The Scientific Computing Center is the Information Technology Center of KIT.

The department Data Analytics, Access and Applications (D3A) is responsible for federated access methods for distributed storage and cloud services, the development and application of scalable tools for Data Analytics and Machine Learning, joint research and development with domain scientists, contributions to the European Open Science Cloud and the integration of research communities in the context of several EU projects.

The SCC operates helpdesk systems as part of the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) and the World-wide LHC Computing Grid (WLCG). Various scientific communities with different requirements use the helpdesk systems internationally. For the production operation of these services, we are looking for a system administrator for our helpdesk team.

The tasks include:

• Operations of helpdesk systems on Linux platforms
• Design and implementation of configuration management for the efficient and secure maintenance of instances
• Support of researchers and users of the helpdesk systems.

Job requirements:

• Diploma (University)/Master with a major in computer science, natural science, software engineering or comparable
• Deep knowledge in system administration of Linux environments
• Knowledge of docker, CI/CD tools, DevOps pipelines, web servers
• Experience with configuration management tools are an advantage
• Written and spoken English skills

We offer you an exciting and varied job within an agile team as well as a wide range of training opportunities and flexible and family-friendly working time models. For more information about SCC as your new work home, please visit https://www.scc.kit.edu/en/aboutus/working-at-scc.php

Salary

Salary category 13, depending on the fulfillment of professional and personal requirements.