Job title : Workflow Management Software Engineer (RE2)
About BSC
The Barcelona Supercomputing Center – Centro Nacional de Supercomputación (BSC-CNS) is the leading supercomputing center in Spain. It houses MareNostrum, one of the most powerful supercomputers in Europe, and is now hosting entity for EuroHPC JU, the Joint Undertaking that leads large-scale investments and HPC provision in Europe. The mission of BSC is to research, develop and manage information technologies in order to facilitate scientific progress. BSC combines HPC service provision and R&D into both computer and computational science under one roof, and currently has over 1000 staff from 60 countries.
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.
Key Duties
* Join the Autosubmit development team and work on improvements for the Autosubmit workflow engine.
* Contribute to the Autosubmit development strategy by analyzing user needs and learning from the benefits and disadvantages of the most used workflow tools in the Earth Sciences domain.
* Maintain the operational deployment on different HPC platforms.
* Support users inside and outside the BSC center by adding new features to existing and new tools.
* Contribute to the convergence and efficiency of the different workflows running in the department.
* Disseminate results obtained through peer-review publications and presentations at conferences.
* Facilitate the adoption of solutions developed through workshops and seminars in and out of the department.
* Maintain the software in Git and deploy it to the HPC module and to the PyPi repository, publishing both source code updates and documentation.
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 (37.5h / 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 : 23 paid vacation days plus 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.
#J-18808-Ljbffr