Research Software Engineer - AFBA : Job Details

Brookhaven National Laboratory is committed to employee success and we believe that a comprehensive employee benefits program is an important and meaningful part of the compensation employees receive. Review more information at BNL | Benefits ProgramPOSITION DESCRIPTIONThe National Synchrotron Light Source-II (NSLS-II) at Brookhaven National Laboratory is seeking exceptional candidates for The Data Science and Systems Integration (DSSI) Program. This role resides in the Data Acquisition and Detectors (DAD) group, within DSSI, working to the development of high-level control tools and services. Responsibilities include designing applications for Human-Machine Interface (HMI) with the control systems, implementing microservices for functionalities such as archiving, alarm consolidation, notification, and logging. This role will support both operations of current NSLS-II beamline and the development of the next generation of beamlines from the earliest stages of development.Essential Duties and Responsibilities:Work collaboratively on data-oriented and controls-oriented software projects to develop new capabilities at NSLS-II.Develop and deploy software and share responsibility for its performance in operations.Provide support to other scientific staff and facility users, through both teaching and troubleshooting.POSITION REQUIREMENTSRequired Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:BS degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related STEM discipline, and a minimum of Bachelor's and 5+ years, or Master's and 3+ years, or PhD.Demonstrated experience in programming with Java.Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to be able to interact effectively with a diverse group of scientists, engineers, and technical staff.Self-motivated and able to work in a team environment.Willingness to learn fast.Preferred Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:Bachelor's and 8+ years, or MS and 6+ years, or Doctorate and +2 years post-PhD.Current knowledge in high-volume scientific data collection, data management, and data analysis concepts, and/or experience as an experimental scientist.Experience managing distributed software systems.Data acquisition and management experience at a synchrotron light source, neutron source, particle accelerator, or other major scientific user facility.Experience contributing to community-led open-source software projects.Experience with event-driven systems.Experience providing user support.Demonstrated record in collaborative software development.Ability to employ sound software engineering methodologies.Experience with C, C++ or Python.Experience with http APIs, Service Oriented Architecture.Experience with some storage solutions, MySQL, Elastic, MongoDB.Experience with message bus solutions like Kafka, activeMQ, ZeroMQ.Brookhaven National Laboratory and the Energy and Photon Sciences Directorate are committed to your success. 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