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Rubin Observatory | https://rubinobservatory.org https://rubinobservatory.org | Senior DevOps Eng | Tucson AZ OR possible remote from US states And now for som

Rubin Observatory | https://rubinobservatory.org https://rubinobservatory.org | Senior DevOps Eng | Tucson AZ OR possible remote from US states And now for something completely different.. (drumroll)... astronomy! We're building a big telescope to carry out the biggest, faster, widest survey in optical astronomy. I run a small devops team in a much larger data management division - we do current data services work - lots of Python (3) data services (FastAPI) running on Kubernetes on Google Cloud and on-prem (ie sometimes in... actually clouds). I have a number of refugees from well-known dotcoms in my team, here's why they tell me they work here despite, you know, the universe not handing out stock options: * Sustained and humane software development, with opportunities to refactor code for incremental improvements and extend your codebase over multiple years * No pager. If you want to turn off your phone after hours, fine (I keep mine on because fixing telescopes is actually fun to me but there's no on-call) * No doing interviews as your job. * 100% open source with many opportunities to upstream (all our code is on Github: https://github.com/lsst-sqre https://github.com/lsst-sqre ) * Surprisingly (for academia) current toolchain and coding practices * Benefits, stability w/ opportunity for growth. My full-stack engineer joined 8 years ago and is (still) doing better work every year. My most recent hire is a security engineer who has been with me longer than the average dotcom tenure and seems to think it's Christmas every time I tell him he's allowed to tidy up code we already have in production. * Pay is decent, more so if you're not paying Bay Area rent. Not as much as you'd make as a Senior Engineer at Google. But: * Nobody is the product. We stand on the shoulders of giants. If you're interested: https://ls.st/square-job https://ls.st/square-job . And if you are a US taxpayer, thank you for funding our scientific mission!

d4mi3n 3y ago
This is a really neat role, always love seeing opportunities in science and academia open up like this. The job req mentions representing the work Aura is doing; do you folks have talks recorded or published anywhere?
- frossie 3y ago
  Oh thanks for asking, I should add nobody is _required_ to get out there and be a performing monkey or anything, but it's nice to get out there and talk about our work once in a while, especially since we're taxpayer funded and also because it's nice to remind ourselves occasionally there's more to this job that git push :-) One of my devs hates giving talks and so he doesn't and that's fine. Here's a talk we gave at Influx Days on how my team uses InfluxDB that also gives background to the project: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Osy0dvFM674 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Osy0dvFM674 The mission of the telescope is to carry out the Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) and so if you search for Rubin LSST you'll get even better stuff I'm sure. PS not a talk but here's my favorite video we have ever put out, it makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand up. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GicDYZXMboc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GicDYZXMboc "We'll be counting stars" as the song goes...
DonHopkins 3y ago
Need any FORTH programmers? ;) http://www.forth.org/KittPeakForthPrimer.pdf http://www.forth.org/KittPeakForthPrimer.pdf
- frossie 3y ago
  This is why I mention things like "surprisingly current toolchain for academia" :-) My personal philosophy is staying current costs far less in the end that falling behind and then needing a giant transition...
  - DonHopkins 3y ago
    Then you'll love Mitch Bradley's CForth and OpenFirmware Forth, which he is always keeping current and up to date, including arm64 support! ;) https://github.com/MitchBradley/cforth https://github.com/MitchBradley/cforth https://github.com/MitchBradley/openfirmware https://github.com/MitchBradley/openfirmware https://github.com/MitchBradley/openfirmware/tree/master/cpu/arm64 https://github.com/MitchBradley/openfirmware/tree/master/cpu...
mustardgreen 3y ago
As someone around the telescope a few years back, I would absolutely recommend applying! Frossie is legit and is an excellent engineer and boss
Centigonal 3y ago
If you're ever looking for a data scientist, one of my good friends has a PhD in astrophysics and left academia to do SQL, Python ML, and dashboarding. She's super sharp and I think she'd jump all over an opportunity like this.
- frossie 3y ago
  Hah I ran into the comment size limit and took out - women work here - in technical and scientific roles You are welcome to tell your friend to reach out, I am always happy to talk to fellow women in the field so I can learn what they are looking for and let them know when the right fit appears.
- starbird3000 3y ago
  Actually, in case it's of interest to her, over at the American Institute of Physics in the DC metro area, I'm looking for a solutions architect to help support the institute and the 10 member societies connected to it. The role is to help define infrastructure standards regarding our digital experience platform (Blueconic, MailChimp, Tableau, Brightspot) as we migrate away from Drupal. Challenging project that can help influence engagement with students, the public, and the physical sciences community for decades to come. https://americaninstituteofphysics.applicantstack.com/x/detail/a2bctxvqy0iz https://americaninstituteofphysics.applicantstack.com/x/deta...
mvineetmenon 3y ago
Hi frossie, Any Visa/Nationality requirements?
- frossie 3y ago
  Thanks for asking, sorry for the delay I was checking with the bureaucracy what the answer is (as we are technically government subcontractors we don't make the rules). My understanding is we do sponsor H1s. The vast majority of nationalities are fine, however we do have on-premises computing on a Department of Energy facility, and they bar citizens of the following countries from being granted an account on their systems: https://www.state.gov/state-sponsors-of-terrorism/ https://www.state.gov/state-sponsors-of-terrorism/ so a candidate with those nationalities would be at a disadvantage. Unfortunately for reasons outside our control, remote work is only possible from residents of the following US states: Arizona California Colorado Florida Hawaii Maryland New Mexico Texas Virginia Washington Washington DC
  - mvineetmenon 3y ago
    Thanks for the reply, frossie. I do understand fair share of government bureaucracy as I'm currently employed as one. :-) I think, I'll throw my hat in the ring.
hdiwan 3y ago
Just applied! Space has fascinated me since I was very young. Indeed, the first nightmare I had was of falling into a black hole!
devendramistri 3y ago
Hey! Just in case you are looking for a immediate joine for any data engineering, please take a look at : https://www.linkedin.com/in/dmistri/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/dmistri/

