Research Computing Consultant

🇺🇸 Hybrid - New Brunswick, NJ 🕑 Full-Time 💰 $108K - $165K 💻 Finance 🗓️ March 24th, 2026

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Edtech.com's Summary

Rutgers University is hiring a Research Computing Consultant. This role manages computational research resources for the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences and the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station, provides consultative bioinformatics services to faculty, researches and recommends specialized hardware and software, offers advanced technical research support, and prepares user documentation.

Highlights

Manage computational research computing resources for SEBS and NJAES.
Provide consultative services in bioinformatics including modeling and processing data from scientific instruments.
Research, evaluate, and recommend specialized hardware and software products and plan research computing resources.
Offer technical research support and develop complex scientific applications for faculty, post-docs, and students.
Prepare documentation for end users to facilitate computational resource use.
Required expertise includes familiarity with latest bioinformatics software and proficiency with Linux and Windows OS, website management, and complex software installation.
Experience with scientific instrumentation integration and programming skills in PHP, Python, and knowledge of R packages.
Must hold a bachelor's degree and have at least five years of computational systems administration experience.
Position offers a salary range from $108,147 to $165,471, dependent on qualifications and departmental funds.
Requires a valid driver's license and clean driving record; full-time position with flexible hybrid work arrangements possible.