Research Engineer for Hpc and Ai for Critical

**Job Reference**:

- 642_24_CASE_DT_RE3**Position**:

- Research Engineer for HPC and AI for critical infrastructure resilience (RE3) - AI4S**Closing Date**:

- Monday, 30 September, 2024**Reference**: 642_24_CASE_DT_RE3**Job title**: Research Engineer for HPC and AI for critical infrastructure resilience (RE3) - AI4S**About BSC**
- The Barcelona Supercomputing Center - Centro Nacional de Supercomputación (BSC-CNS) is the leading supercomputing center in Spain. It houses MareNostrum, one of the most powerful supercomputers in Europe, was a founding and hosting member of the former European HPC infrastructure PRACE (Partnership for Advanced Computing in Europe), and is now hosting entity for EuroHPC JU, the Joint Undertaking that leads large-scale investments and HPC provision in Europe. The mission of BSC is to research, develop and manage information technologies in order to facilitate scientific progress. BSC combines HPC service provision and R&D into both computer and computational science (life, earth and engineering sciences) under one roof, and currently has over 1000 staff from 60 countries.

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We promote Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, fostering an environment where each and every one of us is appreciated for who we are, regardless of our differences.**Context And Mission**
- The Dual-Use Technologies Group from the Computer Applications in Science and Engineering (CASE) department is looking for a research engineer for the development of software for critical infrastructures, bot physical and cyber, oriented to increase resilience in dual-use technologies, by means of AI methods and techniques.

The funding for these actions/fellowships and contracts comes from the European Union Recovery and Resilience Facility - Next Generation, within the framework of the General Invitation by the public business entity Red.es to participate in the talent attraction and retention programs within Investment 4 of Component 19 of the Recovery, Transformation, and Resilience Plan.**Key Duties**
- Be in charge of the design, development and implementation of a hybrid cloud on-premise HPC platform integrating, among others, data and user privacy management, workflow managers, functional APIs that execute training and evaluation of Artificial Intelligence systems, and management and integration of executions in production level services.
- Large-scale Analysis of datasets and image analysis.
- Achievement of significant and measurables results.

**Requirements**:

- Education
Bachelor of Computer Sciences (software engineering speciality) or Engineering.
- Master’s degrees and or PhD in computer architecture, computing infrastructure or computer science will be highly appreciated.
- Essential Knowledge and Professional Experience
- 3-4 years of minimum experience in similar positions.
- Expert knowledge on SoA, serverless and microservices.
- Good problem abstraction for workflow design.
- Knowledge on CI/CD processes.
- Knowledge on emergent technologies (OpenStack, Kubernetes, Docker, Singularity, Terraform).
- Essential programing skills in python, C/C++, bash.
- Additional Knowledge and Professional Experience
- Fluency in English is essential. Proficiency in Spanish and other European languages would be advantageous.
- Knowledge on data security policies and identity protection in dual-use environments.
- Knowledge on artificial intelligence techniques will be an advantage.
- Competences
- Ability to work in a team and in a multi-cultural environment.
- High interest in learning new skills and co-work with industrial and academic partners to solve challenging problems.
- Leading capacity for software design.
- Team player and goal-oriented.
- Strong analytical background and critical thinking.

**Conditions**
- The position will be located at BSC within the CASE Department
- We offer a full-time contract (37.5h/week), a good working environment, a highly stimulating environment with state-of-the-art infrastructure, flexible working hours, extensive training plan, restaurant tickets, private health insurance
- Duration: 4 years
- Holidays: 23 paid vacation days plus 24th and 31st of December per our collective agreement
- Salary: 50.00,00€
- Additional Expenses Grant: Each fellowship will be associated with a grant for additional expenses, such as IT equipment, travel, training, stays, etc.
- Starting date: asap - the incorporation for this vacancy must be before the 16th of December 2024

**Applications procedure and process**
- A full CV in English, including contact details.
- A cover/motivation letter with a statement of interest in English, clearly specifying for which specific area and topics the applicant wishes to be considered. Additionally, two references for further contacts must be included. Applications without this document will not be considered.

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