High Performance Computing Engineer - Guadalajara, México - AstraZeneca

AstraZeneca

Empresa verificada

Guadalajara, México

hace 2 semanas

Publicado por:

Rodrigo Fernández

Reclutador de talento para beBee

Descripción

Scientific Computing Platform (SCP) is AstraZeneca's state-of-the-art computing environment to pursue todays and tomorrows in-silico challenges. It strongly focuses on a platform concept, building capabilities and services around central building blocks.

At its heart it uses 3 compute environments, a classical InfiniBand/Slurm HPC cluster, an OpenStack private cloud as well as various public cloud for elasticity and scale.

To exploit these resource pools most optimally, SCP is deploying strong DevOps tooling and cloud native technologies. It seeks to adjust and adapt according to changing requirements and follow the science.

The engineers and architects in the SCP team are key to continuously deliver and support this critical capability. We are operating the SCP as a single global team with shared responsibilities. We are looking for a highly motivated, ambitious and independently working Scientific Computing engineer to join our global team.

ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

Engaging in various activities spanning daily operations and development, exciting technology exploration and strategic project delivery.
Own components of the platform, drive its operational excellence, prioritise the development backlog and craft the roadmap.
You will become a trusted partner to our Science community, ensuring that we deliver technology on the highest standards to enable and push their work to the next level.

MANDATORY SKILLS:

Handson experience operating, crafting or engineering largescale computing environments, such as HPC, HTC or BC, preferably Life Sciences (e.g. Pharmaceutical Industry, BioTech)
Handson experience working in a DevOps teams and using agile methodologies and provide scientific software support for endusers: configuring, installing, tuning and maintaining such software.
DevOps way of working with a strong enterprise service mentality, problem solving, excitement for technology and interest in accelerating science
Configuration management (e.g. ansible, salt, puppet) and technology frameworks (e.g. easybuild) in IT operations
Scripting and tool development for HPC & DevOps style platform operations using Bash and Python
Solid background as a user or administrator of Linux systems

Desirable Skills and Knowledge:

Operation and configuration of public cloud computing infrastructure (e.g. AWS, Azure, GCP)
Managing a virtualized private cloud environment (e.g. OpenStack)
Container technology (e.g. LXD, Singularity, Kubernetes)
Proven development experience with a variety of programming languages, tools and technologies (Java/C++, Python/Ruby/Perl, SQL, AWS)

Why AstraZeneca?

At AstraZeneca when we see an opportunity for change, we seize it and make it happen, because any opportunity no matter how small, can be the start of something big. Delivering lifechanging medicines is about being entrepreneurial finding those moments and recognising their potential. Join us on our journey of building a new kind of organisation to reset expectations of what a biopharmaceutical company can be. This means we're opening new ways to work, pioneering cutting edge methods and bringing unexpected teams together. _Interested? Come and join our journey. _

So, what's next
- _ Are you already imagining yourself joining our team? Good, because we can't wait to hear from you._

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