The Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine (BNITM) is the largest Research Institute for Tropical Medicine in Germany with approximately 400 employees. It is the National Reference Centre for Tropical Pathogens, a WHO Collaborating Centre and member of the Leibniz Research Association.
The Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine in Hamburg is seeking to fill a position as
at the earliest possible date.
Why this is your job:
These are your tasks:
The Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine in Hamburg is seeking to fill a position as
IT Infrastructure Engineer (f/m/d)
at the earliest possible date.
Why this is your job:
Are you looking for a key position in which you will make a significant contribution to the establishment of an innovative research area in computational sciences and to digitalization in research and administration? Do you want the opportunity to develop a user-friendly, secure, future-proof and research-oriented IT landscape? All this, together with an experienced and friendly team that you will lead on your behalf, makes it YOUR job.
These are your tasks:
- Support and and development of the network with over 1.000 clients and approx. 200 network devices
- Administration and further development of approx. 100 (virtual) servers that provide various services like e-mail servers, storage, websites and web platforms
- Development and provisioning of IT infrastructures for computational sciences and high performance computing
- Deputy head of the team of 12 IT experts
- Participation in the on-call duty
These are your strengths:
- University degree in computer science or related technical courses or comparable training, e.g. IT specialist (f/m/d) with relevant practical experience
- Very good knowledge of Unix / Linux
- Several years of experience in server administration in the Unix / Linux environment, especially Debian Linux & Oracle Linux
- Experience in network administration (switching, routing, firewalls)
- Good knowledge of IT security
- Social competence and ability to work in a team
- Very good knowledge of English and good knowledge of German, written and spoken
- Open-minded way of thinking and high open source affinity
- Good knowledge of typical website stacks Nginx / Apache, mySQL / mariaDB, PHP
- Good knowledge of email servers (Postfix & Dovecot
- Good knowledge of storage systems and Samba / CTDB
- Good knowledge of scripting with bash and at least one higher programming language such as Python or Ruby
- Good knowledge of various virtualization concepts and technologies such as Docker, VMWare and Proxmox
- Experienced in DevOps
- Experience with Java Wildfly / Tomcat
- Experience with Oracle DBMS
- Experience in the Windows server environment and ActiveDirectory
- Experience in the selection and procurement of (server and network) hardware
- Experience in automatic software deployment under Mac OS and Windows
We offer:
- An exciting job with purpose in the international environment of a research institute of the Leibniz Association
- Central location at the Landungsbrücken, easily accessible by public transport
- 30 days of vacation per year
- Flexible and family-friendly working hours
- Home office by arrangement
- Childcare subsidy
- Subsidy for HVV-ProfiTicket as “Deutschlandticket” (Basic)
- Company pension scheme
We support our employees in achieving a work-life balance and promote the professional equality of women and men. We strive to assist women in their scientific career, increase the number of women in research and reduce under-representation in all areas and positions in general. We explicitly welcome applications from people with disabilities.
As a member of the Diversity Charter, the largest diversity management network in Germany, we are also committed to making diversity an integral part of our institute culture. It is our goal to create a working environment that is free of prejudice.
Are you with us?
Then we look forward to receiving your detailed application - please send it by October 15, 2024. Please send your cover letter, CV, diplomas and references online.
Alternatively, please send your documents by post with the reference “IT Infrastructure Engineer” to: Bernhard-Nocht-Institut für Tropenmedizin, Personalabteilung, Bernhard-Nocht-Str. 74, 20359 Hamburg.
Questions about the application/selection process?
Please contact Ms. Bünger from the Human Resources Department (buenger@bnitm.de, Phone +49 40 285380-311).
Questions about the advertised position?
Please contact Markus Jansen (markus.jansen@bnitm.de, Phone: +49 40 285380-726).
www.bnitm.de/en
