Postdoctoral Researcher/Research Associate (Data Platform Engineer)
This is a full-time fixed-term position as a Postdoctoral Researcher/Research Associate - Data Platform Engineer with the Irish Centre for High End Computing (ICHEC) at the University of Galway, Ireland.
The position is funded by the European Union (EU) and Science Foundation Ireland (SFI). It is available starting immediately for a 2-year period to work from ICHEC offices in Dublin or Galway.
About ICHEC
Irish Centre for High-End Computing (ICHEC) is Ireland's national centre for High-Performance Computing (HPC) and data platforms and services provided to academia, industry and public sector organisations.
ICHEC provides platforms, services and expertise to develop efficient solutions based on technologies including HPC, data management, AI, high performance data analytics, Earth Observation, quantum computing and cybersecurity across several sectors including environmental sciences, life 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.
Job Responsibilities
* Develop 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 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;
* Any other duties assigned commensurate to this level of post.
Eligibility Requirements
* A Masters with 4 years' relevant professional experience after primary degree or a PhD in Computer Science, Software Engineering or a related discipline;
* Experience in designing, building and deploying backend web applications and services;
* Experience in software systems design and architecture, including API development and collecting and acting on stakeholder requirements;
* Experience with DevOps development practices including build automation, automated testing, CI/CD, containers and container orchestration;
* Experience writing and maintaining technical documentation including wikis, technical reports and architecture diagrams;
* Experience with frontend web development and associated frameworks, e.g. Angular, React or similar;
* Experience with data management, storage, database technologies, e.g. S3, Postgres, MySQL;
* Can provide a sample of previous code contributions – e.g. via a public code repository;
* Comfortable working in Linux environments.
Additional Information
Researchers 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.