Research Data Scientist

Type: Full-Time Salary: $81,500 - $150,100 Posted: 10/15/2024 Application Due: Open Until Filled Category: Libraries

Overview

Job ID 34394667

Category Research and Development

Organization University Library

Department University Library Dept

Location Main Campus - UCR

Salary $81,500 - $150,100

Date Posted October 10, 2024

Application Deadline Open Until Filled

Schedule 8AM - 5PM

Full/Part Time Full-time(100%)

Level of Supervision General Supervision

Other Information Qualifies for Employee Referral Bonus: No UC Internal Job: No

Position Information

Reporting to the Director of Research Services, this position will be the driving force of the library's Data Science Initiative to support campus research through interdisciplinary collaboration on cutting-edge projects in STEM, Liberal Arts, and Social Sciences. Seeks opportunities to embed themselves in campus research teams to directly address UCR researchers' data and AI related needs through activities including but are not limited to: designing, developing and implementing infrastructure, systems, software and solutions; directly answering compute- and data- intensive research questions; contributing novel ideas, expertise, and methods to the teams' intellectual discourse and advancement; providing data/AI related consultation and instruction. In partnership with other library colleagues as well as UCR colleges, academic programs, and Research and Economic Development, Information Technology Services, and Research Computing, will continuously develop specialized and sought-after data science and AI expertise synergistic with UCR faculty's research agendas.

Candidates are encouraged to include a CV and/or portfolio link with examples of AI/Data related work, if available.

Finalists will be asked to conduct a presentation (including providing visual representation of work samples) as part of the interview process.

The full salary range for the Research Data Scientist is $81,500 - $150,100 annually. However, the expected pay scale for this position is up to $115,000 annually. We base salary offers on a variety of considerations, such as education, licensure and certifications, experience, and other business and organizational needs.

Applicants must have current work authorization when accepting a UCR staff position. Currently, we are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa for staff.

As a University employee, you will be required to comply with all applicable University policies and/or collective bargaining agreements, as may be amended from time to time. Federal, state, or local government directives may impose additional requirements.

Requirements

Educational Requirements Bachelor's degree in Computer/Computational/Data Science, or Domain Sciences with computer/computational/data specialization or equivalent experience.Required Terminal degree with extensive research experience in data-intensive and/or AI assisted discovery.Preferred

Experience Requirements 4 - 7 years of related experience. Required Experience competing for research grants. Preferred Experience in identifying research needs and building research collaborations to effectively meet those needs. Preferred Experience working in an academic library. Preferred Experience developing or supporting research-based communities. Preferred

Special Conditions Must pass a background check.Required

Minimum Requirements Intermediate knowledge of HPC/data science/CI. Advanced skills, and demonstrated experience associated with one or more of the following: HPC hardware and software power and performance analysis and research, design, modification, Implementation and deployment of HPC or data science or CI applications and tools. Demonstrated effective communication and interpersonal skills. Demonstrated ability to communicate technical information to technical and non-technical personnel at various levels in the organization and to external research and education audiences. Proven skills and experience in independently resolving broad computing/data/CI problems using introductory and/or intermediate principles. Self-motivated and works independently and as part of a team. Able to learn effectively and meet deadlines. Thorough experience working in a complex computing/data/CI environment encompassing all or some of the following: HPC, data science infrastructure and tools/software, and diverse domain science application base. Proven ability to successfully work on multiple concurrent projects. Proven ability to understand research computing/data/CI needs, mapping use cases to requirements and how systems/software/infrastructure can support those needs and meet the requirements. Demonstrated ability to develop and implement such solutions. Demonstrated broad experience in one or more of the following: optimizing, benchmarking, HPC performance and power modeling, analyzing hardware, software, and applications for HPC/data/CI. Demonstrated experience and ability to collaborate effectively with all levels of staff; technical, students, faculty and administrators. Proficiency in R or Python. Demonstrated experience applying statistical modeling and/or machine learning methods to research problems, e.g., text mining, natural language processing, image segmentation, voice recognition, etc. Knowledge of and demonstrated experience in one or more of: data collection (e.g., through Web scraping, survey, sensor data acquisition, etc); data preprocessing, postprocessing, and analysis; static and dynamic visualization.

Preferred Qualifications Demonstrated ability to regularly interface with management. Demonstrated ability to contribute research and technical content to grant proposals. History of academic publishing. Knowledge of and experience with Tensor Flow, Pytorch or other similar frameworks/infrastructures or applications.

Additional Information

In the Heart of Inland Southern California, UC Riverside is located on nearly 1,200 acres near Box Springs Mountain in Southern California; the park-like campus provides convenient access to the vibrant and growing Inland region. The campus is a living laboratory for the exploration of issues critical to growing communities' air, water, energy, transportation, politics, the arts, history, and culture. UCR gives every student, faculty and staff member the resources to explore, engage, imagine and excel.

UC Riverside is recognized as one of the most ethnically diverse research universities in the country boasting several key rankings of which we are extremely proud.

