Applications are invited from suitably qualified candidates for a full-time specific purpose position as a Software System Developer with the Irish Centre for High-End Computing (ICHEC) at the University of Galway, Ireland.
The position is funded by EuroHPC JU and DFHERIS, and available immediately to work at our Dublin or Galway office.
Irish Centre for High-End Computing (ICHEC)ICHEC is Ireland's national centre for High-Performance Computing (HPC) providing digital infrastructure capabilities and expertise through R&D engagements and skills development programmes to academia, industry and public sector organisations.
With a highly ambitious leading-edge Strategy for 2021-2025, ICHEC provides infrastructure services and expertise in HPC and data intelligence to develop efficient platforms, solutions and services based on technologies including AI, high performance data analytics, Earth Observation, quantum computing and cybersecurity across several sectors including environmental sciences, healthcare, agriculture, energy, financial services and ICT.
ICHEC works in close partnership with several national and international researchers, enterprises and public authorities for joint R&D, skills development, and provisioning HPC and data services to accelerate their digital transformation and green transition.
For more details reach out to our Associate Director, Dr. Venkatesh Kannan or visit www.ichec.ie.
Salary: Research Assistant salary scale €31,962 - €41,943 per annum, (subject to the project's funding limitations), and pro rata for shorter and/or part-time contracts.
The default position for all new public sector appointments is the 1st point of the salary scale. This may be reviewed, and consideration afforded to appointment at a higher point on the payscale (subject to the project's funding limitations), where evidence of prior years' equivalent experience is accepted in determining placement on the scale above point 1, subject to the maximum of the scale. (Research Salary Scales - University of Galway)
Closing date for receipt of applications is 17:00 (Irish Time) on 25th November, 2024. It will not be possible to consider applications received after the closing date. Job DescriptionThis is a role for a highly motivated problem-solver with motivation and skills for gathering and formally specifying user and system requirements, designing and developing solutions, and deploying them in production environments that are will be used by hundreds of national and European users.
The work and duties will entail the following aspects:
Support the development of data platform services on which a diverse set of data and compute workflows and applications can be developed in turn;These platforms and services will provide a coherent and standardised set of tools and services for federating distributed data management systems across Ireland and Europe, particularly across disciplines in climate, environmental, marine renewable energy, biodiversity, agriculture, water, hydrology and life sciences;Collaborate as a team with national and international research/industry partners on the deployment and testing of emerging hardware and software platforms;Work in conjunction with members of the ICHEC Infrastructure Group in building, securing and operating new platforms to a high service level;Build expertise in data spaces (https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/policies/data-spaces);Any other duties assigned commensurate to this level of post.
Minimum RequirementsA Bachelor's degree (level 8) in a domain related to computer science, computational science, or similar.Experience in developing and/or deploying backend software system applications and services with one or more of the languages or frameworks, e.g. Java, Python, Django.Familiarity with software systems design and architecture, including API development and collecting and acting on stakeholder requirements.Experience with data management, storage, database technologies, e.g. S3, PostgresSQL, MySQL.Experience with DevOps development practices including build automation, automated testing, CI/CD, containers and container orchestration. A quality and continual improvement-focused mindset is required.Experience with frontend web development and associated frameworks, e.g. Angular, React or similar.Experience in using VM or containers.Experience of working on HPC or Cloud platforms.Continuing Professional Development/TrainingResearchers at University of Galway are encouraged to avail of a range of training and development opportunities designed to support their personal career development plans. University of Galway provides continuing professional development supports for all researchers seeking to build their own career pathways either within or beyond academia. Researchers are encouraged to engage with our Researcher Development Centre (RDC) upon commencing employment - see HERE for further information.
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