The Visualization
Research and Development
ResearchComputingSoftwareEngineer
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“Research Computing Software Engineer at The Visualization. Skills: Software development, Research computing, Cloud computing, Data analysis. Develop, deploy, enhance, and maintain software applications and tools to support research computing needs. Implement efficient algorithms and data structures to handle large datasets and complex computations”
What You'll Achieve.
Develop and maintain software solutions to support the computational and data analysis needs of the research; Enhance research capabilities and streamline computational workflows; Provide Decision Advantage to our sponsors
Industry & Context.
Analyze and optimize the performance of software applications, ensuring they meet the high demands of computational research; Identify and address performance bottlenecks, memory usage issues, and other technical challenges; Troubleshooting
Ability to obtain a government security clearance, Must be a U.S. citizen, Successful completion of a pre-employment drug screen
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Bachelor's Degree, 6+ years of relevant or an equivalent combination of education and experience accepted, Ability to obtain a government security clearance, U.S. citizen
Nice to Have
Master's degree in Geography, Active or recently active TS/SCI clearance
What You'll Do.
and maintain software applications and tools to support research computing needs
Implement efficient algorithms and data structures to handle large datasets and complex computations
and maintainable code using modern programming languages
Integrate software solutions with existing research computing infrastructure
including cloud platforms
Analyze and optimize the performance of software applications
ensuring they meet the high demands of computational research
Identify and address performance bottlenecks
and other technical challenges
Provide technical support and troubleshooting for software issues
assisting researchers in overcoming obstacles
Propose and implement new features
and updates to enhance the functionality and usability of software tools
Lead or participate in software development projects
and deployment phases
Manage project timelines
and milestones to ensure successful and timely completion of software initiatives
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Collaborate with other engineers and researchers to ensure seamless integration and functionality of software tools within the research environment; Cross-team collaboration
Communication Scope
Presentation Skills
Process & Methodology
Manage project timelines, deliverables, and milestones to ensure successful and timely completion of software initiatives
Full Job Description
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