Research Computing Manager Research Computing Regular Full-time

Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre; Toronto; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare institution in Toronto is seeking a Research Computing Manager to oversee high-performance computing infrastructure and support faculty and student research activities. The role involves managing support teams and collaborating with IT and research staff. Candidates should have a Bachelor’s degree with 3–5 years of experience and significant programming knowledge. This full-time position may require weekend and on-call activities.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of experience in a related position or equivalent combination of education and/or experience.
• Experience implementing enterprise software solutions.
• Understanding of high-performance computing architectures is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Maintain existing capabilities and develop new functionalities for research computing.
• Support SRI faculty and student work via consultations and presentations.
• Manage deskside support, system administration, and clinical research applications teams.

Skills

Support specialized research computing needs

Collaboration in team-oriented environment

Continued learning

Understanding of networking architecture

Healthcare cybersecurity principles

Programming experience (Python, C/C++)

SQL/MySQL understanding

Large file system management

Management of Linux, Microsoft, MAC devices

High-performance computing architectures

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a related field

Tools

Automation tools and job scheduling software (Slurm)

Cloud computing infrastructure

Job description

The Research Computing Manager serves as a technical expert on SRIs research and high-performance computing infrastructure and is responsible for maintaining existing capabilities, developing new functionality, and supporting SRI faculty and student work.

The Research Computing Manager will maintain core systems and software along with supporting the specialized needs of campus researchers and instructors via individual consultations and group presentations. This position will collaborate closely with the hospital IT workforce as well as SRI scientists, staff, students, and partners at other institutions to provide broad technology support for operational issues, research, and teaching. The position will be responsible for managing our deskside support team, system administration team, and clinical research applications team.

Who you are

• Interest and ability to support specialized research computing needs for faculty and students.
• Work productively in a collaborative, team‑oriented environment.
• Adapt to an ever‑changing technical environment requiring the ability to identify and apply personal strengths as well as areas with opportunities for growth.
• Strong desire for continued learning and the ability to distill information about new technologies and practices into an action plan for the continual improvement of our services.
• Strong commitment to Sunnybrook values of inclusive excellence, sustainability, civility, and community of mutual respect and shared responsibility.

What you bring

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field with 3–5 years of experience in a related position or equivalent combination of education and/or experience.
• Broad understanding of networking architecture technologies and healthcare cybersecurity priorities.
• Experience implementing enterprise software solutions.
• Significant programming experience with a language such as Python or C/C++ and understanding of SQL/MySQL.
• Advanced understanding of large file system management, backup, and recovery protocols.
• Broad understanding of management of Linux, Microsoft, and MAC devices.
• Understanding of high‑performance computing architectures.
• Experience working in an academic research lab would be an asset.

Preferred Skills

• Formal cybersecurity training and certification (CISSP, CISM, CISA).
• Experience supporting a high‑performance computing environment.
• Experience with a large range of software compilers and hardware.
• Knowledge of automation tools and job scheduling software such as Slurm.
• Experience working within Linux, Windows, and MAC environments and specific experience with Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
• Experience managing cloud computing infrastructure especially for scientific applications.

This position does require some weekend and on‑call activities and will be compensated in accordance with our SRI policies.

Attachment Research Computing

We thank all applicants for their interest. However, only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre is an equal opportunity employer.

Required Experience: Manager

Key Skills

Quantitative Research, SPSs, Clinical Research, Data Collection, Clinical Trials, Research Experience, Statistical Software, Survey Design, Qualitative Research, Market Research, Research & Development, Project Coordination

Employment Type: Full‑Time

Experience: years

Vacancy: 1