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Paul Scherrer Institut PSI

Scientific Computing Engineer for Biology

October 9, 2024

Your tasks

You will work as part of the High Performance Computing and Emerging Technologies (HPCE) group that is providing scientific computing services to the PSI research divisions. You will serve as the team's contact and expert for PSI's Center for Life Sciences (CLS) You will be leading the efforts ito establish the workflows, IT environment, and software installations of CLS scientists on Switzerland’s new flagship supercomputer ALPS at the Swiss National Supercomputing Centre (CSCS).

Your tasks will be:

Implement and coordinate the migration of applications and workflows of the Center for Life Sciences, CLS, to the ALPS supercomputing infrastructure, close collaboration with internal and external experts to optimize application efficiency on the new infrastructure
Serve as the primary contact for the Scientists at CLS for their scientific computing requirements
Improve existing scientific IT services and establish new ones for the advanced computational demands of the division
Provide expert support regarding high performance computing requirements and workflows, particularly for Cryo Electron Microscopy, x-ray crystallography and X-ray imaging data
Support of computational data analysis at CLS, including management of the respective scientific computing software stack and support in managing and adapting the computational environment for CLS users
Support with planning and implementing professional data management practices and hardware resources for CLS

Your profile

Master or Ph D degree in bioinformatics, computer science, or natural sciences with equivalent practical experience
Experience in running and compiling applications in Linux based HPC/HTC environments, good general Linux skills, optimally also experience in managing and administrating Linux environments, background in Scientific Computing in any of the following areas strongly desirable: structural biology (protein crystallography and/or cryo-electron microscopy), advanced image analysis, molecular modelling, bioinformatics
Proficient in English
Excellent communication skills within a computational and life science research environment
Good project management and multitasking skills

We offer

Our institution is based on an interdisciplinary, innovative and dynamic collaboration. You will profit from a systematic training on the job, in addition to personal development possibilities and our pronounced vocational training culture. If you wish to optimally combine work and family life or other personal interests, we are able to support you with our modern employment conditions and the on-site infrastructure.

This is a fixed-term position. The employment contract will (initially) be limited to 1 year with a potential extension for a second year.

For further information, please contact Dr Derek Heinrich Feichtinger, email derek.feichtinger@psi.ch or Dr Gregor Cicchetti, email gregor.cicchetti@psi.ch.

Please submit your application online by 6 December 2024 for the position as a Scientific Computing Engineer for Biology (index no. 7905-00).

Paul Scherrer Institute, Human Resources Management, Mariusz Prus, 5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland

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