About the role#
The Computational and Information Systems Laboratory is looking for a Student Assistant to join the CIRRUS platform team. CIRRUS is a cloud-native, Kubernetes-based scientific computing platform. You will work with systems engineers and researchers to help ensure platform reliability, improve documentation, and assist in onboarding new scientific workloads. This position is a 1-year term with the possibility of extension for a second year.
What you'll do#
- Test and verify platform workflows, new features, and documentation before they are released.
- Review documentation as an end-user to ensure it is accurate and easy to follow, providing feedback for improvements.
- Validate that procedures work as expected on the CIRRUS environment.
- Develop and maintain reusable workflows to validate new workloads.
- Modify and run scripts and manifests, and suggest improvements to the validation process.
- Document workflows for team members and platform users.
- Author and edit user-facing guides, onboarding material, and technical reports.
- Learn about the CIRRUS platform and atmospheric and Earth system science workloads while gaining experience in platform operations under senior staff supervision.
What you'll need#
- Current enrollment in an accredited secondary or post-secondary school, college, university, or trade school.
- Basic familiarity with Linux and containers like Docker or Podman.
- Ability to work within a team and explain technical concepts to engineers and users.
- Strong oral and written communication skills with an aptitude for technical writing.
- Ability to follow moderately complex procedures.
- Preferred: Experience with Python or Bash, interest in Kubernetes, familiarity with Git, and experience with high-performance computing environments.
Location & details#
- This role is based in Boulder, Colorado.
- The work is hybrid, with an expectation to be on-site approximately 3 days per week.
- This is a part-time position. You must maintain student status for the duration of the appointment and may not work more than 1,000 hours in any 12-month period.
About UCAR - The University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
The University Corporation for Atmospheric Research is a nonprofit organization based in Boulder, Colorado. It provides research, computing facilities, and observing services for the atmospheric and geosciences community. The organization works with university and laboratory researchers to study Earth systems ranging from the ocean floor to the Sun. It employs 596 people.
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