The National Institute for Computational Sciences (NICS) at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UTK) is seeking an Application Developer for its Scientific Computing Group (SCG). NICS is a part of the Min H. Kao Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science within the Tickle College of Engineering at UTK.

NICS operates computing resources and supports the University of Tennessee, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and national science and engineering communities enhancing their capability to address computationally challenging research problems. A critical component of this support includes application development and support for computational science workflows within the SCG. This position reports to the NICS Scientific Computing Group Leader.

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The National Institute for Computational Sciences (NICS) at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UTK) is seeking an Application Developer for its Scientific Computing Group (SCG). NICS is a part of the Min H. Kao Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science within the Tickle College of Engineering at UTK. NICS operates computing resources and supports the University of Tennessee, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and national science and engineering communities enhancing their capability to address computationally challenging research problems. A critical component of this support includes application development and support for computational science workflows within the SCG. This position reports to the NICS Scientific Computing Group Leader.

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Required Qualifications:

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree (B.S. or B.A.) in computer science, software engineering, or related field.
• Applicable experience may be substituted for education.

Experience:

• At least one year of experience in software development.
• Two years of experience with programming/scripting languages such as Perl, Python, or C/C++.

Preferred Qualifications:

Education:

• An advanced degree such as a master’s degree (M.S. or M.A.) in computer science, software engineering, or related field is preferred.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Experience developing applications in Python.
• Database experience such as Mongo, PostgreSQL, or MySQL
• Web development technologies experience (Django, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, or frameworks).
• Knowledge and experience in software development methodologies and best practices.
• Experience contributions to research publications.

Other Requirements:

The successful candidate will always maintain the highest level of professionalism when interacting with internal and external customers. In addition, the candidate must possess the following:

• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work as a team player.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to be a proactive and solution-oriented problem solver.

Work Location:

• Onsite at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Compensation and Benefits:

• UT market range: 14
• Find more information on the UT Market Range structure here
• Find more information on UT Benefits here

Application Instructions:

To express interest, please submit an application with the noted below attachments:

• Resume
• Cover Letter
• List of 3 Professional References

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The successful candidate will serve primarily as an application developer responsible for developing and maintaining computational science workflows. Activities include:

• Develop and maintain new workflows to meet research or project goals.
• Automate and/or optimize existing research workflows to best utilize cluster resources.
• Understand research or project needs, recommend methodological approaches, prototype solutions, and implement improvements.