[THEGrid] Fwd: job opening for US CMS Tier-3 support

[Alan Sill]

If you know anyone with the right qualifications and interest, please  
encourage them to respond to this request.

Alan

Begin forwarded message:

> From: Ken Bloom <kenbloom at unl.edu>
> Date: July 3, 2008 12:02:12 PM CDT
> To: uscms-all at fnal.gov
> Subject: job opening for US CMS Tier-3 support
>
> Dear colleagues,
>
> 	As mentioned at the US CMS meeting in May, we are seeking to hire a  
> talented individual who will work on support for Tier-3 sites.  The  
> job ad is appended below; as described, this person would be  
> resident at FNAL and would work closely with the US CMS grid  
> services group there, and would be available to consult with and  
> travel to universities that are developing and maintaining Tier-3  
> clusters.  A qualified person in this position could make a huge  
> difference in helping US university groups have an impact on CMS  
> physics.  Thus, we hope that you will help US CMS by letting good  
> candidates know about this position, and encouraging them to apply.   
> Someone who already has some experience working with the CMS  
> software and computing systems may be a good fit for the job.   
> Please let me or Ruth Pordes know if you have questions about the  
> position.  Best wishes.
>
> 					Ken
>
>
> The UNL Research Computing Facility, in collaboration with US CMS,  
> is offering a 3 year term position. Individual will be resident at  
> Fermilab in Batavia, Illinois, and there is an expectation of  
> required travel within the US to visit Tier-3 sites and attend  
> appropriate US CMS meetings at the level of up to six times a year.  
> Engaged, experienced individual will provide coordinated support and  
> contributions to the infrastructure delivering data, calibrations,  
> providing data and job management, and performing computations over  
> this worldwide facility for the university "Tier-3" groups who have  
> not previously had direct funding from the project. This individual  
> will be part of the existing US CMS grid services team - working  
> with the university based physicists, CMS software and computing,  
> the OSG, and the European partners.
>
> Responsibilities include coordinating support for the CMS  
> application infrastructure (Phedex, CRAB, DBS) for the Tier-3  
> centers, deployment, debugging and use of the OSG software stack and  
> Virtual Data toolkit, contributing to the troubleshooting of end-to- 
> end system problems involving the Tier-3 universities, and  
> participating in the interoperability development and testing  
> between the US and European infrastructure. To qualify for an  
> interview an individual must have a bachelor’s degree in computer  
> science, engineering, or a physical science plus two years relevant  
> experience required; equivalency considered. Experience with  
> scientific applications over distributed systems; deployment and  
> troubleshooting of distributed scientific production facilities;  
> excellent communication skills and excellent analytic and technical  
> documentation ability are essential. In addition, we prefer that  
> candidates have a master's degree in computer science, engineering,  
> or a physical science. Knowledge of grid computing protocols, in  
> particular those used on the Open Science Grid is helpful. Knowledge  
> of dCache and other OSG software is desired. Knowledge of US CMS  
> software, including but not limited to CRAB job submission,  
> preferred and knowledge of Condor and/or Globus technologies are  
> also helpful.
>
> Please view Requisition #080546 on our website at http://employment.unl.edu 
>  for more details and to apply for this position. The University of  
> Nebraska-Lincoln is committed to a pluralistic campus community  
> through affirmative action, equal opportunity, work-life balance,  
> and dual careers.