Position : Scientific Computing Manager Location : Rockville Maryland
As our Scientific Computing Manager, you will be responsible for developing and delivering comprehensive infrastructure and application / end user support services to the client research community. This includes architecture, implementation and ongoing operations of multiple HPC clusters, scientific storage, scientific instrumentations, and application support services for a catalog of over 600 open source, COTS, and custom applications. Your team will provide high-touch, consultative end user support to a research community of approximately 4500. You must be able to simultaneously manage various duties such as project management, operations and maintenance, and team management to ensure customer satisfaction while enhancing the caliber of services delivered.
Responsibilities and Duties :
- Provides day-to-day team management and oversight of operations, project execution and service delivery for scientific computing infrastructure, application workloads and scientific instrumentation teams
- Ensures scientific computing service delivery is aligned with program and customer goals; develops strategic roadmaps and tracks KPI's
- Manages 3 to 4 direct reports and a total team of up to 15 people, including hiring, performance management, training, and mentoring. This includes delegating tasks, providing direction, and inspiring collaboration and teamwork
- Responsible for multiple High Performance Computing (HPC) clusters including all computer, storage and supporting applications
- Supports requirements gathering from internal and external stakeholders
- Manage daily operations, tickets, outages and continuous improvement in operational efficiency
- Work closely with Program Leadership, Federal Leadership, Researchers Enterprise Architecture and PMO to align and coordinate efforts and provide transparency
Required Qualifications and Duties :
Masters and 5+ years or equivalent combination of education and experienceExperience with HPC clustersExperience with comprehensive scientific computing infrastructure, scientific data storage and / or scientific instrumentation supportExperience supporting scientific applications and workflows including HPC job optimization, dedicated platform support, specialized computational systems, and computational pipelinesExperience leading cross-functional teams including scientists and engineersExperience with managing multiple complex activities simultaneouslyExperience presenting complex concepts to various stakeholdersDesired Qualifications and duties :
Education or experience in life or physical sciences, PhD preferredExperience working directly with researchers for support and troubleshootingExperience with HPC systems and tooling like SLURM, GPFS, GlobusExperience with scientific research tooling like CryoSPARC, JupyterHubExperience deploying and managing cloud based scientific computing resourcesExperience running AI / ML and scientific research workloadsExcellent written and verbal communication skills