Virginia Tech’s Advanced Research Computing (ARC) organization is seeking applications to fill the role of Computational Scientist. In ARC, the computational scientists are primarily researcher-facing but also have various technical and administrative roles.

The computational scientist will:
- Assisting researchers with basic computational tasks and providing support for more advanced computational aspects of their projects
- Regularly engage with researchers, with ARC systems, and with the systems engineering team to promote and generally work to advance the mission of ARC through outreach activities
- Participating in ARC training sessions and workshops, and assisting in the development of educational materials
- Provide support and assistance to researchers and the ARC Helpdesk team

Virginia Tech has researchers with computational needs from a broad spectrum of domain areas. ARC enables groundbreaking research and discovery by providing centralized, scalable computing resources and advanced research computing and visualization services. ARC systems currently host 50,000+ CPU cores, 500+ advanced GPUs, and 10+ petabytes of storage. We stay abreast of novel and developing trends in research computing and attempt to deliver high-value systems suited to the needs exhibited by the VT research community.

This position offers opportunities to mentor students, contribute to open-source software projects, attend research and trade conferences, and participate in funding proposals for sponsored projects. ARC serves a large and diverse research community,
and we seek applications from people of all backgrounds, especially from those belonging to groups that are often underrepresented in STEM fields.