Computer scientist/engineer - High-Performance Compu...

Functie

Your function will include:

• Interact closely with bioinformaticians from the Bioinformatics Platform, and collaborate with engineers from the ICT team, to deploy and set up the HPC infrastructure at Sciensano.
• Coordination of the installation, upgrade, migration or removal of server hardware in the data centre.
• Setting up, configuring, and maintaining an HPC cluster including software needed for analyses and a scheduler for the submission of jobs.
• Develop, test and optimize automatic deployment scripts using Ansible.
• Monitor technical alerts, errors and warnings, and performance of the servers/cluster and taking preventative actions.
• User administration and investigation, and mitigation of issues related to access permissions of both systems and data.
• Deployment and updates of software needed for scientific analyses.
• Periodic maintenance including updates of firmware, operating system and other software.
• Training of other scientists in the use of the HPC infrastructure.
• Assisting other scientists with their needs related to their specific research problems.

Profile
Master in computer engineering or computer sciences, or equivalent by experience
Experience as a systems engineer in a Linux-based environment (hypervisor and bare metal)
Previous exposure to at least some of the following domains and technologies:

• Network storage
• Network architecture (e.g. DNS, DHCP, Cisco)
• Linux file systems
• Virtualization (e.g. VMWare, Proxmox)
• High-performance technologies such as the SLURM job scheduler, and the Weka distributed file system
• Monitoring (e.g. Nagios)
• Databases (e.g. PostgreSQL, MongoDB)
• Web servers (e.g. Apache, nginx)
• Containerization (e.g. docker, singularity)
• Scripting language (e.g. bash, Python)
• Version control (e.g. git)
• Environment module systems (e.g. lmod)

English language proficiency and proficiency in Dutch and/or French.
Generic competences: team player; organizational and communication skills; solution-oriented with analytical problem-solving skills; working independently; quick learner

Offer
A fixed-term contract, with option for extension
Starting date: 01-05-2024
A challenging and fascinating project in a fast-evolving domain
A knowledge-intensive position in a renowned health institute that operates on an international level
An enthusiastic team of colleagues
Be paid according to the Belgian government barema SW11
Advantages: insurances, homeworking, flexible hours in a 38-hour working week, reimbursement of public transport

Jouw profiel

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• Toepassingen ontwikkelen op een besturingssysteem: Linux/Unix
• Een databank aanspreken: PostgreSQL

Aanbod

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