Job Reference
871_24_CASE_DPPP_RE1/RE2
Position
Research Engineer - DevOps/Backend developer (RE1/RE2)
Closing Date
Thursday, 02 January, 2025
Reference: 871_24_CASE_DPPP_RE1/RE2
Job title: Research Engineer - DevOps/Backend developer (RE1/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.
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
At the Data Analytics and Visualization Group of the BSC, we are looking for a software engineer to work with us to deploy and develop software for data management and computation pipelines.
The position will be responsible for developing, deploying, and maintaining software for handling simulation and ML models, data storage, and communication between all these components in offline and streaming situations.
Knowledge of different backend systems, MLOps and DevOps methodologies and systems will be highly valuated. Sysadmin experience is required.
The infrastructures to be managed are two local machines, pipelines and systems in High-Performance Computing systems (mainly Marenostrum V), as well as cloud architectures (currently AWS). The candidate will work in close collaboration with multiple projects and other members of the team to help their needs.
The position will be responsible for developing, deploying, and maintaining software for handling simulation and ML models, data storage, and communication between all these components in offline and streaming situations.
Knowledge of different backend systems, MLOps and DevOps methodologies and systems will be highly valuated. Sysadmin experience is required.
The infrastructures to be managed are two local machines, pipelines and systems in High-Performance Computing systems (mainly Marenostrum V), as well as cloud architectures (currently AWS). The candidate will work in close collaboration with multiple projects and other members of the team to help their needs.
Key Duties
- Deploying and manage virtualization architectures (Docker, Kubernetes, etc.)
- Deploying and manage streaming and orchestration software (Kafka, Spark, Airflow, etc)
- Implement usable tools to control and monitor all steps of the different operations
- Collaborate in the design and implementation of the backend for the group projects
- Create and maintain CI/CD pipelines using DevOps and MLOps methods and tools
- Manage and maintain internal software for the group work tools (Mattermost, B2Drop, Superset, Notion, and various web pages and databases) as well as two workstations and cloud hardware (AWS)
- Produce documentation of the code and systems
Requirements
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Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Software Engineering or equivalent
- Master’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent.
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Essential Knowledge and Professional Experience
- 1+ year experience as a software engineer/developer
- Experience on virtualization, communication, and storage platforms
- Experience working with Apache Kafka, Spark, etc
- Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and other virtualization software
- Experience with DevOps, MLOps pipelines, as well as orchestration software
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Additional Knowledge and Professional Experience
- Strong experience as Linux sysadmin
- Experience deploying and maintaining databases (PostgresQL, MongoDB, etc.)
- Experience creating and maintaining CI/CD pipelines
- Experience in web backend development (for example authentication systems, DBs, etc.)
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Competences
- Strong self-organization
- Proactive, ability to take initiative and prioritize tasks
- Ability to work independently
- Good written and verbal communication skills
Conditions
- The position will be located at BSC within the CASE 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.