Senior Supercomputing Applications Specialist

The Opportunity

• ​Are you ready for the next step in your career?
• Provide technical leadership in the next generation of supercomputing
• Join CSIRO and support Australia's premier scientific organisation!

The Pawsey Supercomputing Centre is a tier-1 high-performance computing facility accelerating scientific discoveries for Australia's researchers. A technical aptitude, strong interpersonal skills and a desire to learn are essential to support the researchers and to grow with technology.

The successful candidate will lead, develop, and manage several technical programs within the Supercomputing Applications team. You will be proactive in identifying opportunities and developing solutions to ensure optimal use of Pawsey supercomputing resources. The role will be crucial in defining and building new supercomputing services for the next-generation Pawsey's infrastructure.

Your duties will include:

• Provide technical leadership, mentoring and co-ordination for the Supercomputing Applications team.
• Provide specialist advice and software enhancement to research groups, drawing on extensive expert knowledge and experience to enable their utilisation at scale of significant supercomputing resources at Pawsey.
• Evangelise Pawsey services to key stakeholders including research groups, government, industry, and external organisations.

Location: Kensington, WA

Salary: AU$113k - AU$132k plus up to 15.4% superannuation

Tenure: Indefinite

Reference: 70560

To be considered you will need:

• A tertiary qualification in a mathematical, scientific or computer-science discipline, or relevant experience.
• Extensive experience in parallel and high-performance computing (including programming models like OpenMP and MPI) as well as accelerated computing (including models for programming GPUs).
• Demonstrated technical leadership in the support and development of large-scale supercomputing applications and workflows.
• Demonstrated success in managing projects.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, and ability to use these skills to engage effectively with colleagues and clients.
• Demonstrated ability to work with independence and self-motivation within a team environment.
• Demonstrated ability & willingness to contribute novel ideas and approaches in support of scientific investigations.

For full details about this role please review the Position Description

Eligibility

The successful applicant will be required to obtain and provide a National Police Check or equivalent.

Flexible Working Arrangements

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About CSIRO

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How to Apply

Please apply on-line and provide a cover letter and CV that best demonstrate your motivation and ability to meet the requirements of this role.

Applications Close

Sunday 10 January 2021, 11:00pm AEST