Reference: 665_24_ES_EMW_RE2
Job title: Workflow Management Software Engineer (RE2)
About BSC
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, the Joint Undertaking that 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, with over 1000 staff from 60 countries.
Context And Mission
In the framework of the Earth-Sciences department, the candidate will substantially improve the efficiency and productivity of numerical weather and climate simulations on high-performance computing platforms by supporting the end-to-end workflows of global Earth system modeling in HPC environments. This will be achieved by improving the development and operation of modeling workflows on state-of-the-art supercomputer systems.
Key Duties Join the Autosubmit development team and work on improvements for the Autosubmit workflow engine.Contribute to the Autosubmit development strategy by analyzing user needs and learning from the benefits and disadvantages of the most used workflow tools in the Earth Sciences domain.Maintain the operational deployment on different HPC platforms.Support the users inside and outside the BSC center by adding new features to existing and new tools.Contribute to the convergence and efficiency of different workflows running in the department.Disseminate the results obtained through peer-review publications and presentations at conferences.Facilitate the adoption of the solutions developed through workshops and seminars.Maintain the software in Git and deploy it to the HPC module and to the PyPi repository, publishing both source code updates and documentation.Requirements Education
Having a Bachelor in Computer Science or related discipline. Having a Master's degree will be valued.
Essential Knowledge and Professional Experience
Excellent development skills in Python 3 and OOP, experience with UNIX/LINUX environments and scripting languages (bash, …), knowledge about the development and execution of scientific applications on parallel computers, understanding of HPC computer architecture issues, and experience writing and maintaining tests.
Additional Knowledge and Professional Experience
Experience in version control in a collaborative environment, previous experience in scientific Python packages, and workflow management solutions will be valued. Good documentation skills and fluency in English are also required.
Competences
Capacity to interact and build strong relations with both Earth and Computer scientists, excellent problem-solving skills, willingness to learn about new technologies, and 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), flexible working hours, extensive training plan, restaurant tickets, private health insurance, and support for relocation procedures. Salary will be competitive and commensurate with qualifications and experience.
Applications procedure and process
All applications must be made through the BSC website and contain a full CV in English including contact details and a Cover Letter with a statement of interest in English. In accordance with the OTM-R principles, a gender-balanced recruitment panel is formed for every vacancy. The panel will make a final decision and provide feedback to all candidates.
Deadline
The vacancy will remain open until a suitable candidate has been hired. Applications will be regularly reviewed.
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).
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