Job Reference
818_24_ES_EDD_RE1
Position
Python climate developer for data standardization
Closing Date
Saturday, 14 December, 2024
Reference: 818_24_ES_EDD_RE1
Job title: Python climate developer for data standardization
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
Coupled climate models, running on High-Performance Computers, generate very large amounts of data in formats specific to the Earth Sciences Community, GRIB, and NetCDF. To allow the proper integration of the data into community tools, formatting of the data is necessary, adding metadata, doing GRIB to NetCDF conversion and ensuring full compliance to the CMOR (Climate Model Output Rewriter) format. The Data and Diagnostics, composed of 23 engineers belonging to the Earth Science department at the Barcelona Supercomputing Center, is searching for one engineer willing to work on developing, updating, and maintaining these formatting jobs based on the ece2cmor python package inside the workflow of the department, including the git branches management.
Depending on the efficiency of the candidate (s), he might also contribute to the maintenance and update of the Earth System Grid Federation data node of the BSC, where the climate data are shared with the rest of the community.
Depending on the efficiency of the candidate (s), he might also contribute to the maintenance and update of the Earth System Grid Federation data node of the BSC, where the climate data are shared with the rest of the community.
Key Duties
- Update and optimize the libraries of the CMORization Python job in HPC
- Participate in the maintenance of the different branches of the workflow
- User support for climate scientists using the tool
Requirements
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Education
- Having a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Physics, or a related discipline.
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Essential Knowledge and Professional Experience
- Good development skills in Python
- Experience with UNIX/LINUX environments, scripting languages (bash, …), and version control systems (git, or svn)
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Additional Knowledge and Professional Experience
- Experience in Earth Sciences file types (NetCDF, GRIB,...), tools (CDO, NCO, xarray,…), and managing large volumes of data will be appreciated
- Keen to learn how to develop scientific applications on parallel computers
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Competences
- Capacity to interact and build strong relations with both climate and computer scientists
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to take initiative, prioritize tasks, and work under set deadlines
- Ability to work both independently and within a team
- Ability to learn and adapt to multiple programming languages easily
- Fluency in English, both speaking and writing
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, 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.
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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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