Scientific/ Technical Officer jobs in Pune at Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics

1. Post Name: Scientific & Technical Officer -F: Big Data Scientist

2. Pay Scale: Pay Level- 13 with starting basic pay of Rs. 1,23,100/- with other allowances as per IUCAA norms.

3. No. of Post: One (Unreserved)

4. Qualification & Experience: At least B.E./M.Sc./MCA or equivalent degree in Physics / Computer Science or a related field with 10 years’ experience or M.E. with 8 years’ experience or Ph.D. with 6 years’ experience in high level research / development activity of relevance to IUCAA in Physics / Astronomy / Astrophysics or a related field.

5. Job Description & Responsibilities:

i. The Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA) is the key science stakeholder of the prestigious LIGO-India mega-science project and is responsible for the entire data computing facilities and its operation.

ii. IUCAA is looking for talented personnel to fill several permanent Scientific and Technical positions as big data scientists to design and implement High Performance/Throughput Computing infrastructure and allied analysis strategies which would be optimum in the context of gravitational wave detectors

iii. These positions carry tenure and benefits of any central government employees in India.

iv. There is flexibility in the grades offered so as to be commensurate with the qualifications and work experience.

v. Gravitational Wave research is computationally intensive. Even though the international collaboration has built large state of the art computing facilities, analysis of data and numerical relativity simulations are currently computationally limited.

vi. This demands designing computing strategies and hardware infrastructure in an integrated manner to push the limits of computing facilities beyond their usual strength. The senior big-data scientist is expected to be involved in:

Age Limit:

50 years (Relaxation as per Govt. of India norms)

The Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA) is an autonomous institution set up by the University Grants Commission (UGC) of India to promote the nucleation and growth of active groups in astronomy and astrophysics at Indian universities. IUCAA aims to be a centre of excellence within the university sector for teaching, research and development in astronomy and astrophysics.