Lead Research Cyberinfrastructure & Platform Engineering

Morgridge Institute for Research; Madison (WI); On-site; USD 130,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Morgridge Institute for Research in Madison, WI seeks a Research Cyberinfrastructure Manager to lead a four-person RSE team. You will oversee software development for the Pelican Platform, shape technical roadmaps, and mentor engineers to ensure high-quality workflows within a national cyberinfrastructure context.

The role requires 5+ years in software engineering with leadership, strong distributed systems background, and experience with DevOps practices.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s preferred in relevant fields.
• 5+ years in software engineering with leadership/architectural experience.
• Experience leading technical teams in research computing.
• Familiarity with batch, cloud, HTC/HPC environments.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical oversight for development team and Pelican Platform.
• Define technical roadmaps and prioritize workflows.
• Manage technical roadmap and deliverables using JIRA/GitHub.
• Improve software engineering practices and CI/CD tooling.

Skills

Leadership

Mentoring

Distributed systems

DevOps

CI/CD

Education

Bachelor's in CS/Math/Physics

Master's preferred

Tools

GitHub

JIRA

GitHub Actions

HTCondor

Pelican Platform

Job description

Morgridge Institute for Research in Madison, WI seeks a Research Cyberinfrastructure Manager to lead a four-person RSE team. You will oversee software development for the Pelican Platform, shape technical roadmaps, and mentor engineers to ensure high-quality workflows within a national cyberinfrastructure context.

The role requires 5+ years in software engineering with leadership, strong distributed systems background, and experience with DevOps practices.