In order to enable a transition of operations of the Dunn Solar Telescope from the National Solar Observatory to a multi-institute consortium, New Mexico State University is seeking a senior software engineer to support the telescope in Sunspot, NM.
Job Duties and Responsibilities: Responsibilities include learning and documenting the IT infrastructure required to operate the Dunn Solar Telescope, and eventually having the lead role in maintaining and troubleshooting this infrastructure. This includes multiple platforms that support telescope and instrument hardware, software in multiple languages that is used to control this hardware, and the networking infrastructure for the site. Responsibilities include basic system management, but go significantly beyond this. After documenting the existing IT infrastructure, this person will be responsible for the design, development, and implementation of an upgrade plan to simplify the IT infrastructure where possible.
Physical Work Location: Dunn Solar Telescope, Sunspot, NM
, at an altitude of 9200 ft.
Job Closing Date: 12/1/2016
Targeted Start Date: 01/01/2017
Required application documents include: CV/Resume, three references, and unofficial copy of transcript(s); all documents must be attached to the NMSU electronic application system at http://jobs.nmsu.edu.
Contact Dr McAteer,
mcateer@nmsu.edu
+1 575 646 4087