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In this role, you lead the Data Center department, ensuring stable operations and the evolution of IT infrastructure focusing on automation, hybrid, and cloud technologies.
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Your role in the team
- You lead the Data Center Department and are responsible for the secure, resilient, and highly available operation as well as the future-oriented development of GeoSphere Austria's central IT infrastructure.
- This includes in particular data center, network and security infrastructure as well as central compute, virtualization, storage, backup, and platform services.
- They thereby establish the technological foundation for data-intensive scientific applications, digital services, and critical operational systems.
- Together with your team, you will develop a powerful, scalable, and future-proof IT infrastructure and drive automation, standardization, as well as the integration of modern hybrid and cloud technologies.
- You lead and develop the Data Center department and bear responsibility for budget, personnel, and resources.
- You are responsible for the strategic and technological development of the central IT infrastructure and develop target architectures, technology roadmaps, and future-proof operating models.
- They manage investments, lifecycle management, as well as external technology partners and providers.
- They ensure compliance with relevant security, compliance, and regulatory requirements, in particular ISO 27001 and NIS2.
- You are responsible for the overall safe, stable, and highly available operation as well as the further development of the data center and the central network, compute, virtualization, storage, backup, archiving, and core services.
- You design future-proof infrastructure and security architectures and drive the integration of on-premises, hybrid, and cloud infrastructures.
- They continuously strengthen the resilience, information security, availability, and recoverability of the central IT infrastructure and further develop efficient operational, readiness, and emergency structures.
- You drive standardization, automation, and Infrastructure as Code, ensuring scalability, performance, and cost-effective resource utilization.
- You are developing your interdisciplinary team and its competencies in a targeted manner and promoting a service-, security-, and solution-oriented operational culture.
- You work closely with the other ICT departments as well as the scientific, operational, and administrative areas, and create the infrastructural prerequisites for data-intensive applications, High Performance Computing (HPC), and new technological requirements.
- You represent the department in dealings with internal and external partners and assume the business representation of the department head within the scope of responsibility.
Our expectations of you
Education
- Completed secondary education with a diploma (AHS, BHS, or equivalent).
Qualifications
- Knowledge in the environment of data-intensive applications, High Performance Computing (HPC), or energy-efficient data centers is advantageous.
- Excellent German and English skills.
- Strategic and technological mindset as well as strong design, decision-making, and implementation skills.
- High leadership, communication, and collaboration skills.
- Strong understanding of security, resilience, and high availability of critical IT infrastructures.
- Ability to connect complex technological, scientific, and operational requirements and translate them into future-proof solutions.
Experience
- Several years of leadership and management experience in IT infrastructure, data center, or platform operations.
- In-depth knowledge of modern data center, network, security, and infrastructure architectures, as well as experience with highly available and mission-critical IT systems.
- Experience with on-premises, hybrid, and cloud infrastructures, automation, and IT service management, as well as knowledge of relevant security and regulatory requirements.
What we offer
- Paid 30-minute lunch break.
- Vacation week starting from the completion of the 43rd year of life.
- Flexible working hours (flextime and home office options).
- Family-friendly environment.
- Ergonomic workstations with garden usage options on the company premises (also for meetings).
- Varied and autonomous.
- Make a difference - create an impact.
- In a successful company that makes an important contribution to our future.
Benefits
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About your employer
Klagenfurt, Graz, Innsbruck, Salzburg, Wien
The Austrian Meteorological and Geological Service (ZAMG) is responsible for all national meteorological and geophysical services, including: - collecting, processing and storing results of meteorological and geophysical investigations - providing information, advice and consultancy services - dealing with relevant meteorological and geophysical issues relating to environmental protection - informing, advising and warning in case of crises or emergencies, natural disasters or environmental catastrophes - carrying out work on climatological and geological surveys of Austria.
- 250+ Employees
- 1851
- German, English
- Established Company
- Onsite, Hybrid
- Public Service, Unions · Internet, IT, Telecommunication · Science, Research
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