Remote HPC Research Facilitator III

Washington University in St. Louis; United States; Remote; USD 66,000 - 113,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Vacation and sick time

Metro transit U-Pass

Tuition assistance

Job summary

Washington University in St. Louis’s Research Infrastructure Services (RIS) seeks a Research Computing Facilitator to assist researchers in leveraging advanced computing, data systems, and software across disciplines, with emphasis on health research. You will provide direct user support and help drive project development.

You will collaborate with engineers, develop HPC workflows, ensure data security, and contribute to research activities through technical guidance and cross-team coordination.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• Experience in a High Performance Computing (HPC) environment.
• Strong Linux command line skills and programming in Python/R/C++.

Responsibilities

• Supports researchers on complex data workflows and research software performance.
• Assists with software and hardware deployment for research projects.
• Collaborates with engineers to identify data, hardware, or software components.
• Performs security analyses of computing systems to protect data.
• Develops project plans to provide timely technical support to end-users.

Skills

Infrastructure Deployment

Software Development

Statistical Software Packages

Linux command line

Python

R

C++

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Docker

Singularity

Version control

CI

Job description

Washington University in St. Louis’s Research Infrastructure Services (RIS) seeks a Research Computing Facilitator to assist researchers in leveraging advanced computing, data systems, and software across disciplines, with emphasis on health research. You will provide direct user support and help drive project development.

You will collaborate with engineers, develop HPC workflows, ensure data security, and contribute to research activities through technical guidance and cross-team coordination.