Technical Integration Engineer

University of Wisconsin Madison
$80,000 ANNUAL (12 months)
paid time off
United States, Wisconsin, Madison
21 North Park Street (Show on map)
Jan 08, 2025
Job Summary: The University of Wisconsin-Madison Space Science and Engineering Center (SSEC) is a research and development center with an international reputation for developing instrumentation for both terrestrial and space flight applications. SSEC's mission includes the support of faculty and academic staff led research, development, fabrication and implementation of space flight experiments, as well as the development of new meteorological research tools for national and international use. The successful candidate will work with a team using a high-performance data ingest, archive, processing, and product delivery system as part of the NASA Science Investigator-led Processing System (SIPS) supporting NASA Atmosphere Discipline Science Teams and their efforts to characterize and develop long-term Cloud and Aerosol Climate Data Records. The computer systems supporting this effort currently include more than 4900 CPU cores for data processing configured as a high-throughput computing system; more than16 Petabytes of storage in a cluster file system, high performance networking, and a job management system controlled by a relational database. The Atmosphere SIPS currently produces more than 2 Terabytes of data per day from NASA and other sources, and runs a variety of algorithms on the data to create geophysical products for delivery to NASA Distributed Active Archive Center (DAAC) and Land, Atmosphere Near real-time Capability for EOS (LANCE). In addition to processing new VIIRS-based earth observations as they become available, the framework also supports recursive, inquiry-based, Science Team mission record reprocessing and redelivery focused on continuously improving science products and data records. This position is located in the Scientific Computing - SIPS Operational Area. Responsibilities: Designs, implements, and maintains infrastructure and/or moderately complex technical integrations across multiple systems, including in-house systems, acquired commercial, and external such as Cloud hosted. Provides day-to-day maintenance and long term assistance to ensure subsystems and infrastructure function together and business needs are met. 20% Integrates, identifies, troubleshoots, monitors, and resolves moderately complex, routine, and varied supported services, systems, network, and application problems according to established processes and procedures 15% Serves as a point of contact for internal and external stakeholders, identifies needs, provides solution options, and communicates issue updates and resolutions 5% Participates in the evaluation of new vendor software releases and impact. Documents and communicates system enhancements or changes 15% Assists with the planning and coordination of system resources, upgrades, security, implementations, and integrations 20% Configures, maintains, upgrades, develops, and tests IT systems and services in alignment with industry best practices 20% Runs, maintains, and operates technical systems and infrastructure 5% Plans and directs staff implementation of small to medium technical projects as needed Institutional Statement on Diversity: Diversity is a source of strength, creativity, and innovation for UW-Madison. We value the contributions of each person and respect the profound ways their identity, culture, background, experience, status, abilities, and opinion enrich the university community. We commit ourselves to the pursuit of excellence in teaching, research, outreach, and diversity as inextricably linked goals. The University of Wisconsin-Madison fulfills its public mission by creating a welcoming and inclusive community for people from every background - people who as students, faculty, and staff serve Wisconsin and the world. For more information on diversity and inclusion on campus, please visit: Diversity and Inclusion Education: Required Bachelor's Degree with Master's equivalent experience in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or equivalent. Preferred Master's Degree Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or equivalent. Qualifications: Required: - 3-5 years experience in Linux server hardware procurement, installation, system administration, and sustainment. - Familiarity with Linux system monitoring tool such as Ganglia and Nagios. - Experience with batch job management systems such as Grid Engine and Condor. - Ability to implement, adapt, manage, and sustain cluster file systems such as Ceph. - Experience with relational databases such as PostgreSQL and configuration management tools such as Puppet and Chef. - Ability to program Python and Bash shell scripts. Preferred: In addition to the required qualifications, the successful candidate will ideally have specific experience with Intel/AMD rack mounted compute and storage servers, application containerization/orchestration technologies and practices, 10 Gigabit Ethernet, and Red Hat Linux for Intel/AMD hardware. Previous experience with high performance computing systems in a multi-disciplinary, scientific research environment is also highly desired. Work Type: Full Time: 100% This position may require some work to be performed in-person, onsite, at a designated campus work location. Some work may be performed remotely, at an offsite, non-campus work location. This is available upon supervisor approval and is reviewed on an annual basis. Appointment Type, Duration: Ongoing/Renewable Salary: Minimum $80,000 ANNUAL (12 months) Depending on Qualifications Employees in this position can expect to receive benefits such as generous vacation, holidays, and paid time off; competitive insurances and savings accounts; retirement benefits. Additional Information: Please note that successful applicants are responsible for ensuring their eligibility to work in the United States (i.e. a citizen or national of the United States, a lawful permanent resident, a foreign national authorized to work in the United States without need of employer sponsorship) on or before the effective date of appointment. University sponsorship is not available for this position. How to Apply: To begin the application process, click the "Apply Now" button. You will need to upload your resume and cover letter outlining relevant qualifications and experience. Contact: Denise Weidner denise.weidner@ssec.wisc.edu 608-265-3267 Relay Access (WTRS): 7-1-1. See RELAY_SERVICE for further information. Official Title: Technical Integration Eng II(IT042) Department(s): A34-OVCR/SPACE SCI/SPACE SCI Employment Class: Academic Staff-Renewable Job Number: 309586-AS The University of Wisconsin-Madison is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. 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