LPC SUPPORT - RESEARCH SPECIALIST POSITION - Staff at Illinois U., Chicago

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO

Experimental High Energy Physics Group

The Department of Physics at the University of Illinois at Chicago seeks a Research Specialist to provide support to the Fermilab LPC users engaged in analysis of data recorded with the Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) experiment. The LHC Physics Center (LPC) at Fermilab is a center of excellence for the CMS Experiment at CERN. The Center was created to ensure that scientists residing in North America are able to contribute to the many technical tasks required to produce high impact physics results from the immense volumes of data collected by the CMS Experiment. The Center has a user base of more than 700 physicists across the U.S., Mexico, South America, and other regions around the world, with approximately 150 resident at Fermilab at any given time.

The successful candidate will be located at the LPC and will act as liaison between the LPC user community and the service providers in the Fermilab Scientific Computing Division (SCD). The user support task is to replicate and triage reported user problems and requests, and work with the user and with the SCD service providers to resolve the issues. Further, the candidate will take an active role in monitoring the LPC Tier-3 analysis facility, timely identifying issues with the computing/storage facilities, including grid-based job submission and data access tools. The candidate will be responsible for keeping up-to-date documentation for CMSSW releases and computing tools for the Tier-3 via the LPC "how-to" web pages. The candidate will have the opportunity to train the LPC residents and visitors to use the LPC computing environment. In addition, the candidate is expected to provide support to the LPC coordinators to develop and maintain various metrics related to LPC activities. Depending on the interest of the candidate, there are opportunities to participate in the development of new applications and tools for data processing and analysis in CMS.

QUALIFICATIONS

Required: Bachelor’s degree in science or related field, with a minimum of 3 years related research experience.

Preferred: Ph.D. in Physics or related field. Familiarity with HEP software, large-scale reconstruction and analysis software, large-scale computing infrastructure, and user support skills. Prior experience with CMS will be weighted preferably.

Duration: The appointment is initially for one year, with the possibility of renewal. Interested candidates should provide a cover letter, a curriculum vita, and the names of three references at https://jobs.uic.edu/job-board/job-details?jobID=70169&job=research-specialist-physics by October 24, 2016. For general questions about this position, please contact Professor Cecilia Gerber at gerber@uic.edu.

The University of Illinois at Chicago is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action employer. Minorities, women, veterans, and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply. The University of Illinois conducts background checks on all job candidates upon acceptance of contingent offer of employment. Background checks will be performed in compliance with the Fair Credit Reporting Act.