As Austria's largest research and technology organization for applied research, our goal is to make substantial contributions to solving the major challenges of our time, climate change and digitalization. We rely on our specific research, development, and technology competencies, which form the basis for our commitment to excellence in all areas. With our open innovation culture and motivated, international teams, we work to position AIT as Austria's leading research institution at the highest international level and to make a positive contribution to the economy and society.

Our IT and Organisation (ITO) department is looking for additional Ingenious Partners for our location in Vienna. As part of our expert team in IT and Organisation (ITO), you will ensure a stable IT infrastructure, handle system administration and architecture, as well as capacity planning in the field of HPC infrastructure.

System Administrator: HPC Area

IT & ORGANISATION

Your responsibilities:

• Operation, administration, and continuous further development of the HPC infrastructure (compute, login, management, and storage systems)
• Ensuring high availability, performance, operational safety, and IT security of the HPC environment, including patch and vulnerability management
• Installation, configuration, maintenance, and updating of Linux-based servers, operating systems, HPC components, software packages, and scientific applications
• Administration and optimization of cluster, network, and storage infrastructure (Slurm, InfiniBand, Ethernet, Lustre, BeeGFS)
• Planning and execution of maintenance work, upgrades, migrations, as well as infrastructure and capacity expansions
• Monitoring of the system landscape using monitoring and logging solutions, as well as analysis and troubleshooting of faults
• Supporting users in 2nd-/3rd-level support and collaborating with internal departments, manufacturers, and external service providers
• As an interface between our ITO team and other Competence Units as well as the AI team, you will have the opportunity to work on cross-departmental projects and contribute significantly to their success.
• Through your ongoing commitment and reliability, you will play a key role in maintaining the system landscape.
• You will develop innovative ideas and concepts within the framework of the strategic ITO goals.

As an Ingenious Partner, you stand out due to:

• Completed education or degree in computer science, information technology, or a comparable qualification
• Several years of experience in the administration of Linux servers (preferably Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Rocky Linux, or Ubuntu)
• Experience in operating HPC or cluster infrastructures
• Knowledge in the areas of: Linux system administration, shell scripting (Bash), Python, or comparable scripting languages
• Network technologies (TCP/IP, VLAN, InfiniBand)
• Storage systems (SAN, NAS, parallel file systems)
• Virtualization and container technologies (Docker, Apptainer/Singularity)
• Experience with job scheduling systems such as Slurm is an advantage
• Knowledge in the area of automation (Ansible, Git) is desirable
• Basic knowledge in IT security
• Excellent team and communication skills
• Very good German and English skills, both written and spoken

What you can expect:

• The gross annual salary for full-time employment (38.5 hours per week) according to the collective agreement is EUR 56,784. The actual salary will be individually determined based on your qualifications and experience.
• Highlights of our employee benefits include a canteen with meal subsidies, organic coffee, tea, and fruit baskets, health care offers and an on-site company doctor, a pension fund, additional days off for various life events, family benefits (including two weeks of paid paternity leave and leisure subsidies), a voucher program, sports, cultural and team events, as well as many other benefits. Furthermore, we offer flexible working time models (including up to 50% home office) and individual further education and career opportunities.

At AIT, we create an inclusive and family-friendly working environment that promotes equal opportunities and actively expands diversity within the workforce and in leadership positions. Among other things, we are committed to increasing the proportion of women in our company and therefore particularly welcome applications from women.

Please submit your complete application documents, consisting of a CV, cover letter, relevant certificates and documents, and proof of identity, online: https://jobs.ait.ac.at/Job/269928