[Ieee_vis_open_positions] postdoc job opportunity at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley CA

[Wes Bethel]

Dear colleagues,

We are seeking a person to fill a post-doc position on an exciting 
project. Details of the job are below. Please forward this email to 
interested parties. The job posting, and instructions for applying, are 
located here:

https://lbl.taleo.net/careersection/2/jobdetail.ftl?lang=en&job=76206

Computer Scientist Postdoc Fellow- High Performance Scientific Data 
Management and Processing-76206
Organization:CR-Computational Research

Description

The Science Software Systems Group has an immediate opening for a 
postdoctoral researcher to conduct applied research in the area of high 
performance scientific data management and processing. The overall 
objectives for this work are to develop and deploy technologies that 
automate data movement and sharing from experiment through processing to 
sharing/dissemination. The project will focus on experimental data being 
collected at the Advanced Light Source (ALS): moving data to the 
National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC) across the 
Energy Sciences Network (ESnet), assembling automated processing 
workflows comprised of a variety of pre-existing and to-be-developed 
data analysis, manipulation, and visualization tools; stage data, data 
products, and analysis/visualization products for dissemination to 
individuals and communities via pre-existing and to-be-developed 
web-based technologies.

This position will be part of an experienced team conducting R&D in the 
areas of data-intensive, high performance, visualization, analysis, and 
data management. The candidate will be working as part of a 
multi-disciplinary team composed of computer, computational, and 
experimental scientists.

Specific responsibilities:
Design and implementation of a big data scientific workflow system 
capable of handling data volumes and complexity of current and 
next-generation ALS experiments and simulations. Design and 
implementation of a high-performance, large-data, data access and 
sharing system for ALS experimental data. Publish and present research 
results in journals and conferences.

Required qualifications/skills:
PhD in Computer Science or equivalent/related field, the degree must 
have been awarded in the past five years to be eligible for a 
postdoctoral researcher position.

Demonstrable research experience in one or more of the following areas: 
a) High-performance data management b) Scientific workflow, as 
evidenced by original, published work.

Demonstrated ability to design and implement high-quality software on a 
time-critical path, in one or more of the following programming 
languages and parallel libraries/languages/environments: C/C++, Python, 
Java, MPI, pthreads, OpenMP, OpenCL, CUDA, R.
Excellent oral and written communication skills.

Ability to work productively both independently and as part of a diverse 
team.

Additional desired qualifications/skills:
Software engineering tools: make, cmake, revision control systems (CVS, 
SVN, git), gdb.

Exposure to/experience with:
o   Web infrastructure software: DJango, NEWT (https://newt.nersc.gov/)
o   No-SQL database technologies, including use of as well as design and 
implementation: MongoDB

Prior work experience designing and implementing data movement and 
management, including use of Globus and Globus Sharing.
Familiarity with scientific data models/formats and I/O libraries: eg. HDF5


Notes

This is a 1-year postdoctoral appointment with the possibility of 
renewal based upon satisfactory job performance, continued funding and 
research needs. Background checks are required for all hires.

Berkeley Lab is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer 
committed to the development of a diverse workforce. Learn more at 
www.lbl.gov/.

-- 
Wes Bethel -- voice (510) 486-7353 -- fax (510) 486-5812 -- vis.lbl.gov