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U.S. Dept. of Labor code 15-1221.0026% growth 2024-2034, Much faster than average (~3,400 openings/yr)Typical pay: $140,910/yr

Computer and Information Research Scientists

What this job is about

Develop innovative computing solutions to complex problems.

What this work involves, step by step

AI can help most with the planning, drafting, and paperwork below — not the hands-on parts.

  1. 1

    Analyze problems for solutions

    The agent analyzes technical problems to identify potential solutions involving hardware and software.

  2. 2

    Design computing systems

    The agent designs computers and the software that operates them based on user and organizational needs.

  3. 3

    Evaluate project feasibility

    The agent assesses project plans and proposals to determine their feasibility and alignment with goals.

  4. 4

    Collaborate with stakeholders

    The agent meets with managers and vendors to gather input and resolve technical issues.

  5. 5

    Maintain network security

    The agent monitors and maintains network hardware and software to ensure system availability and security.

Tools used in this work
Amazon DynamoDBAmazon Elastic Compute Cloud EC2Amazon RedshiftAmazon Web Services AWS CloudFormationAmazon Web Services AWS softwareAnsible softwareApache AirflowApache CassandraApache HadoopApache HiveApache KafkaApache SparkApache Subversion SVNBashCC#C++ChefDjangoDockerEclipse IDEElasticsearchESRI ArcGIS softwareExtensible markup language XMLGitGitHubGitLabGoGoogle AnalyticsIBM SPSS StatisticsIBM TerraformJavaScriptJenkins CIKubernetesLinuxMicrosoft Azure softwareMicrosoft ExcelMicrosoft Office softwareMicrosoft Power BIMicrosoft PowerPointMicrosoft ProjectMicrosoft SQL ServerMicrosoft Visual BasicMicrosoft Visual Basic for Applications VBAMicrosoft Visual StudioMongoDBMySQLNode.jsNoSQLOracle DatabaseOracle JavaOracle Java 2 Platform Enterprise Edition J2EEPerlPHPPostgreSQLPuppetPythonPyTorchRRedisRubySASScalaShell scriptSplunk EnterpriseStructured query language SQLTableauTensorFlowTeradata DatabaseThe MathWorks MATLABTransact-SQLUNIXUNIX Shell

Free — no credit card required. 200 messages included.