UVA Research Computing (RC) within Information Technology Services (ITS) is seeking student workers to help create innovative computational and data analysis solutions for researchers by building and maintaining the University's high performance computing platforms and educating researchers on advanced computing.
Requirements
- Familiarity with a programming language such as Bash, Python, R, Java, Lua, Julia, or Ruby.
- Experience with Markdown language and Git version control is a plus.
Responsibilities
- Develop new teaching materials, e.g. convert tutorials written in Markdown into a series of YouTube videos and other media.
- TA in workshops: test workshop examples, help create and test attendees' accounts, software installation before the workshops, and monitor communications.
- Help with RC website updates (FAQs, short HowTos, wiki pages, etc.), and website maintenance.
- Scientific software installations, containerized applications, benchmarking, and documentation (e.g. R, Rstudio, Jupyter kernels, ML, bioinformatic tools, etc.)
- Support RC staff with consulting requests like code efficiency and performance tasks.
- Assist RC staff with gathering resource metrics (e.g. user requests, workshop registration, utilization of resources, consulting & collaborations).
- Help to compute activities report data (using Python or other programming skills).
Other
- Excellent oral and written communication skills.
- Attention to detail.
- Ability to work within a team.
- Ability to organize and prioritize assignments.
- Commitment to in-person student group meetings once a week and additional meetings with the respective project lead as needed.
- Current UVA student
- This is primarily a sedentary job involving extensive use of desktop computers. The job does occasionally require traveling some distance to attend meetings, and programs.
