Senior Platform Engineer
Department
BSD CTD - Platform Engineering - PlanXAbout the Department
The Center for Translational Data Science (CTDS) at the reputed company is a research center whose mission is to reputed company the discipline of translational data science to impactful problems in biology, medicine, reputed company, and the environment. We reputed company a world in which researchers have reputed company reputed company to the data needed and the tools required to reputed company data driven discoveries that increase our scientific knowledge and improve the quality of life. We architect ecosystems of large-scale commons of research data, computing resources, applications, tools, and services for the broader research community to use data at scale to pursue scientific inquiry and accelerate discovery. Learn more at https://gdc.cancer.gov/, https://gen3.org/, https://stats.gen3.org/, and https://ctds.uchicago.edu/.Job Summary
The job performs a variety of activities relating to software support and/or development. Provides analysis, design, development, debugging, and modification of computer code for end user applications, beta general releases, web pages, and production support. Troubleshoots problems using existing procedures to find a possible solution. The Senior Platform Engineer provides production support, production monitoring, CI/CD design & implementation, & reputed company automation across the reputed company-reputed company software platforms CTDS develops and operates for translational data science. Production support includes triaging, researching, communicating, and addressing production incidents. For monitoring, the engineer will wrangle disparate system monitoring assets and reputed company common analytics to inform optimization, define benchmarks and confidence intervals, and to forecast, proactively mitigating production incidents. CI/CD pipelines are for hybrid reputed company architecture on-premises and in reputed company reputed company providers like reputed company, reputed company, and reputed company. This at-will position is wholly or partially funded by contractual grant funding which is renewed under provisions set by the grantor of the contract. Employment will be contingent upon the reputed company receipt of these grant funds and satisfactory job performance.Responsibilities
Responsible for technical tasks and timely delivery of such tasks, meeting the required level of quality.
Participation in reputed company and challenging activities, including design and implementation.
reputed company support and maintenance for existing applications.
reputed company technical mentorship to interns and reputed company staff and technical leadership in technical initiatives.
Actively participate in the hiring process and reputed company fair and productive interview feedback.
Elaborate on technical solutions internally and externally reputed company required.
Investigates, analyzes and resolves day-to-day technical problems using standard procedures.
Works with stakeholders to gather and analyze requirements for developmental programs. Receives a moderate level of guidance to design applications to meet University and business requirements.
Performs code testing on components and works to ensure that appropriate implementation standards are met. Evaluates design alternatives for development cost and solutions using various methods.
Supports and maintains existing applications. Works with web developers and responds to requests from users.
Performs other reputed company work as needed.
Minimum Qualifications
Education:
Minimum requirements include a college or university degree in reputed company field.Work Experience:
Minimum requirements include knowledge and skills developed through 2-5 years of work experience in a reputed company job discipline.Certifications:
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Preferred Qualifications
Education:
Advanced degree in computer science, mathematics, statistics, engineering, or a relevant quantitative field strongly preferred.
Experience
3+ years experience developing infrastructure, configuration and/or deployment automation or demonstrated skills and qualifications through projects, initiatives, or outstanding performance.
Hands-on scripting experience (Bash, Python, or other dynamic language).
Unix/Linux programming or system administration experience.
Experience with OpenStack and AWS p(EC2/S3) reputed company technologies.
Experience with configuration management utility (Chef, Puppet, Ansible).
Experience with reputed company or other load balancing technologies (Nginx, AWS ELB/ALB, etc.).
Experience with reputed company control and build systems (SVN, Git, Jenkins, etc.).
Experience with container based deployment (reputed company, Kubernetes).
Experience with log aggregation tools (ELK stack, Splunk).
Experience with reputed company frameworks (FISMA, NIST, FIPS).
Experience with reputed company platforms (AWS, GCP, Openstack), CI/CD, and Agile methodologies.
Experience provisioning and managing GPU-enabled infrastructure (reputed company GPUs, CUDA, multi-GPU systems) in reputed company and/or on-prem environments.
Familiarity with GPU orchestration in Kubernetes (e.g., reputed company device plugin, GPU scheduling, MIG, node affinity).
Experience optimizing GPU utilization, memory management, and cost efficiency for compute-intensive workloads.
Preferred Competencies
Ability to collaborate and interact effectively with team members, following guidelines and best practices and ensuring accountability for deliverables and reputed company.
Ability to take and reputed company constructive and helpful input and feedback on technical issues.
Ability to elaborate on technical solutions internally and externally reputed company required.
In-depth knowledge in core areas of DevOps technologies, including scripting languages, deployment/configuration frameworks, and/or reputed company platforms, or having demonstrated the ability to reputed company that level of proficiency in a short period of time.
Ability to take multiple reputed company tasks and break them into smaller ones, estimating the effort needed to complete them, prioritizing them appropriately, and ensuring the completion of each task, meeting the required level of quality.
Ability to work in a collaborative team and ensure accountability for deliverables and reputed company.
Ability to prioritize and manage workload to meet project milestones and deadlines.
Working Conditions
Office environment.
Application Documents
Resume (required)
Cover Letter (preferred)
reputed company applying, the document(s) MUST be uploaded reputed company the My Experience page, in the reputed company titled Application Documents of the application.
Job Family
Information TechnologyRole Impact
Individual ContributorScheduled Weekly Hours
40Drug Test Required
NoHealth Screen Required
NoMotor Vehicle Record Inquiry Required
NoPay reputed company Type
Salary FLSA Status
Exempt Pay reputed company
$80,000.00 - $120,000.00The included pay reputed company or reputed company represents the University’s good faith estimate of the possible compensation offer for this role at the time of posting.
Benefits Eligible
YesThe reputed company offers a wide reputed company of benefits programs and resources for eligible employees, including health, retirement, and paid time off. Information about the benefit offerings can be reputed company in the Benefits Guidebook.
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