Sciensano - Computer Scientist / Engineer | High Per...

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

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

Aanbod