[3dem] Position posting: Electron Microscopy IT Coordinator - Harvard Medical School

SBGrid Consortium sbgrid at hkl.hms.harvard.edu
Thu Nov 2 18:32:08 PDT 2017


Harvard Medical School has an opening for an Electron Microscopy IT
Coordinator

*Job Description:*

The Electron Microscopy IT Coordinator will be responsible for
comprehensive support of all aspects of electron microscopy computations.
The coordinator will:

   - Design, implement and support electron microscopy IT resources,
   including small computing clusters, computational workstations, GPU farms,
   storage, and data archives.
   - Monitor and maintain data collection computers.
   - Facilitate and coordinate access to external resources, including
   campus, national and/or commercial storage and compute systems, when
   appropriate.
   - Direct EM data management efforts, including the management of data
   transfers between microscopes and storage elements, deployment of data
   management infrastructure (e.g. dataverse), and development of data
   management policies, including audits.
   - Engage with the SBGrid Consortium to maintain an up-to-date library of
   electron microscopy research software applications that is optimized to run
   on local resources.
   - Test, validate and bench new electron microscopy software releases.
   - Support local users with all aspects of computations, including data
   collection, data management, structure determination, and data deposition.
   - Support research computing outreach, including maintenance of
   best-practice documentation, organization of computing workshops, and new
   user orientations.

The position will depend heavily on coordination with the SBGrid Team at
Harvard Medical School, particularly for infrastructure design, software
support, and development of best-practice recommendations. A strong team
player who will collaborate to develop an efficient and productive
computing infrastructure is essential.

*Preferred Qualifications: *PhD in Structural Biology, 2-3 years of
research computing experience and at least 1 year of experience with
electron microscopy. The successful candidate will have excellent
organizational skills and proven project and/or program management skills.
Excellent interpersonal and communications skills. Ability to work with
discretion.

*Technical qualifications:* Understanding of python or other programming
languages; understanding of structural biology applications (e.g. EMAN,
Chimera, Relion, Frealign, or SPIDER) and structure determination/analysis
workflows; strong knowledge of Linux and OSX operating systems.

*Environment*:

   - SBGrid teams at Harvard Medical School support all aspect of electron
   microscopy computations through an international software support network
   (SBGrid.org) and a Boston-area structural biology research collaborative.
   - The Harvard EM IT Coordinator will be embedded within the Harvard
   Medical School Electron Microscopy Center, which is being equipped with new
   Titan Krios microscopes and will support faculty from Harvard and
   affiliated institutions, including Boston Children’s Hospital, Dana Farber
   Cancer Institute, and Massachusetts General Hospital.

For additional information or to apply, please contact SBGrid PI, Dr. Piotr
Sliz at careers at sbgrid.org.
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