Lawrence Berkeley National Lab’s (LBNL) NERSC Division, a supercomputing center in the Department of Energy Office of Science, has an opening for one or more HPC Programming Environment Architect to join the HPC Programming Environments and Models Group (PEM) Group. The PEM group defines and implements modern HPC programming models, development environments and software runtimes that enable current and future science on NERSC systems. Perlmutter, our latest and first GPU based system is a Top 10 system.

In this exciting role you will help define and implement innovative development environments and programming models that allow scientists to take advantage of advanced computing architectures to support their research in fields like studying the impacts of climate change, developing novel materials for energy applications, understanding dark energy, developing fusion energy capabilities, and many others.

What You Will Do:

• Explore and create the future of HPC environments and runtimes.
• Define and maintain the development environment and frameworks that NERSC staff use to deliver the latest software technologies to NERSC users.
• Use knowledge on one or more core software technologies such as compilers, MPI, CI/CD, kubernetes, lmod, ansible, git, systemd
• Assess emerging technologies in workload orchestration, container runtimes, software management and deployment for their potential to be applied to HPC.
• Contribute to ongoing development of standards and open source projects such as Open Container Initiative (OCI), Jupyter, docker, spack, ReFrame, podman
• Enable access to the latest developments in the HPC software ecosystem for NERSC users.
• Work with vendors to prioritize, develop and enhance their technologies in order to better meet the needs of DOE Office of Science application codes and workflows.
• Prepare timely reports, papers, and lectures describing significant results for dissemination within NERSC and throughout the broader HPC research community.
• Optimize and improve the performance of software technologies central to workflows at NERSC.
• Contribute to software engineering expertise to cross-team NERSC activities.
• Take a lead role in one or more of the activities described above.

In addition to the above , the CSE 4 will:

• Contribute to software engineering expertise to cross-team NERSC activities. Expert-level theoretical and practical knowledge is required for CSE4.
• Take a lead role in one or more of the activities described above. Independent leadership from idea to production phases for complex technical projects with broad (multi-group, center, community wide) impact is required for CSE4.
• Provide technical conceptual guidance to other group members and management, suggest directions for investigation, create new opportunities for NERSC, serve as a principal collaborator on major projects, and be responsible for fostering broader community-wide efforts with organizations outside of NERSC and Berkeley Lab.
• Mentor early career staff members
• Work directly with users and developers to ensure correct and optimal usage of software technologies provided by the group and ensure requirements are met by future development.

What is Required:

• Bachelor of Science or higher degree in Computer Science, Computational Science, Computer Architecture, Physical or Biological sciences or equivalent experience and a minimum of 8 years experience in HPC.
• Experience in building, packaging, management and deployment of HPC software.
• Experience with python and bash.
• Knowledge of the Linux environment.
• Proven record of working effectively in a team, managing projects through to completion, meeting deadlines, interacting with users, and thorough documentation of contributions.
• Detailed understanding of state-of-the-art tools used to manage, build, deploy and access software
• A demonstrated ability to lead technical efforts in a team environment.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.

Desired Qualifications:

• Advanced degree in Computer Science, Computational Science, Computer Architecture or equivalent experience and a minimum of 12 years experience in HPC.
• Experience with HPC interconnect technologies (MPI, libfabric or equivalent).
• Experience with container technologies (docker, podman, kubernetes or equivalent) in an HPC context.
• Nationally and or internationally recognized expertise in an HPC related discipline.
• Experience with software technologies in emerging areas, such as cloud computing and their application to HPC.
• Demonstrated track record of research or technical publications.
• Demonstrated track record of contributions to relevant software standards, open source projects or community initiatives.
• Demonstrated track record of leadership and innovation in software architecture.
• Detailed knowledge of one or more of MPI, libfabric, ansible, docker, podman, kubernetes or equivalent technologies.
• Ability to write and present technical papers at conferences and other venues to disseminate research work.

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If hired at a level 3:

This full salary range of this position is between $10,307 to $17,393 per month and is expected to pay between a targeted range of $11,595 to $14,172 per month depending upon candidates' full skills, knowledge, and abilities, including education, certifications, and years of experience.

If hired at a level 4:

This full salary range of this position is between $11,738 to $19,808 per month and is expected to pay between a targeted range of $13,205 to $16,140 per month depending upon candidates' full skills, knowledge, and abilities, including education, certifications, and years of experience.

Notes:

• This is a full-time, career appointment, exempt (monthly paid) from overtime pay.
• This position will be hired at a level commensurate with the business needs and the skills, knowledge, and abilities of the successful candidate.
• This position may be subject to a background check. Any convictions will be evaluated to determine if they directly relate to the responsibilities and requirements of the position. Having a conviction history will not automatically disqualify an applicant from being considered for employment.
• Work may be performed remote, on-site, hybrid, full-time telework. The primary location for this role is Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA. Work must be performed within the United States.

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