Location: Boulder, CO
Position Type
Term - Casual (Fixed Term)
Visa Sponsored Job
Relocation Assistance Eligible
No
Hiring Range
49,524.00 - 49,524.00
*Final salary and rates are based on education, experience, and skills relevant to the role.
Application Closes at 12:00am MST on
2026-11-06
About the Role
- The updated hourly rate for this role is $23.81.
- Great experience opportunity! The Computational and Information Systems Laboratory (CISL) is seeking a motivated Student Assistant to join the CIRRUS platform team.
- CIRRUS is a modern, cloud-native, Kubernetes-based scientific computing platform spanning bare-metal clusters across our Boulder and Cheyenne facilities.
- In this role, you will work alongside experienced systems engineers and scientific researchers to ensure platform reliability, enhance documentation, and help onboard new scientific workloads.
- This position is structured for professional growth: you will begin by verifying workflows and improving documentation usability, then gradually build hands-on experience in cloud-native platform operations and High-Performance Computing (HPC) infrastructure.
Please note
- This is a 1-year term role with the possibility of extension for an additional year.
- To qualify for this role, you must maintain the "Student" status for the entire duration of the appointment.
- Student Assistants may not work more than 1,000 hours in any 12-month period
Job description provided by University Corporation for Atmospheric Research.
View the original posting