SERC Project Scientist Positions at IISc, India, Salary= Rs. 78000 + HRA

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Designation/Position- SERC Project Scientist Positions

Indian Institute of Science Bangalore, India invites application for SERC Project Scientist Positions from eligible and interested candidates

About- The Supercomputer Education and Research Centre (SERC) is the country’s leading computing centre having the state of the art computing facilities, catering to the ever increasing demands of high performance computing for scientific and engineering research. The centre housing state of the art computing systems, with sophisticated software packages, is conceived of as a functionally distributed supercomputing environment and connected by a powerful high-speed network. SERC Project Scientist Positions

Research/Job Area- Science or Engineering/CS/ECE/EE/IT or equivalent

Eligibility/Qualification–

Project Scientist III – 1 (Gen) [HPC Data Centre Infrastructure Management]
  • A doctoral degree in engineering OR Masters (ME/MTech) in engineering with at least 6 years experience, hands-on familiarity with routine as well as sophisticated techniques at an advanced level in handling the above-mentioned infrastructure components. Specifically, the candidate must possess experience in managing a Tier-2 or higher data centre, as defined below :
  • Tier 1 – Non-redundant capacity components (single uplink and servers)
  • Tier 2 – Tier 1 +Redundant capacity components
  • Tier 3 – Tier 1 + Tier 2 + Dual – powered equipment and multiple uplinks
  • Tier 4 – Tier 1 +,Tier 2 + Tier 3 + all components are fully fault –tolerant including uplinks, storage, chillers , HVAC systems, servers etc. Everything is dual-powered
  • The candidate should have secured at least a first class in all the undergraduate and graduate degrees.
  • Desirable qualifications : Experience in managing a Tier-3 or higher data centre. 2 to 4 years of relevant experience in managing atleast a 100Tflops HPC centre supporting 50+ users.
  • Age Limit : Should not have completed 42 years as on the last date for receipt of application (relaxable under exceptional conditions).
Project Scientist III – 1 (Gen)  [HPC System Administration]
  • A doctoral degree in CS/ECE/EE/IT or equivalent OR Masters (ME, MTech) in CS/ECE/EE/IT or equivalent with at least 6 years experience, hands-on familiarity with routine as well as sophisticated techniques at an advanced level in system administration tasks. The candidate should have strong background in operating systems and programming and should be a Linux-certified engineer.
  • The candidate should have secured at least a first class in all the undergraduate and graduate degrees.
  • Desirable Qualifications: Experience in system administration in a HPC Centre with at least 100TFlopsHPC System and supporting 50+ users.
  • Age Limit : Should not have completed 42 years as on the last date for receipt of application (relaxable under exceptional conditions).

Project Scientist III – 1 (Gen) [HPC Specialized Services]

  • A doctoral degree in science or engineering OR Masters (ME/MTech) degree in science or engineering with at least 6 years experience, hands-on familiarity with routine as well as sophisticated techniques at an advanced level in parallel programming or data analysis of computational workloads.
  • (or)
  • A doctoral degree in science or engineering OR Masters (ME/MTech) in science or engineering with at least 6 years experience, hands-on familiarity with routine as well as sophisticated techniques at an advanced level in graphics and visualization. Strong academic training in computer graphics and algorithms. Experience with programming in C/C++, OpenGL, and software design. Experience with GPU programming (CUDA) is preferred but not required.
  • (or)
  • A doctoral degree in science or engineering OR Masters (ME/MTech) in science or engineering with at least 6 years experience, hands-on familiarity with routine as well as sophisticated techniques at an advanced level in wireless sensors management, automation and energy management.
  • In all cases, strong background in Linux, operating system concepts and programming are required. The candidate is expected to have good communication skills and should be willing to work in a team environment.
  • The candidate should have secured at least a first class in all the undergraduate and graduate degrees.
  • Desirable Qualifications: Experience working in HPC System Software or Application Development in at least a 100 TFlop HPC System.
  • Age Limit: Should not have completed 42 years as on the last date for receipt of application (relaxable under exceptional conditions).

Project Scientist I – 2 (Gen)

  • A doctoral degree in science or engineering OR Masters (ME/MTech) degree in science or engineering with at least 2 years experience, hands-on familiarity with routine as well as sophisticated techniques at an advanced level in parallel programming or data analysis of computational workloads.
  • (or)
  • A doctoral degree in science or engineering OR Masters (ME/MTech) in science or engineering with at least 2 years experience, hands-on familiarity with routine as well as sophisticated techniques at an advanced level in graphics and visualization. Strong academic training in computer graphics and algorithms. Experience with programming in C/C++, OpenGL, and software design. Experience with GPU programming (CUDA) is preferred but not required.
  • (or)
  • A doctoral degree in science or engineering OR Masters (ME/MTech) in science or engineering with at least 2 years experience, hands-on familiarity with routine as well as sophisticated techniques at an advanced level in wireless sensors management, automation and energy management.
  • In all cases, strong background in Linux, operating system concepts and programming are required. In all cases, the candidate is expected to have good communication skills and should be willing to work in a team environment. The candidate should have secured at least a first class in all the undergraduate and graduate degrees.
  • Desirable Qualifications : Experience working in HPC System Software or Application Development in at least a 100 TFlop HPC System.
  • Age limit : Should not have completed 35 years as on the last date for receipt of application (relaxable under exceptional conditions).

