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UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN Engineering Scientist Associate, Center for Transportation Research, Cockrell School of Engineering in AUSTIN, Texas
Support IT activities such as developing software containers, leveraging public or commercial cloud computing services, and managing databases.Support researchers in the use of emerging data sources, the implementation of efficient data workflows, and the use of data analysis and management tools developed/adopted by CTR and its partners. This includes serving as an instructor/presenter/representative at workshops, conferences, or courses; making contributions to training materials and documentation; resolving user requests for assistance.Contributing to the development and deployment of data models and advanced computation workflows to support research.Support researchers in the development and deployment of production-level software tools as needed.Document and disseminate work by conducting tasks such as maintaining a public resource of developed materials (e.g. source code, documentation); contributing to dissemination efforts led by others.Provide technical contributions to projects, which includes: serving as the technical lead for projects, project functional areas, or specific project tasks; providing technical leadership in domain-specific challenges faced by group projects; supporting domain-specific challenges faced by group projects; and develop technical skills in areas of current/anticipated project needs.Sustain external projects, which includes: serving in leadership roles on externally funded projects; identifying and developing applications for new projects; and assisting with the development of proposals.Potentially assisting with the development of proposals and participate in team authorship of peer-reviewed manuscripts, conference papers, posters, and/or presentations.