Research Scientist I/II - ResearchComputing Facilitation (RCF) (PACE) (Open Rank)

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Atlanta, Georgia

About the School of Office of Information Technology at the Georgia Institute of Technology

Located in the heart of vibrant Atlanta, Georgia, the Partnership for an Advanced Computing Environment (PACE) team defines and manages centralized research computing services at the Georgia Institute of Technology. We facilitate research efforts and foster strategic partnerships to provide Georgia Tech researchers with an unrivaled advantage, empowering them to lead their disciplines for the advancement of science and society across the globe. In addition to high-performance computing, we incorporate emerging cloud, network, data analytics, and storage technologies. Our growing team directly supports faculty, students, and other researchers resulting in a dynamic environment filled with intellectual stimulation and continuous innovation.

Georgia Tech's Partnership for an Advanced Computing Environment (PACE) program is seeking an expert consultant to join our Research Computing Facilitation team. This will be a remote eligible position that can work on campus or remote (in or out of state). The successful candidate must be able to work effectively on team and independent projects, with the ability to self-direct and adjust to shifts in priorities.

This position requires a wide range of demonstrated knowledge and skills, including knowledge of a variety of computational methods and workflows; advanced computer architectures; installation, debugging, parallelization, optimization, and performance tuning of research software; experience with teaching computational concepts and creating educational materials; experience in authoring internal and external procedures and documentation; advanced understanding of job scheduling and resource allocation; demonstrated community building and engagement activities; as well as effective use accelerator technologies like GPUs.

At this time, we have two specific appointments open to join the Research Computing Facilitation team. Please indicate in your cover letter if you would like to be considered for a Research Scientist I or Research Scientist II appointment.

More information about Georgia Tech's Office of Information Technology can be found at: https://oit.gatech.edu

Job Duty 1 - Responsible for the management of the server and storage operations of the college.

Job Duty 2 - Responsible for the data security operations of the college including the design, maintenance and recovery of the system.

Job Duty 3 - Manages all backup and disaster recovery operations for the college. This includes contingency planning, and coordination of the disaster recovery simulations.

Job Duty 4 - Manages the day to day operations of the network, including capacity, performance, and upgrades.

Job Duty 5 - Perform other duties as assigned

At this time, we have two specific appointments open for the Research Computing Facilitation (RCF) project.

Please indicate in your cover letter which of the following roles for which you would like to be considered: Research Scientist I or Research Scientist II

Interact with the research community at Georgia Tech,

Respond to a wide range of requests submitted by faculty & student researchers spanning areas of research and academic computing.

Identify gaps and pursue opportunities for significant collaborations in their funded and published research.

Support the adoption of fast-changing technologies by promoting best practices, developing educational resources, and facilitating effective use of available tools and infrastructure.

Participate in efforts to strengthen the HPC/HTC/cloud user community internally and externally, such as developing and disseminating whitepapers and best practices documents, developing and delivering training seminars, and representing PACE in national venues including conferences and workshops.

Develop, maintain, and improve documentation, tutorials, onboarding materials, website and knowledge base content related to PACE service offerings

Contribute to outreach efforts, including creating materials, reports, and compiling success stories, to increase awareness and engagement across campus communities.

Work closely with other Research Computing Facilitators to share knowledge and establish consistent support practices for PACE systems.

Collaborate with students, faculty, and other stakeholders, including representatives from Georgia Tech Colleges, to collect feedback to define success criteria and incorporate data-driven feedback into actionable items to guide feature development

Educational Requirements
Bachelor's Degree of a equivalent combination of education and work experience or equivalent combination of education and experience

Other Required Qualifications
Must be able to obtain and retain DoD security clearance.

Required Experience
Six to eight years of job related experience

This position vacancy is a Research Scientist I and Research Scientist II rank announcement. Final job offer will be dependent on candidate qualifications in alignment with Research

Faculty ranks as outlined in section 3.2.1 of the Georgia Tech Faculty Handbook (https://www.policylibrary.gatech.edu/faculty-handbook/3.2.1-research-faculty-hiring-and-promotion-guidelines).

Additional Preferred Qualifications
Preferred certifications include MSCE, CCNA, Linux

Preferred Educational Qualifications
Master's Degree

The preferred candidate will have:

Excellent communications skills that include writing, speaking, teaching and documentation

Proven ability to organize work, set priorities, and be accountable for deliverables.

Experience in collaborative and multi-disciplinary research computing facilitation, preferably in a university environment.

Ability to work effectively in a diverse team on both collaborative and independent projects, and to adjust to shifts in priorities and deliverables.

High degree of motivation and the ability to work closely with faculty, researchers, students, and IT professionals

Ability to engage with a highly diverse research computing community at regional, national, and global scale.

Service-focused orientation and excellent follow-through.

Ability to provide effective technical solutions to highly complex problems in advanced and diverse computing environments.

Ability to navigate ambiguity, identify priorities, and create structure where processes or expectations are not yet defined.

Additionally, they will have demonstrated experience in:

Developing educational programming, workshops, or community engagement initiatives.

A High Performance and/or High Throughput Computing environment or other research computing system

Computational methods, architectures, current and emerging technologies, and middleware (e.g. MPI stacks, job schedulers, numerical libraries, and data analytics tools)

Fluency in debugging, parallelization, optimization, and tuning utilizing multiple programming and/or scripting languages; experience with scientific libraries and applications

Fluency with Red Hat Enterprise Linux environment

Proposed Salaries

Research Scientist I = $53,204.00 - $108,900.00. Commensurate with education and experience.

Research Scientist II = $56,395.00 - $108,900.00. Commensurate with education and experience.

Applicants should submit the following:

Candidates should specify which role they're most interested in within their attached cover letter but may be considered for either dependent upon skills or relevant experience. Candidates are invited to specifically highlight publications or products that are relevant to Research Computing Facilitation (RCF) (please include as attachments if those are not accessible).

A letter of application

1-page Research Interest statement describing their prospective/desired research activities

Curriculum vitae

List of 3 professional references

Application materials should be submitted as PDF.

Skills
This job requires a working knowledge of and skill in information technology related project and team management including planning, design, implementation and follow-up. Also required is knowledge of system infrastructure concepts and applicable system operating systems.

Requests for information may be directed to Rachel Lombardi at rlombardi@gatech.edu

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This is State funded appointment

Applications will be considered beginning Oct 26, 2026, but the search will continue until the positions are filled.