ scientific applications particularly on a Linux/Unix platform (e.g. +++ Schrodinger, Moe, Bowtie, Gromacs, R, Python, Matlab, Topspin, +++ Pipeline Pilot) and 2) also experience of Linux build and packaging +++ tools (e.g. Make, CMake, Easybuild, RPM, Yum) Roche experience +++ German speaking ++ Programming skills in high level languages such as Java or C++ are a ++ plus Experience with cloud technologies such as AWS, Azure, GCP
Requeriments :
Skills :
- HPC
- Lunix/Unix
- Programing in C++
- Programing in Python
- Programing Skills
- Programming in Java
- Programming in Matlab
- Programming in R
Additional Info:
• Start date: 01.08.2017 • End date: 31.12.2018 • Extension: Would be possible, but needs to be approved. • Work load: 100% • Work location: Basel • Remote: not possible • Travel: not required Please note that we can only consider applications from candidates with a swiss working permission or EU citizenship. All applications must include a CV, otherwise they will be disregarded. [Click Here to Access the Original Job Post]