d4mi3n 3y ago

This is a really neat role, always love seeing opportunities in science and academia open up like this. The job req mentions representing the work Aura is doing; do you folks have talks recorded or published anywhere?

frossie 3y ago
Oh thanks for asking, I should add nobody is _required_ to get out there and be a performing monkey or anything, but it's nice to get out there and talk about our work once in a while, especially since we're taxpayer funded and also because it's nice to remind ourselves occasionally there's more to this job that git push :-) One of my devs hates giving talks and so he doesn't and that's fine. Here's a talk we gave at Influx Days on how my team uses InfluxDB that also gives background to the project: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Osy0dvFM674 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Osy0dvFM674 The mission of the telescope is to carry out the Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) and so if you search for Rubin LSST you'll get even better stuff I'm sure. PS not a talk but here's my favorite video we have ever put out, it makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand up. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GicDYZXMboc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GicDYZXMboc "We'll be counting stars" as the song goes...

DonHopkins 3y ago

Need any FORTH programmers? ;) http://www.forth.org/KittPeakForthPrimer.pdf http://www.forth.org/KittPeakForthPrimer.pdf

frossie 3y ago
This is why I mention things like "surprisingly current toolchain for academia" :-) My personal philosophy is staying current costs far less in the end that falling behind and then needing a giant transition...
- DonHopkins 3y ago
  Then you'll love Mitch Bradley's CForth and OpenFirmware Forth, which he is always keeping current and up to date, including arm64 support! ;) https://github.com/MitchBradley/cforth https://github.com/MitchBradley/cforth https://github.com/MitchBradley/openfirmware https://github.com/MitchBradley/openfirmware https://github.com/MitchBradley/openfirmware/tree/master/cpu/arm64 https://github.com/MitchBradley/openfirmware/tree/master/cpu...

mustardgreen 3y ago

As someone around the telescope a few years back, I would absolutely recommend applying! Frossie is legit and is an excellent engineer and boss

Centigonal 3y ago

If you're ever looking for a data scientist, one of my good friends has a PhD in astrophysics and left academia to do SQL, Python ML, and dashboarding. She's super sharp and I think she'd jump all over an opportunity like this.

frossie 3y ago
Hah I ran into the comment size limit and took out - women work here - in technical and scientific roles You are welcome to tell your friend to reach out, I am always happy to talk to fellow women in the field so I can learn what they are looking for and let them know when the right fit appears.
starbird3000 3y ago
Actually, in case it's of interest to her, over at the American Institute of Physics in the DC metro area, I'm looking for a solutions architect to help support the institute and the 10 member societies connected to it. The role is to help define infrastructure standards regarding our digital experience platform (Blueconic, MailChimp, Tableau, Brightspot) as we migrate away from Drupal. Challenging project that can help influence engagement with students, the public, and the physical sciences community for decades to come. https://americaninstituteofphysics.applicantstack.com/x/detail/a2bctxvqy0iz https://americaninstituteofphysics.applicantstack.com/x/deta...

mvineetmenon 3y ago

Hi frossie, Any Visa/Nationality requirements?

frossie 3y ago
Thanks for asking, sorry for the delay I was checking with the bureaucracy what the answer is (as we are technically government subcontractors we don't make the rules). My understanding is we do sponsor H1s. The vast majority of nationalities are fine, however we do have on-premises computing on a Department of Energy facility, and they bar citizens of the following countries from being granted an account on their systems: https://www.state.gov/state-sponsors-of-terrorism/ https://www.state.gov/state-sponsors-of-terrorism/ so a candidate with those nationalities would be at a disadvantage. Unfortunately for reasons outside our control, remote work is only possible from residents of the following US states: Arizona California Colorado Florida Hawaii Maryland New Mexico Texas Virginia Washington Washington DC
- mvineetmenon 3y ago
  Thanks for the reply, frossie. I do understand fair share of government bureaucracy as I'm currently employed as one. :-) I think, I'll throw my hat in the ring.

hdiwan 3y ago

Just applied! Space has fascinated me since I was very young. Indeed, the first nightmare I had was of falling into a black hole!

devendramistri 3y ago

Hey! Just in case you are looking for a immediate joine for any data engineering, please take a look at : https://www.linkedin.com/in/dmistri/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/dmistri/