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Location- Indian Institute of Science Bangalore, India

Job/Position Description- 

SERC now seeks to recruit Facility Managers and Consultant Technologists who will have overall responsibility for the operation of the centre and whose duties will include:

  • Ensuring that items of equipment and support infrastructure are maintained in good operating condition with high up-time through routine maintenance and liaison with suppliers and service providers.
  • Participating in collaborative research activities with faculty members and students
  • Managing support staff involved in running facilities at the centre
  • Assisting faculty of the institute in generating resources through extra-mural projects to keep the centre financially viable
  • Providing technical support for periodic training programmes
  • Any other duties as assigned from time to time.
  • Duration : The positions are on contract and will be temporary for a period of ONE year and renewable annually for a maximum period of 5 years, based on satisfactory performance and at the discretion of the authorities of the Institute.
  • Selection Method : Interviews for short listed candidates will be held online via Microsoft Teams.
  • Applicants, who possess the minimum educational qualification as on the date of advertisement only need to apply.
  • Admissible age relaxation for SC, ST, OBC and PH will be extended as per norms of Government of India.

Project Scientist III – 1 (Gen) [HPC Data Centre Infrastructure Management]

Emoluments : Rs. 78000 + HRA per month.

Specific Roles & Responsibilities: The primary task is management of data center infrastructure including day-to-day monitoring and management of transformers, DGs, UPSes, chillers and other critical electrical components to keep the systems working 24/7. The infrastructure manager is also expected to play a primary role in monitoring and management of power and energy by the systems and designing for autonomous operations.

Project Scientist III – 1 (Gen)  [HPC System Administration]

  • Emoluments : Rs. 78000 + HRA per month
  • Job Description : The primary task is system administration of HPC (High Performance Computing) systems including the following.
  1.  Overall system administration duties
  2. HPC queue management and policies
  3. Helping users in fundamental programming, porting, compiling and executions, debugging and profiling. 
  4. Managing HPC software licenses and user accounts management.
  5. Managing HPC storage and networking. 
  6. Supervision, including training of System Engineers in SERC. 
  7. Conducting periodic HPC training lectures including parallel programming aspects to attendees from our Institute and outside.
  8. Managing video conferencing and our specialized auditorium facilities with remote audio and video connectivity.

Project Scientist III – 1 (Gen) [HPC Specialized Services]

  • Emoluments : Rs. 78000 + HRA per month
  • Job Description : The primary task is management of specialized HPC (high performance computing) services which include at least one of the following. 
  1. HPC application/storage optimization including performance analysis, identifying performance bottlenecks and improving application code for efficiency (or)
  2. Data analysis and statistics including analysis of HPC workloads submitted to our supercomputers (or)
  3. HPC visualization including helping HPC application developers visualize their data (or)
  4. Development of HPC system software products, e.g., communication libraries, parallel numerical libraries etc. (or)
  5. Development of HPC benchmark suite in collaboration with our supercomputer users (or)
  6. Provide HPC service to Govt. and other agencies via actively seeking projects and active engagement (or)
  7. Developing automation for our various tasks including monitoring various readings using sensors and actions based on those readings, automatic energy management etc.

In all cases, the candidate is expected to involve in conducting periodic HPC training lectures including parallel programming aspects to attendees from our Institute and outside.

Project Scientist I – 2 (Gen)

Job Description : The primary task is management of specialized HPC (highperformance computing) services which include at least one of the following.

  1. HPC application/storage optimization including performance analysis, identifying performance bottlenecks and improving application code for efficiency (or)
  2. Data analysis and statistics including analysis of HPC workloads submitted to our supercomputers(or)
  3. HPC visualization including helping HPC application developers visualize their data (or)
  4. Development of HPC system software products, e.g., communication libraries, parallel numerical libraries etc. (or)
  5. Development of HPC benchmark suite in collaboration with our supercomputer users (or)
  6. Provide HPC service to Government and other agencies via actively seeking projects and active engagement (or)
  7. Developing automation for our various tasks including monitoring various readings using sensors and actions based on those readings, automatic energy management etc.

In all cases, the candidate is expected to involve in conducting periodic HPC training lectures including parallel programming aspects to attendees from our Institute and outside.

How to Apply- 

  1. Applicants who are desirous to be considered strictly on the aforesaid conditions may submit their Bio-data by email to positions.serc@iisc.ac.in with subject “Application for the post of ______________”. The post in the subject line of the email should be one of â€śProject Scientist III a / Project Scientist III b / Project Scientist III c / Project Scientist-I”. The application should reach on or before March 31, 2021.
  2. The photocopies of Marks cards/Certificates, Caste Certificate in case of SC,ST,OBC (OBC certificate should be in the format prescribed for jobs under Govt. of India), Medical certificate in the prescribed format in case of Physically Handicapped issued by the Competent Medical Authority for the purpose of employment to be submitted at the time of interview of the short-listed candidates.

Last Date for Apply– 31 March 2021

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