Research Software Engineer Uk Visa Sponsorship

Design
Uk
August 8, 2024
£35.0 - £44.3 / year
Full Time Permanent
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Job Description

 

JOB SUMMARY

 

Join NCAS-CMS to supply and support high-performance computing services for UK environmental science research and the NCAS Science Strategy. You will be heavily involved in both computational and data science aspects, with a primary focus on testing and supporting numerical modelling systems and related codes on a variety of computational platforms such as ARCHER2, JASMIN, UK Met Office, the AI Research Resource (AIRR) platforms, EuroHPC, and a UK Exascale platform. This is an excellent opportunity to work and form partnerships with weather and climate scientists, research software developers, and computational modellers from partner organisations.

You will:

  • Provide support to the scientific community.
  • Installing foundational software on existing HPC and upcoming Exascale systems
  • Porting, optimising, and debugging software
  • Resolving specialist user queries.
  • Maintaining, developing, and executing modelling workflows
  • Represent the NCAS-CMS at national and international conferences.

Support user services.

  • Creating and sustaining data management services.
  • Maintaining and creating external-facing software systems.

Manage the CMS internal infrastructure.

  • Improving the CMS website, including the creation and deployment of container-based data services.
  • Working with CMS group members to create documentation and highlight recent projects.

You’ll have:

  • Programming in at least one of the following languages: FORTRAN, C++, or Python.
  • Use of contemporary software engineering practices
  • Bachelor’s degree in mathematics or similar experience
  • Knowledge of HPC compute difficulties, such as optimisation and scalability.

Closing date: Sept 13, 2024.

Interviews will be held: October 4th, 2024.

Contact Name: Grenville Lister.

Job Title: Head of CMS

Contact email: grenville.lister@ncas.ac.uk.

Alternative contact name: Bryan Lawrence.

Alternative Contact Job Title: Professor of Weather and Climate Computing.

Alternative email address: Bryan.Lawrence@ncas.ac.uk.

Sponsorship may be available under the Skilled Worker Route based on the applicable SOC code for this role. Applicants who seek to consider the SWR must first guarantee that they can meet the points requirements. For further information, visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

The University is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workforce, supports the gender equality Athena SWAN Charter and the Race Equality Charter, and serves as a Diversity Champion for Stonewall, the premier LGBT+ rights organisation. Applications for job-sharing, part-time, and flexible working arrangements are encouraged and will be considered based on business needs.

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