Scientific Computing Manager

Job Title: Scientific Computing Manager

Location: Rockville, MD – Hybrid Remote

Eligibility: willing to obtain a (NACI) T1 Clearance

Job Description

• PLEASE NOTE: This position is primarily remote; however, you must
  
  

reside within commuting distance to the client site in Rockville, MD and

be able to be onsite from 1 day a week to 1 week a month to meet

contractual obligations and project needs. Possible travel to the

Montana location.

Seize your opportunity to make a personal impact as a Scientific

Computing Manager supporting the National Institute of Allergy and

Infectious Diseases (NIAID).

As a Scientific Computing Manager you will help ensure today is safe and

tomorrow is smarter. Our work depends on Scientific Computing Manager

joining our team to oversee development and delivery of comprehensive

infrastructure and application/end user support services to the NIAID

research community. This includes architecture, implementation and

ongoing operations of multiple HPC clusters, scientific storage,

scientific instrumentations, and application support services for a

catalog of over 600 open source, COTS, and custom applications. Your

team will provide high-touch, consultative end user support to a

research community of approximately 4500. You must be able to

simultaneously manage various duties such as project management,

operations and maintenance, and team management to ensure customer

satisfaction while enhancing the caliber of services delivered.

How a Scientific Computing Manager will Make an Impact:

• Provides day to day team management and oversight of operations,
  
  

project execution and service delivery for scientific computing

infrastructure, application workloads and scientific instrumentation

teams

• Ensures scientific computing service delivery is aligned with
  
  

program and customer goals; develops strategic roadmaps and tracks

KPI’s

• Manages 3 to 4 direct reports and a total team of up to 15 people,
  
  

including hiring, performance management, training, and mentoring.

This includes delegating tasks, providing direction, and inspiring

collaboration and teamwork

• Responsible for multiple High Performance Computing (HPC) clusters
  
  

including all compute, storage and supporting applications

• Supports requirements gathering from internal and external
  
  

stakeholders

• Manage daily operations, tickets, outages and continuous improvement
  
  

in operational efficiency

• Work closely with Program Leadership, Federal Leadership,
  
  

Researchers Enterprise Architecture and PMO to align and coordinate

efforts and provide transparency

What You’ll Need to Succeed:

Education:

• Masters and 5 years or equivalent combination of education and
  
  

Experience

Required Experience:

• Experience with HPC clusters
• Experience with comprehensive scientific computing infrastructure,
  
  

scientific data storage and/or scientific instrumentation support

• Experience supporting scientific applications and workflows
  
  

including HPC job optimization, dedicated platform support,

specialized computational systems, and computational pipelines

• Experience leading cross-functional teams including scientists and
  
  

engineers

• Experience with managing multiple complex activities simultaneously
• Experience presenting complex concepts to various stakeholders
  
  

Security Clearance Level:

• Public Trust
  
  

Preferred Skills:

• Education or experience in life or physical sciences, PhD preferred
• Experience working directly with researchers for support and
  
  

troubleshooting

• Experience with HPC systems and tooling like SLURM, GPFS, Globus
• Experience with scientific research tooling like CryoSPARC,
  
  

JupyterHub

• Experience deploying and managing cloud based scientific computing
  
  

resources

• Experience running AI/ML and scientific research workloads
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  
  

Location:

• This position is primarily remote; however, you must reside within
  
  

commuting distance to the client site in Rockville, MD and be able

to be onsite from 1 day a week to 1 week a month to meet contractual

obligations and project needs. Possible travel to the Montana

location.