The Office of Research Computing at BYU is hiring for the following positions:

Why work at BYU?

Full-time Positions

• Family-friendly work environment
• Generous time off: 22 vacation days, 12 sick days, and 12 calendar holidays
• 401k matching up to 4%
• Additional contribution: Additional 8% contribution by the university, no contribution required from you. (Amount subject to change each year)
• Retiree Medical Plan
• Free tuition for employee and spouse, half for dependents. See link for limitations.
• Many more benefits
• Lots of great outdoor activities nearby: hiking, backpacking, skiing, lakes, and more.
• Great sports teams nearby: BYU's many teams, the Utah Jazz and Real Salt Lake

Student Positions

• Exemption from FICA taxes: Your taxes are lower so your actual earnings are higher at BYU than they would be at the same wage elsewhere. More info
• Close to classes

Why work at the Office of Research Computing?

The Office of Research Computing is a small department with a lot of responsibilities. We manage pretty much everything including networking, storage, over 1,000 physical servers, operating systems, a batch job scheduler, applications, and more. Despite the large scope of work and small staff size, the Office of Research Computing is well-respected on campus and among its peers at other institutions for the work we do. Systems are stable, fast, and efficient and researchers are generally very pleased with our offerings.

Full-time Positions

Great work-life balance

Do you like 80 hour work weeks? Neither do we. A job with the Office of Research Computing is a true 8-5 job. There are some on-call responsibilities (depending on the position) but emergencies are very rare.

Do you like midnight or weekend maintenance? Neither do we. Maintenance and upgrades are almost always scheduled during normal business hours. User batch jobs run 24x7x365 so a downtime at midnight is just as bad as a downtime at 8am. Maintenance might as well be convenient for someone.

Take some time off to spend with your family, go outdoors, or take a vacation. BYU has a generous time-off policy so take advantage of it.

If, instead, you and your family prefer the stress of homework, papers, exams, etc. you can enroll in BYU classes for free (employee and spouse) or half price (dependents). BYU is highly ranked in many areas and provides a great education.

Interesting and challenging work environment

Do you like Windows? Neither do we. We're not saying that Windows is always the wrong tool for the job, but it fortunately is not the right tool in our line of work. We previously used Windows to test our website in IE but we don't even do that anymore. Linux is the only OS used in the Office of Research Computing.

The Office of Research Computing builds and maintains clusters of hundreds of servers. As of 2021, there are over 24,000 processor cores in our clusters that are available to BYU researchers. The servers are connected to each other via high speed networks (Ethernet and Infiniband) and connect to petabytes of storage. We regularly replace aging hardware with the latest and greatest technology.

We have a small, agile department that works as a team to fulfill our mission. That means that each employee has significant latitude to make technical decisions and influence the future of the Office of Research Computing at BYU. There is very little (if any) red tape that you would see in a typical organization.

Office of Research Computing employees get to work with faculty and student researchers at BYU, many of whom are distinguished in their field of study.

Student Positions

A job with the Office of Research Computing can help you in many ways. You will get to do real work and have real responsibilities. You'll learn from employees who are very skilled and knowledgeable in many areas. In addition to being a great resume builder, a job with the Office of Research Computing will be technically challenging and engaging. This is definitely not a job where you can just sit around and do schoolwork.