Job Reference
797_24_CS_WDC_RE2
Position
Software Developer for DT-GEO Project (RE1-2)
Closing Date
Monday, 16 December, 2024
Reference: 797_24_CS_WDC_RE2
Job title: Software Developer for DT-GEO Project (RE1-2)
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.
Look at the BSC experience:
BSC-CNS YouTube Channel
Let's stay connected with BSC Folks!
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 carry out research and development to influence the way computing machines are built, programmed and used. The Workflows and Distributed Computing group at the Barcelona Supercomputing Center performs research on programming models for distributed computing. More specifically, this group is contributing to the DT-GEO project (https://dtgeo.eu/), which aims to develop a prototype for a digital twin on geophysical extremes, including earthquakes, volcanoes, tsunamis, and anthropogenic-induced extreme events. Many of the DTC components are developed with COMPSs, and the automatic recording of metadata related to an experiment is enabled with the workflow provenance mechanism of COMPSs.
COMPSs (compss.bsc.es) is a task-based programming model that enables the parallel execution of applications in distributed computing environments. For this research, the group is looking for an engineer to design and implement the required extensions to the workflow provenance mechanism of the COMPSs runtime and the improvement of its related services.
Workflow provenance is the ability to record metadata from a computational experiment run as a workflow. In COMPSs, this is done in an interoperable format to enable the interaction with tools following the same metadata format. Workflow provenance metadata is useful for: reproducibility of experiments, FAIR workflows, knowledge extraction and traceability/explainability of results, among others.
COMPSs (compss.bsc.es) is a task-based programming model that enables the parallel execution of applications in distributed computing environments. For this research, the group is looking for an engineer to design and implement the required extensions to the workflow provenance mechanism of the COMPSs runtime and the improvement of its related services.
Workflow provenance is the ability to record metadata from a computational experiment run as a workflow. In COMPSs, this is done in an interoperable format to enable the interaction with tools following the same metadata format. Workflow provenance metadata is useful for: reproducibility of experiments, FAIR workflows, knowledge extraction and traceability/explainability of results, among others.
Key Duties
- Develop extensions to the workflow provenance generation of COMPSs to support both containerised tasks and containerised applications
- Improve the current COMPSs Reproducibility Service to be able to re-execute COMPSs applications that include containers
- Integration with eFlows4HPC services (Workflow Registry, Software Catalog and Container Image Creation service) to close the loop on application generation / reexecution
- The candidate will work closely with other research members on the Workflows and Distributed Computing group
- Contribution to COMPSs user manual that illustrates how to use the newly developed features
- Contribution of the candidate to the DT-GEO project
Requirements
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Education
- Computer science degree or similar
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Essential Knowledge and Professional Experience
- Container technologies (Docker, Singularity or similar)
- Knowledge of HPC and Distributed Computing
- Good programming skills in Python and Java
- Previous experience in runtime systems and system software
- At least 2 year experience in a similar position
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Additional Knowledge and Professional Experience
- Metadata standards
- Semantic Web technologies
- Metadata standards
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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: As soon as possible
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.
For more information follow this link
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.
For more information follow this link
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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This position is reserved for candidates who meet the requirements and have the legal status of disabled persons with a degree of disability equal to or greater than 33%. In case there are no applicants with disabilities that meet the requirements, the rest of the candidates without declared disability will be evaluated.
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.
For more information follow this link
This position is reserved for candidates who meet the requirements and have the legal status of disabled persons with a degree of disability equal to or greater than 33%. In case there are no applicants with disabilities that meet the requirements, the rest of the candidates without declared disability will be evaluated.