The Barcelona Supercomputing Center – Centro Nacional de Supercomputación (BSC-CNS) is the leading supercomputing center in Spain. It houses MareNostrum, one of the most powerful supercomputers in Europe, and is now the hosting entity for EuroHPC JU, which leads large-scale investments and HPC provision in Europe. The mission of BSC is to research, develop, and manage information technologies to facilitate scientific progress. BSC combines HPC service provision and R&D into both computer and computational science under one roof, currently employing over 1000 staff from 60 countries.
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Location: Barcelona, Spain
Sector: Climate: Past, Present & Future (CL), Earth and Space Science Informatics (ESSI)
Type: Full time
Level: Experienced
Open: Preferred education: Other
Deadline: 14 December 2024
Posted: 14 November 2024
Context And Mission In the Barcelona Supercomputing Center, scientists from different groups rely on a shared data archive curated by the Data and Diagnostics Team (DDT), which is in charge of downloading, standardizing, checking, and curating model and observational data from external sources, as well as developing common tools for data analysis.
The successful candidate will join the Data and Diagnostics Team to develop a new Python suite to create a data pipeline to manage and update the BSC storage containing reanalysis and seasonal forecasts data from the ECMWF Climate Data Store (CDS).
Key Duties Develop a Python suite to download and format climate data from the climate data store and other similar platforms.
Study the efficiency of the different options of the suite.
Integrate the suite into a data pipeline workflow.
Develop an automatic data checker in the data pipeline.
Requirements Education: Bachelor in Computer Science, Telecommunications, Physics, or related discipline.
Essential Knowledge and Professional Experience:
Good development skills and experience with UNIX/Linux environments.
Experience in Python programming and scripting languages.
Additional Knowledge and Professional Experience:
Fluency in English, both speaking and writing.
Knowledge of climate formats and tools (NetCDF, GRIB, CDO, Xarray, etc.) will be valued but are not mandatory.
Competences: This is a specialized position, so the successful candidate is expected to have a demonstrated learning capacity and the motivation to maintain a learning progression during the contract. Capacity to interact and build strong relations with both climate and computer scientists. Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Ability to work both independently and within a team.
Conditions The position will be located at BSC within the Earth Sciences Department. We offer a full-time contract (37.5h/week), a good working environment, a highly stimulating environment with state-of-the-art infrastructure, flexible working hours, extensive training plan, restaurant tickets, private health insurance, and support for relocation procedures. Duration: Open-ended contract due to technical and scientific activities linked to the project and budget duration. Holidays: 23 paid vacation days plus 24th and 31st of December per our collective agreement. Salary: we offer a competitive salary commensurate with the qualifications and experience of the candidate and according to the cost of living in Barcelona. Starting date: ASAP.
Applications Procedure and Process All applications must be made through the BSC website and contain:
A full CV in English including contact details.
A Cover Letter with a statement of interest in English, including two contacts for further references – Applications without this document will not be considered.
In accordance with the OTM-R principles, a gender-balanced recruitment panel is formed for every vacancy at the beginning of the process. After reviewing the content of the applications, the panel will start the interviews, with at least one technical and one administrative interview. A profile questionnaire as well as a technical exercise may be required during the process.
The panel will make a final decision and all candidates who had contacts with them will receive feedback with details on the acceptance or rejection of their profile.
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Deadline The vacancy will remain open until a suitable candidate has been hired. Applications will be regularly reviewed and potential candidates will be contacted.
BSC-CNS is committed to the principles of the Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers of the European Commission and the Open, Transparent and Merit-based Recruitment principles (OTM-R). This is applied for any potential candidate in all our processes, for example by creating gender-balanced recruitment panels and recognizing career breaks.
BSC-CNS is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion. We are pleased to consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or any other basis protected by applicable state or local law.
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