Research Cyberinfrastructure Architect

Research Cyberinfrastructure Architect

RE32483

3L900:ITS Research Enablement & Outreach

Lexington, KY

48

$61,693-101,795/year

Staff

Full-Time

http://www.uky.edu/hr/employment/working-uk/equivalencies

None

Sitting and/or standing for long periods of time; performing repetitive motion tasks; effectively communicating with individuals from diverse backgrounds and varied professional levels.

Days; Typically Monday – Friday. Additional hours as needed.

University of Kentucky seeks a Research Cyberinfrastructure Architect in Lexington, Kentucky to perform Cyberinfrastructure design, implementation, security and support for our research user community, including designing and building high performance compute, network, storage and virtualized systems.

This position requires a Masters Degree in Computer Science; 2 years working with high performance computing systems, including the implementation, administration, and use of supercomputers and emerging cloud computing infrastructure in support of scientific research; 2 years experience with the following: TCP and IP protocols, routing protocols and software defined networks; using conventional network services (DNS, NFS, SMTP) and routers; SDN network, schedulers and big data transmissions; cloud based systems and solutions, elastic computing, virtualization techniques and frameworks (e.g. OpenStack); public cloud providers (AWS, Google and Azure); OS programming knowledge, software design and distribution and parallel programming competency and Knowledge of schedulers and HPC resources.

Given the COVID-19 pandemic, and the need to protect our university community including our students, staff, faculty and visitors, the University of Kentucky is requiring COVID-19 vaccination for all new hires prior to starting employment. Therefore, as of October 18, 2021, all new hires prior to their first day of employment must submit appropriate documentation showing, i) completion of the first vaccination against COVID-19, or ii) completion of the full vaccination series against COVID-19, or iii) approved exemption (medical contraindications or a sincerely held religious belief) through the formal exemption process from the COVID-19 vaccination requirement. For those employees who have completed the first vaccination against COVID-19 prior to their first day of employment, the second vaccination (if applicable) must be completed following the vaccination recommended schedule to be considered fully vaccinated.

IEBC – Internal Employee Being Considered

No

02/24/2022

The University of Kentucky is committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce by ensuring all our students, faculty, and staff work in an environment of openness and acceptance. We strive to foster a community where people of all backgrounds, identities, and perspectives can feel secure and welcome. We also value the well-being of each of our employees and are dedicated to creating a healthy place to work, learn and live. In the interest of maintaining a safe and healthy environment for our students, employees, patients and visitors the University of Kentucky is a Tobacco & Drug Free campus.

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we strongly encourage veterans, individuals with disabilities, women, and all minorities to consider our employment opportunities.

Any candidate offered a position may be required to pass pre-employment screenings as mandated by University of Kentucky Human Resources. These screenings may include a national background check and/or drug screen.