Information Systems Engineers

Job Summary
The Center for High Performance Computing ( CHPC ) at the University of Utah provides advanced computing and data systems and services that support cutting-edge scholarship and innovation across disciplines. The CHPC partners with faculty researchers and institutional stakeholders to design and operate scalable and performant computing environments that enable data-intensive and computationally complex addition to supporting traditional high-performance computing workloads the CHPC plays a critical role in developing and maintaining computational environments for research with sensitive information that must meet federal and sponsor compliance requirements. Through collaboration technical expertise and a commitment to service the CHPC advances the University of Utahs research mission by delivering reliable trustworthy and forward-looking research computing infrastructure. The Research Enablement Engineer designs builds and maintains systems and automation to reduce friction associated with operational processes in research computing environments working closely with other teams with the goal of improving the user experience by reducing operational delays and complexity. A key focus of this position will be advancing the Universitys HIPAA and NIST SP 800-171 regulated research computing environments by designing and maintaining a system to make research software management scalable reproducible as well as compliant with applicable regulations. There are further opportunities for automation and process improvement such as improving user onboarding experiences simplifying research data acquisition processes and supporting the collection and management of project and user details. Focused on internal tooling workflow automation and platform enablement this role empowers User Services Systems and Security teams to operate more efficiently and consistently particularly in support of projects requiring a compliant research computing and data environment. Acting as a bridge between research users computing operations and compliance requirements this software- and workflow-focused position emphasizes sustainable design usability and clear documentation building the infrastructure that allows regulated research to scale without increasing operational complexity. This role is not expected to perform primary vulnerability remediation or policy interpretation but rather to enable those functions through software tooling and workflow design.

Responsibilities
Primary Responsibilities Design and implement internal tools and workflows to support: Research software onboarding and lifecycle management Collection and organization of onboarding and compliance metadata Automation of repeatable processes related to regulated environments for research computing and data Develop and maintain systems that support software builds review workflows and lifecycle tracking in regulated environments. Work closely with User Services and other staff to optimize infrastructure and compliance processes and expand support for user education documentation and research workflow development. Collaborate with Systems and Security teams to ensure tooling integrates cleanly with identity access and compliance requirements without duplicating their responsibilities. Improve the organization structure and accessibility of documentation and operational artifacts for the regulated research computing and data environments. Secondary Responsibilities Support the design of automated or semi-automated vulnerability scanning workflows (in collaboration with the Security team) including: Build-time scanning integration Flagging and routing of findings for human interpretation Assist in defining scalable models for software build review and maintenance (e.g. build automation CI/CD-style pipelines). Contribute to long-term planning for ML/AI-assisted vulnerability interpretation and workflow optimization. Participate in cross-team design discussions related to regulated research computing architecture and operations.

Minimum Qualifications
Bachelors degree in Computer Science Engineering Information Systems Physics Mathematics or another quantitative STEM discipline; or an equivalent combination of education and directly related experience. Experience designing or maintaining internal tools automation or developer platforms. Familiarity with Linux-based systems and container technologies (e.g. Apptainer Docker Podman). Experience working in collaborative cross-functional technical environments. Ability to research and translate requirements into structured maintainable systems. A security clearance is not required for this position. CHPC may hire employee at one of the following job levels: Equivalency Statement: 1 year of higher education can be substituted for 1 year of directly related work experience (Example: bachelors degree 4 years directly related work experience). Information Systems Engineer II : Requires a bachelors (or equivalency) 4 years or a masters (or equivalency) 2 years of directly related work experience. P17 Salary Range ( DOE ): $43796 $84883 Information Systems Engineer III : Requires a bachelors (or equivalency) 4 years or a masters (or equivalency) 2 years of directly related work experience. Job Code: P34283 P20 Salary Range ( DOE ): $58292 $112979 Information Systems Engineer IV : Requires a bachelors (or equivalency) 8 years or a masters (or equivalency) 6 years of directly related work experience. Job Code: P34284 P21 Salary Range ( DOE ): $64122 $124278