Harvard Medical School has an opening for an Electron Microscopy IT Coordinator.
*Job Description:* The Electron Microscopy IT Coordinator will be responsible for comprehensive support of all aspects of electron microscopy computations. The coordinator will: - Design, implement and support electron microscopy IT resources, including small computing clusters, computational workstations, GPU farms, storage, and data archives. - Monitor and maintain data collection computers. - Facilitate and coordinate access to external resources, including campus, national and/or commercial storage and compute systems, when appropriate. - Direct EM data management efforts, including the management of data transfers between microscopes and storage elements, deployment of data management infrastructure (e.g. dataverse), and development of data management policies, including audits. - Engage with the SBGrid Consortium to maintain an up-to-date library of electron microscopy research software applications that is optimized to run on local resources. - Test, validate and bench new electron microscopy software releases. - Support local users with all aspects of computations, including data collection, data management, structure determination, and data deposition. - Support research computing outreach, including maintenance of best-practice documentation, organization of computing workshops, and new user orientations. The position will depend heavily on coordination with the SBGrid Team at Harvard Medical School, particularly for infrastructure design, software support, and development of best-practice recommendations. A strong team player who will collaborate to develop an efficient and productive computing infrastructure is essential. *Preferred Qualifications: *PhD in Structural Biology, 2-3 years of research computing experience and at least 1 year of experience with electron microscopy. The successful candidate will have excellent organizational skills and proven project and/or program management skills. Excellent interpersonal and communications skills. Ability to work with discretion. *Technical qualifications:* Understanding of python or other programming languages; understanding of structural biology applications (e.g. EMAN, Chimera, Relion, Frealign, or SPIDER) and structure determination/analysis workflows; strong knowledge of Linux and OSX operating systems. *Environment*: - SBGrid teams at Harvard Medical School support all aspect of electron microscopy computations through an international software support network (SBGrid.org) and a Boston-area structural biology research collaborative. - The Harvard EM IT Coordinator will be embedded within the Harvard Medical School Electron Microscopy Center, which is being equipped with new Titan Krios microscopes and will support faculty from Harvard and affiliated institutions, including Boston Children’s Hospital, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, and Massachusetts General Hospital. For additional information or to apply, please contact SBGrid PI, Dr. Piotr Sliz at care...@sbgrid.org.