Systems Admin/Programmer III

Level II: Associate’s degree and two years of relevant experience; or a high school diploma or equivalent and four years of relevant experience. Appropriate college coursework or vocational/technical training may substitute at an equivalent rate for the required experience, but does not negate the minimum degree requirement(s).

Level III: Bachelor’s degree in an appropriate area and two years of relevant experience; or a high school diploma or equivalent and six years of experience. Appropriate college coursework or vocational/technical training may substitute at an equivalent rate for the required experience, but does not negate the minimum degree requirement(s).

Level IV: Bachelor’s degree in an appropriate area and four years of relevant experience; or a high school diploma or equivalent and eight years of relevant experience. Appropriate college coursework or vocational/technical training may substitute at an equivalent rate for the required experience, but does not negate the minimum degree requirement(s).

UF Information Technology (UFIT) is seeking a professional-level Research Computing Support Engineer to join Research Computing, a unit within UFIT, to provide on-site support to UF-Wertheim-Scripps faculty and staff at the Jupiter, Florida campus.  The successful candidate will have strong, proven Linux experience.  This position will provide advanced support for faculty with computational needs for research and education while optimizing the use of HiPerGator services.

UF Information Technology (UFIT) enables teaching, learning, research, and service on campus and across the region with state-of-the-art enterprise IT systems, including SEC and SUS universities, and the opportunity to teach using HiPerGator.

*This position is based in Jupiter, Florida, to support UF-Wertheim-Scripps.

Research teams come to UFIT Research Computing with rich data sets and a set of questions, often formulated in general terms, and with models and software that require high-performance computer hardware. The position will guide researchers in navigating the technical hardware and software capabilities of HiPerGator to realize their research and education objectives.

Some key responsibilities and characteristics of this position are:

• Understand and explore the problems researchers intend to solve and develop effective workflows to run on HiPerGator towards a solution. These problems can come from a very diverse set of domains, and each position may need to team up with colleagues in Research Computing with matching expertise and experience.
• Design new services and new features to existing services to support researchers’ workflows and participate in the implementation in collaboration with colleagues in Research Computing.
• Design, implement, test, and validate the proposed workflows with the researchers: this may involve scripting, programming, using the SLURM scheduler, public-facing web interfaces, and using software tools available on HiPerGator, including AI tools.
• Explore, evaluate, and test software, operating systems, and applications on workstations in labs that are used for research and often interoperate with HiPerGator services.
• Work with the training team to create training materials; may conduct training for the new features and services that are developed.

About UF Information Technology 

Led by Vice President and CIO Elias Eldayrie, the eight departments comprising UFIT are: Academic Technology; Applications, Development, and Integrations; Business Center; Customer Experience and Resource Planning; Data Platform and Analytics; Information Security Office; Infrastructure and Communication Technology; and Research Computing. UF Information Technology (UFIT) enables teaching, learning, research, and service on campus and across the region with state-of-the-art enterprise IT systems, including SEC and SUS universities, and the opportunity to teach using HiPerGator. For more information about UFIT and its goals and governance, visit https://it.ufl.edu/about-ufit/strategic-plan/.

About the University of Florida 

One of America’s all-around best universities, the University of Florida drives future-making education, eye-opening discoveries, life-saving health care, and community-building collaboration for our state, our nation, and our world.

The Wertheim UF Scripps Institute campus in Jupiter, Florida was founded by Scripps Research, one of the world’s most innovative nonprofit biomedical research organizations. We joined the University of Florida, rated a top public university, in 2022. Together, UF Health and The Wertheim UF Scripps Institute work to advance science, science education and medicine, all for the benefit of humanity. The Skaggs Graduate School of Chemical and Biological Sciences at Scripps Research trains the next generation of scientists on our campus through its nationally recognized Ph.D. program in biomedical sciences.

Exceptional Benefits

UF provides various leave programs based on an employee’s salary plan, including vacation, sick leave, holidays, personal leave days, and paid family leave. In addition to paid time off, the University of Florida offers a very competitive benefits package.

Level II: $61,000 – $80,000; Level III: $70,000 – $90,000; Level IV: $80,000 - $100,000; commensurate based on education and experience.

Level II: Associate’s degree and two years of relevant experience; or a high school diploma or equivalent and four years of relevant experience. 

Level III: Bachelor’s degree in an appropriate area and two years of relevant experience; or a high school diploma or equivalent and six years of experience. 

Level IV: Bachelor’s degree in an appropriate area and four years of relevant experience; or a high school diploma or equivalent and eight years of relevant experience.

Appropriate college coursework or vocational/technical training may substitute at an equivalent rate for the required experience, but does not negate the minimum degree requirement(s).

The ideal candidate will possess the following education, experience, and skills:

• Bachelor’s or Associate’s degree in any scholarly domain: science, technology, engineering, arts, or mathematics (STEAM); we encourage applicants with experience in digital humanities and the arts to apply
• Strong, proven Linux experience
• Excellent service through professional and courteous interactions with internal and external stakeholders while meeting business needs
• Thrive in a fast-paced, customer-focused, critical production, support, and development environment

*This position is based in Jupiter, Florida, to support UF-Wertheim-Scripps.

The final candidate must pass a Level 2 FBI Background Screening.

Work visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

Applicants are required to submit the following with their application:

• Cover Letter
• Resume or CV
• Professional References (Minimum of 3)

The application must be submitted by 11:55 p.m. of the posting end date.