ACF Research Fellow

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The Hungarian Centre of Excellence for Molecular Medicine – HCEMM –, one of Hungary’s National Laboratories, works on the development of diagnostic assays and new treatment strategies for the diseases, which affect the majority of Hungarians in old age (e.g. cardiovascular diseases, cancers, and metabolic diseases).

Within HCEMM’s mandate, we are looking for an

ACF research fellow

located at Science Park Szeged

The Scientific Computing Advanced Core Facility (ACF) at HCEMM supports research groups in their computational, modelling, and statistical needs, to maximize insights from their experimental data. It also manages a supercomputer recently built to serve Bioinformatics tools and Medical Informatics applications to the HCEMM community.

The successful applicant will become a part of the ACF. We are looking for a service-oriented Bioinformatician or IT expert with a strong background in UNIX based cluster and server administration and the installation and maintenance of software and databases related to Bioinformatics and Medical Informatics.

While the headquarters of HCEMM Kft. are located in Szeged, Hungary, all business is being conducted in English, therefore mastering of the Hungarian language would be an asset, but not mandatory. This offer is for a full-time on-site job, located at the HCEMM headquarters.

Position Highlights:

Working with the ACF head to promote a collaborative research environment that delivers services related to project design, management, and conduct through consultation and direct work with ACF users;
Identifying new services, hardware, and equipment that may help future projects and investigators;
Assessing needs and developing new services and technologies for the ACF to assist investigators;

Expertise required:

Team orientation;
Good communication skills;
Fluency in English both written and spoken;
Proficiency in programming languages such as C, C++, Python, Go, Java, Julia, R, or Lua;
At least 5 years of experience in using UNIX HPC servers.

The Ideal Candidate:

Shows documented experience in managing software and/or hardware resources;
Has performed administrative functions associated with the management of a shared computational resource;
Is capable of working with researchers in collaborative projects, and translating computational resources into research capability;
Has experience of working in an academic environment; industry experience is also acceptable.

Other Responsibilities

Works with the ACF head to develop appropriate services to meet users’ needs;
Promotes ACF services and functions to key stakeholders across the organization and for external partners (both academic and industrial);
Actively participates in professional development regarding participant engagement in research;
Acts as a liaison to other Advanced Core Facilities, fostering a collaborative research environment.

Credentials and Documented Qualifications

MSc required in any of the relevant fields; i.e. information technology (IT), computer science, computer engineering, bioinformatics or computational biology;
At least 5 years of experience in using Unix systems;
Fluent written and verbal English.