The UNM Clinical & Translational Science Center (CTSC) at the Health Sciences Center (HSC) is seeking an experienced, strategic, and effective High Performance Computing (HPC) Systems Specialist 1 to provide programming and management support in a complex research computing environment. The HPC Specialist will work as a member of the CTSC Informatics Core’s programmer/analyst and data management team on the administration and maintenance of high performance computing systems, clusters, as well as advanced filesystems, enterprise storage systems, visualization environments, and networks. Additional tasks include development and maintenance of databases, ensuring integrity and security of data, system integration/deployment, system performance/security analyses, problem resolution, and support of open source web applications. The HPC Systems Specialist will work with a range of departmental stakeholders to provide comprehensive support to faculty, researchers, students, and other computational staff on the development of system management tools and architectural assessments of production systems. We are seeking a self-motivated individual who enjoys a diverse range of projects and has proven technical skills.

The CTSC is a member of the national Clinical Translational Science Award (CTSA) consortium, funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). "Translational" science implies translating research into practice through the cycle of "bench" (traditional lab research) to "bedside" (clinical trials in patients) to "community" (actual adoption in larger systems). The CTSC promotes the expansion of clinical research and the emergence of community voice in the direction and implementation of clinical research.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

1.     Provides systems support for an advanced research computing environment. This includes supporting AI and ML researchers with infrastructure as code, as well as the platforms and systems that run this code including the installation, integration and management of HPC systems, clusters, operating systems, and system interfaces.

2.     Provides support for monitoring system usage and health, to include ensuring that the HPC complex is operating at optimal performance and reliability levels.

3.     Development, documentation, management, and maintenance of IT processes, including security and disaster recovery.

4.     Works in collaboration with systems staff to manage hardware and software infrastructure to provide a reliable, high-performance, and scalable computing environment.

5.     Participates in the configuration and tuning of batch queuing systems in a high performance, parallel computing production environment; collects and analyzes system utilization statistics and logs; identifies computer system anomalies and operational problems; and provides systems support for databases, web applications, SSO and LDAP, name resolution, and cloud storage services.

6.   Continuous professional development to remain at the cutting edge of research using health informatics.

7.   Serves as the primary system administrator for local servers including Linux systems  and complex databases such as REDCap.

8.   Troubleshoots issues with applications, accounts, databases, and servers.

9.   Provides technical support to CTSC, University Hospital IT, and HSC IT team members.

10. Tracks time and activities for ongoing projects to facilitate billing for services.

11.  Performs other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

TERM APPOINTMENT; FUNDING AVAILABLE THROUGH 07/31/2025; CONTINUANCE BEYOND THAT DATE SUBJECT TO AVAILABILITY OF ADDITIONAL FUNDING. The CTSC has received continuous funding for over two decades.

See the Position Description for additional information.

Bachelor's degree in a related Technical, Scientific, or Engineering discipline; at least 1 year of experience directly related to the duties and responsibilities specified.

Completed degree(s) from an accredited institution that are above the minimum education requirement may be substituted for experience on a year for year basis.

·      Skill in examining and evaluating operations and developing data operating strategies, and supporting code with respect to systems administration, development, and machine learning processes.

·     Knowledge of current and emerging trends in technologies, techniques, issues, and approaches related to medical data stewardship.

·     Proficiency with one or more programming languages, such as Python.

·     Experience configuring server software, such as Apache HTTP Server.

·     Knowledge of data privacy, security, and regulatory compliance, including medical data privacy standards such as HIPAA and HITEC, and the human research protection regulatory environment.

·     Experience in developing and providing training and technical assistance.

·     Ability to communicate effectively in layman's terms to research teams.

·     Security certification and/or experience in cybersecurity in an enterprise environment.

·       Demonstrated ability to automate system administration tasks and machine learning workflows.

·       Skills in configuring CyVerse, Kubernetes, or other containerized computing environments.

·       Demonstrated experience administering high-performance computing systems, and production servers running Linux.

·       Skills with DevOps and/or MLOps.

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Positions posted with a Staff Type of Regular or Term are eligible for the Veteran Preference Program. See the Veteran Preference Program webpage for additional details.

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