JOB SUMMARY:
Join our team as a Lead Research Computing Facilitator in the Center for High Throughput Computing (CHTC)! The CHTC is a world leader in developing and supporting tools for scientific distributed computing on a campus, national, and international scale. The successful candidate for this position will work both as a group member and leader of our Research Computing Facilitators team, working with researchers on campus and across the country to find appropriate computationally-based solutions to problems impeding their research, expecting that many will leverage the world-class computing capabilities of CHTC and its partners, including the NSF supported OSG. Facilitators serve as the human interface for researchers leveraging CHTC and OSG computing and data resources by providing consultations and ongoing support, and by driving relevant documentation, training, and outreach efforts. Facilitators also provide feedback on the services and technologies operated by CHTC and the OSG to improve the user experience. Your workplace will be inside the upcoming start-of-the-art Computer, Data & Information Science building to be built in the center of campus. The Center is part of the Department of Computer Sciences, an internationally recognized department, and produces the HTCondor software, collaborates with scientists from a wide spectrum of disciplines, operates a state-of-the-art computing facility with thousands of machines, promotes and supports campus use of high throughput computing technologies, and contributes to a national-scale distributed high throughput computing effort (OSG) that is helping to transform the impact of computing on scientific discovery.

RESPONSIBILITIES: Directs facilitation efforts and projects for various state-of-the-art cyber infrastructure (CI) systems, tools, and software to enhance research productivity. Partners with facilitators and researchers to co-create and co-learn research activities and relevant advanced computing and data capabilities both locally and nationally. Manages unit staff and develops and executes strategic initiatives regarding facilitation, training and education investments, outreach and engagement, and grant activities. Participates in and/or leads cross-functional management teams and projects. Establishes partnerships with internal and external stakeholders to advise on institutional CI investments.
25% Engages with researchers in their selection and use of relevant CI services, systems, tools, and computing strategies. Leverages an understanding of specific research activities and their use of CI solutions to serve as a liaison between research projects and collaborators and guide other staff in doing so. Recommends enhancements to workflows, software, and tools, and provides in-depth consultation to research projects in cooperation with supervised staff
20% Connects and coordinates interactions between researchers and technology providers. Directs and coordinates communications with systems and software/data professionals on the design of service enhancements
15% Develops and executes strategic direction for documentation and training of researchers to maximize their use of CI. Serves as a subject matter expert for trainings relevant to specific areas of science domain and technology, software, or tools
10% Communicates with internal and external collaborators around facilitation and service models. Contributes to strategic initiatives with research CI community members, presents at conferences, and/or publishes in peer reviewed journals
10% Provides consultation and contributes leadership for research proposals. May serve as Principal Investigator on research and/or CI proposals
10% Directs regular communications to researchers and other internal and external stakeholders. Participates in the planning and development of significant IT and research computing initiatives and strategies
10% Exercises supervisory authority, including hiring, transferring, suspending, promoting, managing conduct and performance, discharging, assigning, rewarding, disciplining, and/or approving hours worked of at least 2.0 full-time equivalent (FTE) employees