Communications & Network Tech Analyst 3 - 135702

The Mission of the San Diego Supercomputer Center is to translate innovation into practice. SDSC adopts and partners on innovations in industry and academia in the areas of software, hardware, computational and data sciences, and related areas, and translates them into cyberinfrastructure that solves practical problems across any and all scientific domains and societal endeavors. Cyberinfrastructure refers to an accessible, integrated network of high-performance computing, data, and networking resources and expertise, focused on accelerating scientific inquiry and discovery. With more than 250 employees and $30-50M of revenue a year, SDSC is a global leader in the design, development, and operations of cyberinfrastructure.

SDSC supports hundreds of multidisciplinary programs spanning a wide variety of domains, from earth sciences and biology to astrophysics, bioinformatics, and health IT. SDSC presently operates multiple large HPC systems ranging from a 120k x86 CPU core general purpose system to a system explicitly designed for Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, and a nationally distributed system open for all of academia to integrate with. SDSC offers research data services across the entire vertical stack from universally scalable storage to consulting services on FAIR, Big Data, and AI. SDSC offers a rich set of cloud services both on-premise, in the commercial cloud, and as hybrid services across both.

SDSC has three geographic scopes, a national scope supporting cyberinfrastructure for the entire US research and education community, a California scope with a special focus on convergence research that addresses the three dominant threats to CA: Drought, Fire, Earthquakes, and a campus scope focusing on advancing the global impact of SDSC by advancing the research objectives of the UC San Diego faculty, researchers, and students. SDSC impacts researchers at scales from 1,000's to Millions. SDSC annually trains thousands of researchers in cyberinfrastructure tools and software, and supports thousands of individual researchers via Unix accounts on its large HPC systems. SDSC was a leader developing the Science Gateway concept, and continues to be a global leader in its evolution. SDSC operates multiple major such gateways with user communities ranging from the tens of thousands to the millions. SDSC's educational programs includes online courses that have been attended by more than a million students.

SDSC is committed to democratizing access to cyberinfrastructure across all of its geographic scopes. SDSC strives towards a culture that supports our employees to be their best, achieve their goals, and enjoy their lives, both professionally and personally.

The High Performance Wireless Research and Education Network (HPWREN) is a project at the San Diego Supercomputer Center, University of California San Diego, to support Internet-data applications in the research, education, and public safety realms.

HPWREN functions as a collaborative, Internet-connected cyberinfrastructure. The project supports a high-bandwidth wireless data network in San Diego, Riverside, and Imperial counties in areas that are typically not well-served by other data networking technologies. The network includes backbone "nodes," typically sited on mountain tops, to connect often hard-to-reach areas in the remote Southern California back country.

The network supports a wide range of network application requirements, ranging from high-volume astronomical data generated by the Palomar Observatory, to a steady output of continuous, low-volume traffic from devices such as earthquake sensors, which deliver real-time data. HPWREN also includes permanent sites as well as those created temporarily and on short notice, such as firefighter Incident Command Posts (ICPs). HPWREN saw use in several of the major wild fires to hit San Diego County across many years.

The network spans from San Clemente Island in the Pacific Ocean, via the southern California coast to the inland valleys, east toward the mountain elevations of more than 8,700 feet, and the remote desert, reaching almost to the Arizona border. The network's longest link is 72 miles in distance, from the San Diego Supercomputer Center to San Clemente Island.

Incumbent will identify, diagnose, and resolve telemetry problems at HPWREN and ASAPNet field sites with multiple types of high performance microwave backbone point-to-point telemetry (50Mbits/s to 220Mbits/s) and multiple distributed wireless network distribution systems. ASAPNet includes ~60 San Diego Fire Authority Fire Stations at remote sites spanning the San Diego county backcountry and HPWREN with 8 major mountaintop backbone sites providing backhaul capabilities to multiple geophysical and environmental sensor networks, Mount Palomar Observatory, Mount Laguna Observatory, Santa Margarita Ecological Preserve and Sky Oaks Ranch.

Incumbent will install and maintain HPWREN sensors including state-of-the-art high resolution visible and near-infrared wildfire cameras as well as meteorological sensors.

Incumbent will participate in operations of large antenna installations on towers over an expansive area, including remote Southern California back country. Participates in operations of both single and multiple large antenna installations on towers with helicopters, cranes or simpler winch lifts, which includes driving to individual sites. Maintains strong working relationships with HPWREN personnel and participants. Maintains strong working relationships with national and state agencies and other technical collaborators, to maintain compliance with security and installation standards and retain access to critical sites.

Travel is required across Southern California to sites located in San Diego, Orange, Riverside, Los Angeles, Imperial, and Santa Barbara Counties. Many of these sites require 4WD vehicles to access the sites which are provided by the university. Position is expected to travel to campus and various off-site locations more than 10 hours a week.

• Demonstrated thorough knowledge of professional communications and network concepts necessary to resolve issues using established parameters, creativity and independent judgment, escalating as necessary.

• Thorough understanding of various network hardware platforms, network related protocols and software including understanding of OSI layer 3 protocols at a basic level and layer 2 protocols at a complex level and related technical standards critical to the operation of interconnected networks.

• Ability to gather, organize and analyze data in the completion of a variety of functional assignments. Demonstrated ability to communicate technical information to technical and non-technical personnel at various levels in the organization. Demonstrated diverse problem-solving skills.

• Working experience with Atlasssian JIRA ticketing system. Working knowledge of Atlasssian Confluence Wiki. Working knowledge of Intermapper network monitoring.

• Tower Safety and Rescue certification

• Job offer is contingent upon satisfactory clearance based on Background Check results.

• Occasional evenings and weekends may be required.

• Required to hold valid driver's license, have a driving record that is in accordance with local policies/procedures, and/or enroll in the California Employer Pull Notice Program.

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