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Brigham Young University · 1 month ago

HPC Consultant (Supercomputing / Linux) - part-time/28 hrs per week

Provo, UT

Part-time

Onsite

Mid Level

$49/hr - $63.50/hr

Brigham Young University (BYU) is a flagship higher education institution devoted to its mission and students. The HPC Consultant role involves assisting faculty and student researchers in training, application installation, code optimization, and troubleshooting within the realm of High Performance Computing.

Higher Education

Growth Opportunities

No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Handle support requests in person, over the phone, and online

Meet with faculty and student researchers to assess needs

Provide individualized and group training to users

Conduct seminars and guest lectures

Improve algorithms, optimize code, and develop code

Improve workflows and batch job scheduler integration

Debug software using command line tools and debuggers

Work with support contacts for commercial and open source software

Find and fix problems with code compilation, performance, libraries, etc

Send patches to support contacts as necessary

Maintain multi-version application repository on Linux

Software installation and upgrades

Create and maintain environment modules

Test new processor and compiler features to determine optimal compiler settings

Qualification

LinuxC/C++/FortranPython/Julia/PerlBash scriptingBatch job schedulersDebugging softwareMakefilesLearning new skillsTechnical documentationCommunication skills

Required

Capability and desire to learn new skills

Excellent verbal and written communications skills

Experienced with bash on the command line and in scripts on Linux

At least one compiled language (strong preference for C, C++, or Fortran)

At least one interpreted language (e.g. Python, Julia, Perl, etc.)

Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints must hold and be worthy to hold a current temple recommend

Preferred

Experience debugging software that you did not write

Experience with batch job schedulers (e.g. Slurm, Moab, LSF)

Experience performing research and computational simulations

Experience writing Makefiles

Experience with shell scripting on Linux

Experience writing technical documentation or training materials

Benefits

401k. BYU automatically contributes 8% at no cost to you. Additionally, if you contribute 5%, BYU adds an additional 4% (Rehires may qualify for different retirement plans)

Employee assistance program, available to the employee and all members of their household

May be eligible for tuition benefits after two years

Access to the library

Free on-campus parking

Free UTA passes for employees, spouses, and qualified dependents

Discounts at the BYU Store and for many events at BYU