Junior IT Infrastructure Engineer (Linux)

IT Compartment


    Scope of work:
  • The Junior IT Infrastructure Engineer's activity consists in providing support in operating, and maintaining the IT services within ELI-NP such as E-mail(Postifix+Dovecot), Webmail(Squirrelmail), DHCP, Web, VPN, all based on Linux(CentOS7). Also he/she will be involved in the operation of the virtualized IT infrastructure of ELI-NP. In the case of virtualized IT infrastructure the focus area consists of the hypervisor layer (CentOS/KVM) and of the associated components, services (incl. container providers: Docker) and/or applications. Furthermore, the IT Infrastructure Engineer will provide specialist support for the preparation and/or review of the technical documentation for IT equipment purchases within the ELI-NP Departments
  • Main Responsabilities:
    Main Tasks:
    • Support in operation and maintenance processes of the IT services, and ensure their optimal, highly-available functioning
    • Manage the VPN and E-mail users accounts
    • Responsible with back-up operations
    • Involved in operation and development of the DHCP service(firewall configuration, routing table maintenance)
    • Take part in the operation and maintenance processes of the IT infrastructure used for the web services
    • Install, configure, and maintain the virtualization infrastructure components and related third-party software utilities within the operational guidelines of the Institute
    • Root Cause Analysis and Problem Management for the services related to the aforementioned items
    • Serve as an escalation point for complex internal support and troubleshooting cases
    • Perform daily system monitoring, verifying the integrity and availability of all underlying resources, systems and key processes, periodically reviewing system and application logs
    • Create and maintain system documentation for domain technologies, including installation, configuration, and appropriate troubleshooting steps
    • Provide knowledge transfer to colleagues as required
    • Effectively collaborate with cross-departmental teams and provide SME guidance/feedback
    • Be involved in providing technical support for the infrastructure services (computing, storage, networking) offered by the ELI-NP IT Compartment
    Professional background:
    • Higher education graduate with an engineering diploma, preferably in a computer-science related major
    • Good knowledge of Linux
    • Ideally a first job/traineeship experience in IT
    • Experience with scripting and/or monitoring tools represents a plus
    • Solid general understanding of IT
    • Good interpersonal skills, a strong team spirit and a result-oriented attitude, as well as a capability to deliver when working under tight deadlines
    • Ability to establish new standards for quality, performance or productivity
    • Fluent in English
    Working arrangements/Conditions of employment:
    • Full time position, based in Bucharest - Magurele, Romania .
    • Included: private medical coverage, paid annual leave.
    • Motivating salary, at European level, based on qualifications and experience.
    • The candidate should be available to travel abroad for scientific collaboration at various research infrastructures, for part of their time.
    Applications:
    The applications shall be accompanied by the documents requested in the Rules of Selection for this position.
    The applications shall be sent to the Human Resources Department at human.resources@eli-np.ro

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