• UC Riverside is proud to be ranked No. 12 among all U.S. universities, according to Money Magazine's 2020 rankings, and among the top 1 percent of universities worldwide, according to the 2019-20 Center for World University rankings.
• UC Riverside is the top university in the United States for social mobility. - U.S. News 2020
• UCR is a member of the University Innovation Alliance, the leading national coalition of public research universities committed to improving student success for low-income, first-generation, and students of color.
• Among top-tier universities, UC Riverside ranks No. 2 in financial aid. - Business Insider 2019
• Ranked No. 2 in the world for research, UCR's Department of Entomology maintains one of the largest collections of insect specimens the nation. - Center for World University Rankings
• UCR's distinguished faculty boasts 2 Nobel Laureates, and 13 members of the National Academies of Science and Medicine.The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer with a strong institutional commitment to the achievement of excellence and diversity among its faculty and staff. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

For information about our generous employee benefits package, visit: Employee Benefits Overview

Job Description Details

General Information

Job Title CMPTL AND DATA SCI RSCH SPEC 3

Job Code 006104

Grade 23

Department Head Steven Mandeville-Gamble

Supervisor Raymond Uzwyshyn

Generic Scope

Experienced professional who knows how to apply theory and put it into practice with in-depth understanding of the professional field; independently performs the full range of responsibilities within the function; possesses broad job knowledge; analyzes problems/issues of diverse scope and determines solutions. Custom Scope

Applies skills as a seasoned, experienced IT research professional in diverse research application areas. Uses computational, computer science, data science, and CI software research and development principles, with relevant domain science knowledge where applicable, along with professional programming concepts for medium-sized projects or portions of larger projects. Develops and optimizes a variety of computational, data science, and CI research tools and components. Performs research on current and future HPC, data, and CI technologies, hardware and software projects. Works on algorithm development, optimization, programming, performance analysis and/or benchmarking assignments of moderate scope where the tasks involve knowledge of either domain/computer science research requirements and/or CI design/implementation requirements. Department Custom Scope

Reporting to the Director of Research Services, this position will be the driving force of the library's Data Science Initiative to support campus research through interdisciplinary collaboration on cutting-edge projects in STEM, Liberal Arts, and Social Sciences. Seeks opportunities to embed themselves in campus research teams to directly address UCR researchers' data and AI related needs through activities including but are not limited to: designing, developing and implementing infrastructure, systems, software and solutions; directly answering compute- and data- intensive research questions; contributing novel ideas, expertise, and methods to the teams' intellectual discourse and advancement; providing data/AI related consultation and instruction. In partnership with other library colleagues as well as UCR colleges, academic programs, and Research and Economic Development, Information Technology Services, and Research Computing, will continuously develop specialized and sought-after data science and AI expertise synergistic with UCR faculty's research agendas.

Key Responsibilities

Plans, designs, develops, modifies, debugs, deploys and evaluates complex HPC (software and/or hardware) or data science or computational science or CI research software and technologies or combination thereof. Analyzes existing software, scientific codes, data science/analytics codes/algorithms, and HPC related hardware or works to formulate logic for new complex systems and devises complex algorithms. Performs complex analysis and tests/debugs complex software and hardware. Applies complex programming practices. May work with domain scientists and researchers in application areas such as bioinformatics, GIS, data analytics, computational drug discovery, etc. where applicable to perform these responsibilities and uses domain science knowledge where relevant. 20% Develops implements and executes complex software and hardware research and development plans. Performs complex HPC, computational and data modeling, performance and integration testing. 15% Documents usage modes, capabilities, characteristics and performance of research codes, research HPC systems (hardware and software) and CI tools/software. Publishes and presents, based on research and development work, results about CI tools, HPC systems, data science techniques and tools, performance and algorithm enhancement in research venues to attract usage from domain science communities, or to promote latest technologies within the community. 15% Participates and contributes to HPC/data science/CI research proposals in collaboration with other researchers and Principal Investigator (PI) s from the organization. 15% Understands and applies complex research and development practices, community standards and department policies and procedures relating to work assignments. Interacts with senior level internal personnel. May serve as technical lead for a research and development project of moderate scope. Has the ability to negotiate research and development project plans with interested collaborators, stakeholders and users as applicable. 15% Provides consultation and instruction services on data, AI, and information skills. 15% Other duties as assigned. 5% Benchmarks and analyzes current and future HPC research hardware or HPC scientific codes, or data science/analytics codes/algorithms or tests, optimizes and develops complex CI software. 0%

Other Requirements

Items Used Standard Office Equipment

Physical Requirements Bend: N/A

Sit: Frequently

Squat: N/A

Stand: Occasionally

Crawl: N/A

Walk: Occasionally

Climb: N/A

Mental Requirements Read/Comprehend: Constantly

Write: Frequently

Perform Calculations: Occasionally

Communicate Orally: Constantly

Reason & Analyze: Constantly

Environmental Requirements Is exposed to excessive noise: No

Is around moving machinery: No

Is exposed to marked changes in temperature and/or humidity: No

Drives motorized equipment: No

Works in confined quarters: No

Dust: No

Fumes: No

Critical Position Yes

UCR is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer with a commitment to workforce diversity.