AI APPLICATION SUPPORT SPECIALIST FOR HIGH-SCALABILITY PROJECTS - AI4S

About BSC   The Barcelona Supercomputing Center - Centro Nacional de Supercomputación (BSC-CNS) is the leading supercomputing center in Spain.
It houses MareNostrum, one of the most powerful supercomputers in Europe, was a founding and hosting member of the former European HPC infrastructure PRACE (Partnership for Advanced Computing in Europe), and is now hosting entity for EuroHPC JU, the Joint Undertaking that leads large-scale investments and HPC provision in Europe.
The mission of BSC is to research, develop and manage information technologies in order to facilitate scientific progress.
BSC combines HPC service provision and R&D into both computer and computational science (life, earth and engineering sciences) under one roof, and currently has over staff from 60 countries.
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Context And Mission   Are you passionate about technology, Linux systems, Artificial intelligence trends, and high-performance computing? Do you want to be part of a leading supercomputing center in Europe? Look no further! The Barcelona Supercomputing Center - Centro Nacional de Supercomputación (BSC-CNS) is seeking a talented individual to join our Operations Department as a User Support specialist on AI projects.
Supercomputers are essential for tackling the most challenging and complex scientific and technological problems.
Beyond simulations, they now enable the use of neural networks and large language models to address engineering challenges, empowering companies to achieve their goals through AI technologies.
This position will be part of the operations department within the User Support team.
The team will focus on supporting AI applications for key projects utilizing BSC resources, including performance optimization, code porting, specialized AI tutoring, and enhancing the scalability and performance of models.
BSC host one of the biggest supercomputers in Europe within the framework of EUROHPC-JU.
he pre-exascale machine at BSC, named MareNostrum 5, delivers a sustained performance of 205 PFlops, with over 180 PFlops powered by the latest NVIDIA technology using H100 GPUs.
The HPC support team plays a crucial role in optimizing the use of this machine and assisting key projects with their daily operations.
The funding for these actions/fellowships and contracts comes from the European Union Recovery and Resilience Facility - Next Generation, within the framework of the General Invitation by the public business entity Red.
s to participate in the talent attraction and retention programs within Investment 4 of Component 19 of the Recovery, Transformation, and Resilience Plan.
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s/join-us/excellence-career-opportunities/ai4s   Key Duties   Optimize the scalability of AI applications and technologies for large HPC systems Improve the performance of existing AI environments, changing, if necessary, the code or helping the developers with their required modifications.
Choose and adapt algorithms and/or library routines to improve applications to specific computer architectures (accelerators, new programming models, etc.).
Provide consultancy to scientists on AI solutions that can improve the evolution of their research.
Generate performance analysis and benchmarks for selected applications and report the results to the applications developers.
Collaborate with other functional groups at European and International level on technical matters related to supporting AI scientific application work.
Requirements   Education A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related discipline with a focus on Artificial Intelligence at a technical level is required.
A Master's degree in a related field is desirable.
Essential Knowledge and Professional Experience Experience working with AI models and running them in parallel in HPC systems.
Experience using performance analysis tools, and parallel debuggers for GPUs.
Experience supporting and collaborating with external partners.
Good understanding of Linux environment and Shell scripting.
Experience working with Parallel programming codes (MPI and OpenMP) and batch systems like SLURM as a user.
At least 2 years of experience in a similar position working with AI solutions.
Additional Knowledge and Professional Experience Experience in managing big and collaborative projects and experience with git and SVN.
Experience porting codes to accelerators specifically NVIDIA GPUS.
A thorough understanding of high-performance computing architectures.
Experience porting and optimizing applications on UNIX-based systems experience in Fortran, C, MPI, OpenMP, and parallel methods.
Competences Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to be able to work within a team to complete tasks on schedule.
Analytical problem-solving ability.
Conditions   The position will be located at BSC within the Operations Department We offer a full-time contract (37.
h/week), a good working environment, a highly stimulating environment with state-of-the-art infrastructure, flexible working hours, extensive training plan, restaurant tickets, private health insurance Duration.
4 years Holidays.
23 paid vacation days plus 24th and 31st of December per our collective agreement Salary.
€ Additional Expenses Grant.
Each fellowship will be associated with a grant for additional expenses, such as IT equipment, travel, training, stays, etc.
Starting date.
asap - the incorporation for this vacancy must be before the 16th of December   Applications procedure and process   All applications must be submitted via the BSC website and contain.
A full CV in English, including contact details.
A cover/motivation letter with a statement of interest in English, clearly specifying for which specific area and topics the applicant wishes to be considered.
Additionally, two references for further contacts must be included.
Applications without this document will not be considered.
Development of the recruitment process The selection will be carried out through a competitive examination system ("Concurso-Oposición").
The recruitment process consists of two phases.
Curriculum Analysis.
Evaluation of previous experience and/or scientific history, degree, training, and other professional information relevant to the position.
- 40 points Interview phase.
The highest-rated candidates at the curriculum level will be invited to the interview phase, conducted by the corresponding department and Human Resources.
In this phase, technical competencies, knowledge, skills, and professional experience related to the position, as well as the required personal competencies, will be evaluated.
- 60 points.
A minimum of 30 points out of 60 must be obtained to be eligible for the position.
The recruitment panel will be composed of at least three people, ensuring at least 25% representation of women.
In accordance with OTM-R principles, a gender-balanced recruitment panel is formed for each vacancy at the beginning of the process.
After reviewing the content of the applications, the panel will begin the interviews, with at least one technical and one administrative interview.
At a minimum, a personality questionnaire as well as a technical exercise will be conducted during the process.
The panel will make a final decision, and all individuals who participated in the interview phase will receive feedback with details on the acceptance or rejection of their profile.
At BSC, we seek continuous improvement in our recruitment processes.
For any suggestions or comments/complaints about our recruitment processes, please contact recruitment [at] bsc [dot] es.
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Deadline   The vacancy will remain open until a suitable candidate has been hired.
Applications will be regularly reviewed and potential candidates will be contacted.
OTM-R principles for selection processes   BSC-CNS is committed to the principles of the Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers of the European Commission and the Open, Transparent and Merit-based Recruitment principles (OTM-R).
This is applied for any potential candidate in all our processes, for example by creating gender-balanced recruitment panels and recognizing career breaks etc.
BSC-CNS is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion.
We are pleased to consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or any other basis protected by applicable state or local law.
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