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Research Software Developer

Indiana University Bloomington
Bloomington, IN Full Time
POSTED ON 2/7/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/5/2025

Job Summary

Department-Specific Responsibilities

  • Provides expert technical knowledge and performs highly complex tasks, including systems analysis and programming related to the design, development, implementation, and support of research workflows and services utilizing IU and NSF cloud-based cyber infrastructure.
  • Performs highly complex technical tasks to maintain, test, and deploy high-performance scientific applications and scientific data sets related to those systems.
  • Helps to develop novel and innovative scalable cloud-based services to serve a broad spectrum of research and education goals.
  • Helps scientists run domain-specific software applications to address real scientific problems.
  • Provides the highest level of in-house technical support on specialized and complex research applications. Install and configure vendor-provided software packages on IU systems.
  • Interacts with researcher and scientific communities to develop, deploy and maintain software packages on the University's resources. Provide assistance to partner scientists in running domain-specific software applications.
  • Works with team and other teams in the RSS directorate, RT division, and other collaborators to contribute content for grant proposals and peer-reviewed papers.
  • Provides guidance on the adoption of software design choices, emerging technologies, and libraries.
  • Evaluates and utilizes new and emerging technologies.

General Responsibilities

  • Provides advanced analysis and programming related to the design, development, and support of research systems.
  • Acts as lead in the development and implementation of well-engineered software that supports and enriches research productivity and reliability; evolves software development and data services with the research to ensure that modern standards of reproducible code are kept.
  • Acts as lead in operating, monitoring, and maintaining the integrity of a broad scope of CI systems (storage, cluster computing, databases, virtual machines, network...)
  • Provides advanced consultation with researchers in the use of a broad set of state-of-the-art research systems, tools, and software to enable research productivity; partners with researchers to co-create and co-learn relevant computing and data capabilities.
  • Connects, facilitates, and leads interactions between researchers and technology providers; provides regular communications to the systems and software / data professionals.
  • Engages a broad set of researchers through support requests as a subject matter expert (i.e. email, ticketing systems, chats); recommends and establishes best practice documentation, processes and procedures to remediate support request.
  • Supports and collaborates with researchers and other key IT (e.g. network and security) and Data Center partners.
  • Builds and maintains relationships across the various CI teams to support researchers¿ needs in a timely manner; keeps up with the pace of complex research problems.
  • Enhances learning with full awareness of the local research computing and data landscape.
  • Identifies education opportunities in research community; helps build curriculum and contributes to development and presentation of various training to researchers on basic use of CI.
  • Contributes to grant proposals that are lead by CI professionals or faculty members.
  • Qualifications

    This position is posted at the Advance Career Level but may be filled at the Career Career Level depending on the candidate's qualifications. Although they will be similar, the duties and responsibilities may differ if filled at the lower rank. Please see the qualifications for each level listed below.

    Advanced Career Level Requirements :

    Combinations of related education and experience may be considered. Education beyond the minimum required may be substituted for work experience. Work experience beyond the minimum required may be substituted for education.

    EDUCATION

    Required

  • Master's degree (preferably in related field)
  • WORK EXPERIENCE

    Required

  • 3 years of systems programming / analysis or related experience
  • SKILLS

    Required

  • Proficient communication skills
  • Maintains a high degree of professionalism
  • Demonstrates time management and priority setting skills
  • Demonstrates a high commitment to quality
  • Possesses flexibility to work in a fast paced, dynamic environment
  • Seeks to acquire knowledge in area of specialty
  • Highly thorough and dependable
  • Demonstrates a high level of accuracy, even under pressure
  • Possesses a high degree of initiative
  • Ability to influence internal and / or external constituents
  • Career Career Level Requirements :

    Combinations of related education and experience may be considered. Education beyond the minimum required may be substituted for work experience. Work experience beyond the minimum required may be substituted for education.

    EDUCATION

    Required

  • Bachelor's degree (preferably in related field)
  • Preferred

  • Master's degree
  • WORK EXPERIENCE

    Required

  • 2 years of systems programming / analysis or related experience
  • SKILLS

    Required

  • Proficient communication skills
  • Maintains a high degree of professionalism
  • Demonstrates time management and priority setting skills
  • Demonstrates a high commitment to quality
  • Possesses flexibility to work in a fast paced, dynamic environment
  • Seeks to acquire knowledge in area of specialty
  • Highly thorough and dependable
  • Demonstrates a high level of accuracy, even under pressure
  • Working Conditions / Demands

    This position requires the ability to communicate effectively and to operate computers and other related technical equipment. The role is required to maintain and interact with computers and frequently move objects weighing up to 50 pounds. The person in this role must be able to perform the essential functions with or without an accommodation.

    Work Location

    Bloomington, Indiana

    Benefits Overview

    For full-time staff employees, Indiana University offers a wide array of benefits including :

  • Comprehensive medical and dental insurance
  • Health savings account with generous IU contributions
  • Healthcare and dependent care flexible spending accounts
  • Basic group life insurance paid by IU
  • Voluntary supplemental life, long-term disability, critical illness, and supplemental accidental death & dismemberment insurance
  • Base retirement plan with generous IU contributions, subject to vesting
  • Voluntary supplemental retirement plan options
  • Tuition subsidy for employees and family members taking IU courses
  • 10 paid holidays plus a paid winter break each year
  • Generous paid time off plans
  • Paid leave for new parents and IU-sponsored volunteer events
  • Employee assistance program (EAP)
  • Learn more about our benefits by reviewing the IU Benefit Programs Brochure.

    Job Classification

    Career Level : Advanced

    FLSA : Exempt

    Job Function : Information Technology

    Job Family : Software / App Design, Dev & Eng

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    Posting Disclaimer

    This posting is scheduled to close at 11 : 59 pm EST on the advertised Close Date. This posting may be closed at any time at the discretion of the University, but will remain open for a minimum of 5 business days. To guarantee full consideration, please submit your application within 5 business days of the Posted Date.

    If you wish to include a cover letter, you may include it with your resume when uploading attachments.

    Equal Employment Opportunity

    Indiana University is an equal employment and affirmative action employer and a provider of ADA services. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment based on individual qualifications. Indiana University prohibits discrimination based on age, ethnicity, color, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, national origin, disability status or protected veteran status. Indiana University does not discriminate on the basis of sex in its educational programs and activities, including employment and admission, as required by Title IX. Questions or complaints regarding Title IX may be referred to the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights or the university Title IX Coordinator. See Indiana University’s Notice of Non-Discrimination here which includes contact information.

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