System engineer – High Performance Computing Laboratory/BCCS
A permanent position as a system engineer is available on September 1st or immediately thereafter at Unifob AS, Bergen Center for Computational Sciences (BCCS) within the High Performance Computing Laboratory (Para//ab). BCCS is a research department in Unifob and employs approximately 50 employees counting more than 17 different nationalities. The center operates the High Performance Computing facilities of the University of Bergen and is related to computational sciences in Biology and Environmental Sciences.
The team of system engineers at Para//ab is concerned with installation, implementation and maintenance of the Personal Computers (PCs), the High Performance Computing facilities and with grid related tasks. The pool of PCs comprises about 50 Linux and Windows machines. The High Performance Computing facilities currently comprise a SMP-machine, two compute-clusters as well as disk- and tape storage. The purchase of a new supercomputer is ongoing. Grid activities are related to the compute-clusters and storage facilities and provide corresponding services. The team currently consists of four engineers.
The new position is related to the administration of the pool of PCs. The new system engineer will be concerned with the operation and maintenance of the desktop machines at BCCS and web-related tasks. His or her work will be closely related to the work of the whole team.
We expect enthusiasm and independence as well as the ability to work in a team environment. The candidate should have experience within UNIX/Linux as well as Windows system administration - including firewalls and security related issues. Knowledge and experience within programming will be considered a plus. Good knowledge in English is required.
The candidate must hold a bachelor or college degree, or equivalent higher education. Extensive relevant experience may be considered in place of higher education. Women in particular are invited to apply.
The position remains open until a successful candidate is found.
Applications containing
• a letter of motivation
• curriculum vitae (max. three pages)
• relevant university-level diplomas with grade transcripts
• names and contact information of two references
can be sent by e-mail to HR Manager Hilde Sølvberg (Hilde.Solvberg@bccs.uib.no) with carbon copy (cc) to Group Leader of Parallab, Professor Klaus Johannsen (Klaus.Johannsen@bccs.uib.no).
Applications which do not include all the required documents will not be considered.
