Job Reference
485_24_CS_WDC_RE2-3
Position
COMPSs runtime and infrastructure manager (RE2)
Fecha de cierre
Lunes, 30 Septiembre, 2024
Reference: 485_24_CS_WDC_RE2-3
Job title: COMPSs runtime and infrastructure manager (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, was a founding and hosting member of the former European HPC infrastructure PRACE (Partnership for Advanced Computing in Europe), and is now 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 in order to facilitate scientific progress. BSC combines HPC service provision and R&D into both computer and computational science (life, earth and engineering sciences) under one roof, and currently has over 1000 staff from 60 countries.
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We are particularly interested for this role in the strengths and lived experiences of women and underrepresented groups to help us avoid perpetuating biases and oversights in science and IT research. In instances of equal merit, the incorporation of the under-represented sex will be favoured.
We promote Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, fostering an environment where each and every one of us is appreciated for who we are, regardless of our differences.
If you consider that you do not meet all the requirements, we encourage you to continue applying for the job offer. We value diversity of experiences and skills, and you could bring unique perspectives to our team.
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BSC-CNS YouTube Channel
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We are particularly interested for this role in the strengths and lived experiences of women and underrepresented groups to help us avoid perpetuating biases and oversights in science and IT research. In instances of equal merit, the incorporation of the under-represented sex will be favoured.
We promote Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, fostering an environment where each and every one of us is appreciated for who we are, regardless of our differences.
If you consider that you do not meet all the requirements, we encourage you to continue applying for the job offer. We value diversity of experiences and skills, and you could bring unique perspectives to our team.
Context And Mission
The Computer Sciences (CS) department of the Barcelona Supercomputing Center aims to conduct research and development to influence how computing machines are built, programmed and used. The Workflows and Distributed Computing (WDC) group at the Barcelona Supercomputing Center aims to carry out research on programming models for distributed computing.
COMPSs is a task-based, parallel programming model offered to application developers. In COMPSs, applications are described as sequential programs and annotations are added to identify tasks. The tasks are functions of the application that can run in parallel among them. At execution time, the tasks are identified by the COMPSs runtime, which manages their execution in a distributed computing infrastructure, such as supercomputers, clouds, or edge-to-cloud platforms (see compss.bsc.es for more details).
The group is looking for an engineer with at least five years of experience in a similar job to maintain and further extend the COMPSs runtime. It is a must that the candidate excels in Java programming in parallel systems. The group also maintains a CD/CI infrastructure for the COMPSs project and other software projects. The candidate will also manage such infrastructure and should have previous experience in these or similar tasks (i.e., experience in infrastructure management with Jenkins). Finally, the sought candidate would require experience in HPC systems at the user level and expertise in interacting with job schedulers (especially with SLURM).
Other valued expertise includes containers and Kubernetes, parallel programming, distributed computing, and scheduling for task-based environments in distributed systems. In addition to Java, COMPSs supports Python and C/C++ syntax. Thus, expertise in these programming languages will be valued.
The job also includes active participation in the projects where the group is involved, attending project meetings, collaborating with partners and writing deliverables.
COMPSs is a task-based, parallel programming model offered to application developers. In COMPSs, applications are described as sequential programs and annotations are added to identify tasks. The tasks are functions of the application that can run in parallel among them. At execution time, the tasks are identified by the COMPSs runtime, which manages their execution in a distributed computing infrastructure, such as supercomputers, clouds, or edge-to-cloud platforms (see compss.bsc.es for more details).
The group is looking for an engineer with at least five years of experience in a similar job to maintain and further extend the COMPSs runtime. It is a must that the candidate excels in Java programming in parallel systems. The group also maintains a CD/CI infrastructure for the COMPSs project and other software projects. The candidate will also manage such infrastructure and should have previous experience in these or similar tasks (i.e., experience in infrastructure management with Jenkins). Finally, the sought candidate would require experience in HPC systems at the user level and expertise in interacting with job schedulers (especially with SLURM).
Other valued expertise includes containers and Kubernetes, parallel programming, distributed computing, and scheduling for task-based environments in distributed systems. In addition to Java, COMPSs supports Python and C/C++ syntax. Thus, expertise in these programming languages will be valued.
The job also includes active participation in the projects where the group is involved, attending project meetings, collaborating with partners and writing deliverables.
Key Duties
- Maintenance and development of COMPSs runtime
- Maintenance and management of the group CD/CI infrastructure
- Contribution and maintenance of COMPSs documentation
- The candidate will work closely with other research members on the team of the Workflows and Distributed Computing group
- Management of COMPSs releases (twice a year)
Requirements
- Education
- Computer science degree, master on computer science will be valued
- Essential Knowledge and Professional Experience
- Proficient skills in Java programming
- Previous experience in HPC systems at user level
- Knowledge of HPC job schedulers
- Experience in CD/CI infrastructure management
- Additional Knowledge and Professional Experience
- Previous experience in PyCOMPSS/COMPSs and its runtime or in similar task-based environments
- Knowledge in distributed computing
- Programming skills in Python, C/C++ and R
- Competences
- Fluency in spoken and written English, while fluency in other European languages will be also valued
Conditions
- The position will be located at BSC within the Computer 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, support to the 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: 01-09-2024
Applications procedure and process
All applications must be made through 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 a feedback with details on the acceptance or rejection of their profile.
At BSC we are seeking continuous improvement in our recruitment processes, for any suggestions or feedback/complaints about our Recruitment Processes, please contact recruitment [at] bsc [dot] es.
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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.
OTM-R principles for selection processes
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 etc.
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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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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