BioTeam is a well-established scientific computing consulting company that helps science and healthcare organizations cure diseases and save lives by making science and technology more accessible to them. If you are passionate about having an impact on science and helping make the world a better place, and you also like problem-solving and working in highly collaborative, diverse, and creative teams of people, BioTeam is the place for you. We’re a highly employee-centric company that values a diversity of backgrounds, experiences, and cultures and the strengths that those differences bring to us as a company and the solutions we come up with for our clients. Our work is challenging but satisfying, and we have fun doing it. All roles at BioTeam are client-facing and involve up to 25% overnight domestic travel (expect 4-5 days of travel per month).
Working at the intersection of science, data, and advanced technology, BioTeam helps accelerate science by offering strategic and transformational professional services that support modern data-intensive research. Our clients hire us when they aren’t sure what to do next, making our engagements interesting, unique, challenging, and highly compelling. We offer services that cover advanced infrastructure for science, data science and strategy, software and analytics for science (including AI), and data production in laboratories.
BioTeam is a mission-driven company that highly values its clients and works with them as strategic partners to help them succeed. We focus primarily on life sciences, biomedicine, and healthcare, with a client list that includes government agencies, Fortune 500 pharmaceutical and biotech companies, as well as leading hospitals and research labs across the country. For more information about BioTeam and to see examples of our work, visit bioteam.net.
Our goal is to make our employees feel taken care of:
- Competitive base: $140,000 – $155,000 (with potential for a bonus)
- Completely virtual organization, which means you can work remotely from your home office (when not traveling to client sites) *
- Opportunity to contribute significantly to a growing company with the potential for growth to a senior or leadership role
- 100% of your health & dental premiums for you & your family covered, effective day one
- 100% of your short-term, long-term disability and life insurance covered
- Employer contributes annually to 401K, effective day one
*BioTeam’s roles are remote and can be filled within any of the following states: CA, CO, DC, FL, MA, MD, MO, NC, NH, NY, NJ, PA, TN, TX, WA, VA.
Job Summary
Are you a technology expert passionate about modernizing IT infrastructure to support life sciences and biomedical and clinical research? Do you love solving complex technical and organizational challenges collaboratively with clients and team members? Do you enjoy leading diverse teams of smart and creative people? BioTeam has an exciting opportunity for you as a Senior HPC and Storage Consultant!
As a Senior HPC and Storage Consultant, you’ll lead the development and implementation of cutting-edge, science-driven, on-premises and hybrid high-performance computing (HPC) and storage technology solutions for our clients. From pre-sales scoping to assessment, design, implementation, testing, and maintenance, you’ll help clients achieve their scientific mission with objective, best-fit infrastructure for science.
To excel in this role, you’ll need to be a subject matter expert in HPC, and scientific storage and computing practices. You’ll work closely with clients to discover requirements and design, deploy, and manage high-performance computing (HPC) and storage systems, scientific networks, processes, and other relevant computing infrastructure. Your deep curiosity about the latest advances in biomedical science and prior experience designing and managing science-focused HPC, storage, and computing systems are key.
If you’re passionate about collaboratively solving complex problems that advance science with custom technology solutions, apply now for the Senior HPC and Storage Consultant role at BioTeam!
Key Responsibilities
Technical Expectations
- Develop solutions to address scientific computing needs using on-premises, cloud, or hybrid HPC, storage, and networking technologies
- Communicate scientific computing and storage design practices to help guide and influence scientific practices
- Use modern HPC and storage design practices, including composable infrastructure patterns, environmental controls, and provisioning best practices
- Train scientists and technical professionals on HPC and storage concepts and best practices related to scientific computing
- Participate in internal knowledge sharing through discussion, guidance, presentations, and documentation
- Provide thought leadership to the industry in the form of blog postings, whitepapers, and speaking engagements
Consulting Expectations
- Act as an HPC and storage subject matter expert to provide project strategy and support deliverables on multiple concurrent projects
- Participate in initial technical review calls and clarify specific requirements for each project, including project scope and objectives, budget, determining the necessary project resources, and technical feasibility
- Lead or participate in the drafting of project proposals and manage the lifecycle of internal and client document review until the proposal is approved
- Work highly collaboratively with client stakeholders and team members throughout consulting projects
- Ensure successful delivery of solutions that meet client expectations
- Act as the technical point of contact for clients ensuring communication throughout the implementation and execution of a project
Background and Experience
- Degree in science or engineering fields, with a preference for a focus on scientific computing for life sciences, bioinformatics, or a related discipline; graduate degree preferred or a combination of education and experience
- 8+ years of hands-on experience in designing, deploying, and managing HPC and scientific storage
- Extensive experience leading complex scientific IT projects and project teams
- Passion for technology & science with a desire to stay up to date on the state-of-the-art in your field
- Excellent communication skills and the demonstrated ability to build rapport with both external clients and internal team members
- Organizational and time management skills with exceptional follow-through
- Proactive and innovative, able to adapt to change quickly
- Ability to quickly assess and adapt to the various needs of a diverse stakeholder population
- Experience and desire to work remotely with approximately 25% overnight travel
- Must be currently authorized to work in the United States and have or be able to qualify for government and customer security clearance
Work Environment
This job operates in an office environment, both in shared and home locations. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets, and fax machines.
Physical Demands
This is largely a sedentary role; however, some filing is required. This would require the ability to move files, open filing cabinets, and bend or stand as necessary.
The Company does not seek salary history information from applicants. The Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer that does not discriminate on the basis of actual or perceived race, creed, color, religion, alienage or national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, disability or handicap, sex, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, arrest record or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local laws.