Principal Computational Engineer

Demonstrated history of supporting Research Computing Environments.

Experience with Bioinformatics, Bioimage, or related Life Science pieplines.

Experience with HPC schedulers like Slurm, LSF, and Kubernetes.

Special Skills, Knowledge and Abilities:

Shows strong skills in thinking critically with a systemic view.

Shows expertise in taking a structured approach to analyze and resolve issues.

Able to distinguish between different sets of issues, set priorities, and make decisions.

Can present/facilitate independently in senior-level meetings. Presents information as a structured story and anticipates questions well.

Addresses difficult questions and challenges effectively.

Able to effectively influence others using facts and logic.

Keeps teams energized and focused on high-quality results.

Thinks long-term in building and executing metrics-driven plans and stretch goals for St. Jude.

Builds structures and processes with clear lines of authority and accountability so teams know what they are empowered and accountable to do.

Is an organizational expert in parallel programming and high-performance computing using OpenMP, MPI, and Pthreads.

Highly skilled in UNIX/Linux scripting languages and other high-level programming languages.

Leverages expertise in computational algorithms and systems, HPC applications and data processing, design principles, and computational scalability and reliability, to analyze complex research needs and design/implement/adopt new algorithms/processes.

Provides inputs to overall strategy in identification of critical computational tools, hardware, and resources for business/research teams.

Proactively engages with customers to seek feedback and suggestions to deliver high quality service within own area.

Executes new approaches to improve customer systems and processes.

Independently seeks out and addresses complex customer needs.

Thinks holistically and plans for interdependencies and impact of work and processes with other teams within and outside of IT.

Always focused on quality, costs, sustainability from a complete ownership mindset and approach.

Demonstrates a strong collaborative style with emotional empathy and is able to work/ negotiate through challenging situation