Pay Grade/Pay Range: Minimum: $56,600 - Midpoint: $73,600 (Salaried E9)
Department/Organization: 219101 - University Libraries
Normal Work Schedule: Monday - Friday 8:00am to 4:45pm
Job Summary: The Research Computing Library Specialist leads a team of undergraduate Data and Informatics Student Assistants that support faculty and students with computational related research including teaching coding workshops, developing tutorials (computational notebooks, blogs, videos, etc.), and assisting researchers with custom scripts for programmatic acquisition of information, data manipulation, data analysis, data visualization, and high-performance computing. Trains student programmers. Monitors student goals and projects. Assists with student led workshops. Provides code reviews and feedback on student developer projects. Assists faculty and students with individual computing projects. Maintains the University Libraries computational related online projects and workshop repositories.
Additional Department Summary: Leads daily operations of University Libraries expanding computational research services. Contributes to internal projects such as introductory artificial intelligence topics, GIS (Geographic Information Systems), cloud computing, workflow automation, research web applications, etc. Assists librarians with research computing. Develops additional computational related tutorials. Provides introductory instruction related to programming and computational research (python programming, Linux operating systems, data visualization, graphic processor-based computing, artificial intelligence/machine learning, high performance computing, etc.).
Required Department Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor's degree; OR associate's degree and two (2) years of programming experience; OR High school diploma or GED and four (4) years of programming experience.
Skills and Knowledge: Ability to teach and work with students. Service mindset approach. Self-motivated. Ability to work independently and in a team environment. Ability to lead and mentor students. Ability to quickly learn new programming skills. Ability to solve problems and develop workflow solutions.
Preferred Qualifications: Computational research experience in any field. Intermediate programming experience with Python. Knowledge of addition programming languages such as R, C, C++, Matlab, Mathematica, etc. Experience with artificial intelligence/machine learning, high performance computing, GPU programming, and/or Linux and Bash.
Background Investigation Statement: Prior to hiring, the final candidate(s) must successfully pass a pre-employment background investigation and information obtained from social media and other internet sources. A prior conviction reported as a result of the background investigation DOES NOT automatically disqualify a candidate from consideration for this position. A candidate with a prior conviction or negative behavioral red flags will receive an individualized review of the prior conviction or negative behavioral red flags before a hiring decision is made.
Equal Employment Opportunity: The University of Alabama is an Equal Employment/Equal Educational Opportunity Institution. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment or volunteer status without regard to any legally protected basis and will not be discriminated against because of their protected status. Applicants and employees of this institution are protected under Federal law from discrimination on several bases. More information is available in the EEOC’s Know Your Rights: Workplace discrimination is illegal poster.
