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Massachusetts Institute of Technology Junior Research Computing Support Specialist in Cambridge, Massachusetts
Junior Research Computing Support Specialist
Job Number: 23796
Functional Area: Scientific Computing
Department: Office of Research Computing and Data
School Area: VP Research
Employment Type: Full-time (Hybrid)
Employment Category: Exempt
Visa Sponsorship Available: No
Schedule: M-F
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Job Description
JUNIOR RESEARCH COMPUTING SUPPORT SPECIALIST, Office of Research Computing and Data (ORCD), to assume a hands-on position delivering world-class research computing customer experiences to all MIT researchers. Will be part of a growing central team providing core research computing training and support services and platforms to the entire MIT community. Will interact directly with researchers and research groups to help resolve and remove their challenges around scaling reproducible digital research and data activities beyond laptop and desktop computing; create testable, repeatable, and maintainable online training material; and participate in the delivery of effective in-person training activities related to productive research computing best practices and skills. A full job description is available here (https://orcd.mit.edu/about-orcd/jobs) .
Job Requirements
REQUIRED: bachelor’s degree and three years of relevant programming experience or seven years of experience in lieu of a degree; at least one year of experience with one scripting language such as Python, R, or Julia and/or one compiled language such as C, C++, or Fortran; willingness and ability to participate in continued personal technical learning and keeping up-to-date with evolving technology; strong interpersonal and written and oral communication skills; ability to work independently and with others; and some understanding of the character of research environments. PREFERRED: some exposure to some modern tools of digital research; comfort working with notebooks, VSCode, bash/Linux, parallel and math libraries, GPU toolchains, or other similar commonly used systems; experience with machine learning stacks and platforms, continuous integration and continuous deployment systems, workflow automations such as Git and other software productivity tools; and formal or informal teaching or tutoring experience. Job #23796-83/6/24