Research Technology Engineer II

The University of Central Florida in Orlando, Florida, is seeking a Research Technology Engineer II to support research faculty, post-docs, and graduate students in running workloads across on-premise HPC environments, national research computing resources, and cloud environments. Responsibilities include leveraging high-speed research networks, enabling large-scale data transfers, and supporting machine learning and AI workloads to advance UCF researchers' science through tools, training, support, and services such as high-performance computing, high-throughput computing, cloud computing, research data processing, and research storage. Remote work/telecommuting is permitted.

Responsibilities

• Support research faculty, post-docs, and graduate students in running workloads in on-premise HPC environments, national research computing resources, and cloud environments.
• Leverage high-speed research networks and enable large-scale data transfers.
• Support machine learning and AI workloads.
• Provide tools, training, support, and services to advance UCF researchers' science, including high-performance computing, high-throughput computing, cloud computing, research data processing, and research storage.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer engineering, computer science, or electrical engineering.
• 4 years of professional work experience in each of the following:
  • Conducting research.
  • Supporting faculty and graduate students.
  • Teaching or training.
  • Hands-on experience in HPC or parallel computing systems.
• Demonstrated experience in Python, R, MATLAB, and developing AI algorithms. The required experience could have been obtained during graduate studies.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Flexible Spending, and Employee Assistance Program.
• Paid time off, including annual and sick time off and paid holidays.
• Retirement savings options.
• Employee discounts, including tickets to many Orlando attractions.
• Education assistance.

For more benefits information, view the UCF Employee Benefits Guide or use the Total Rewards Calculator.

Schedule

Monday - Friday, 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM. Schedule may vary as required based on operational needs.

Unless explicitly stated on the job posting, it is UCF’s expectation that an employee will reside in Florida as of the date employment begins.

Pursuant to Florida State Statute 1010.35, prior to offering employment to certain individuals in research-related positions, UCF is required to conduct additional screening. Applicants subject to additional screening include any citizen of a foreign country who is not a permanent resident of the U.S., or who is a citizen or permanent resident but is affiliated with or has had at least 1 year of education, employment, or training in China, Cuba, Iran, Russia, North Korea, Syria, or Venezuela.