University of Virginia ยท 3 weeks ago
Research Computing Assistant (Student Wage)
United States
Full-time
Remote
New Grad
$18/hr - $18/hr
0+ years expThe University of Virginia is seeking student workers for their Research Computing team within Information Technology Services. The role involves assisting in various activities such as developing teaching materials, supporting workshops, and helping with website updates and scientific software installations.
Higher Education
Responsibilities
Develop new teaching materials, e.g. convert tutorials written in Markdown into a series of YouTube videos and other media
TA in workshops: test workshop examples, help create and test attendees' accounts, software installation before the workshops, and monitor communications
Help with RC website updates (FAQs, short HowTos, wiki pages, etc.), and website maintenance
Scientific software installations, containerized applications, benchmarking, and documentation (e.g. R, Rstudio, Jupyter kernels, ML, bioinformatic tools, etc.)
Support RC staff with consulting requests like code efficiency and performance tasks
Assist RC staff with gathering resource metrics (e.g. user requests, workshop registration, utilization of resources, consulting & collaborations)
Support logistics/admin tasks for Data Analytics Center, Digital Technology Core, VA-WHPC program, and RC outreach events, e.g. help organize and publicize community events and manage program social media posts
Help to compute activities report data (using Python or other programming skills)
Qualification
Required
Current UVA student
Familiarity with a programming language such as Bash, Python, R, Java, Lua, Julia, or Ruby
Excellent oral and written communication skills
Attention to detail
Ability to work within a team
Ability to organize and prioritize assignments
Commitment to in-person student group meetings once a week and additional meetings with the respective project lead as needed
Preferred
Experience with Markdown language and Git version control is a plus
Company
University of Virginia
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