Job
- Level
- Senior
- Job Field
- IT, Network, System
- Employment Type
- Full Time
- Contract Type
- Temporary employment
- Salary
- from 3.450 € Gross/Month
- Location
- Vienna
- Working Model
- Onsite
Job Summary
In this role, you design and optimize complex server and container infrastructures, automate processes using tools like Ansible and Terraform, and ensure performance and security in the university's IT ecosystem.
Job Technologies
Your role in the team
- Core Responsibilities - Your work includes infrastructure architecture, operations, and strategic development, in particular:
- Design, operation, and optimization of Linux and Microsoft server environments.
- Continuous infrastructure automation (Ansible, Terraform) as well as operational improvements through targeted infrastructure monitoring.
- Administration of physical and virtual infrastructure (Proxmox, VMware) as well as operation of container platforms (Docker, Kubernetes).
- Implementation and maintenance of the network infrastructure (IP configuration, VLANs, routing, firewall systems).
- Management of Identity and Access Management (LDAP/Active Directory, etc).
- Development of backup, recovery, and lifecycle strategies for hardware and software (RAID).
- Evaluation of infrastructure and platform requirements from research and teaching, and translation into sustainable technical solutions.
- Design and operation of a large-scale GitLab infrastructure for software engineering and model engineering courses at the faculty.
- Ensuring a reliable, scalable, and secure software repository and deployment platform for thousands of students and their projects.
- Ensuring high availability during intensive submission phases.
- Support for ML/LLM deployments in virtualized and containerized environments.
- Close collaboration with researchers to implement experimental requirements.
- Performance optimization as well as resource and capacity planning.
- Collaborate with the dataLAB and the central IT services of TU Wien.
- Procure IT infrastructure and software licenses.
- Maintain documentation and ticketing systems.
- Provision, configure, and operate server software (e.g., web server infrastructure such as Nginx or Apache for conference and workshop websites).
- Manage physical infrastructure components such as workstations and printers.
- Use configuration management and automation tools (e.g., Ansible, Terraform).
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Our expectations of you
Education
- You have completed a technical education in the IT field (HTL, FH, university degree) or possess an equivalent qualification.
- You are fluent in English (working language) and have good German skills (required for university administration and external partners).
Qualifications
- You do not need to be fully familiar with our entire stack on your first day, but you are expected to take responsibility for the entire IT ecosystem.
- Self-organization: You quickly grasp requirements, identify challenges early, and can handle simultaneous tasks from different research units.
- Communication & Culture: You value direct, precise, and open communication.
- You enjoy working in diverse, interdisciplinary, and international teams.
Experience
- Expert Generalist: You have extensive experience with Linux and Windows administration, virtualization (Proxmox), containers (Docker), and CI/CD (GitLab).
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What we offer
- The position is expected to be limited to 1 year with the option for permanent employment.
- Relevance: A position where your contributions are visible and essential.
- Work environment: A renowned technical university with a collaborative, international setting.
- Location: Central Vienna with excellent public transport connections and flexible working hours.
- Further development: Access to modern technology and the freedom to implement your own solutions, with a high degree of personal responsibility.
- A range of attractive social benefits (see https://url.tuwien.at/jcgpb).
- The classification is in pay group IVA according to the collective agreement of the universities and amounts to EUR 3,450.30 gross per month for a weekly employment of 40 hours.
- Previous employment related to the activity will be credited.
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Technische Universität Wien
Wien
Since more than 200 years, research, teaching and learning have been taking place at the Vienna Technical University under the motto "Technology for people." The TU Vienna has developed into an open university where discussions take place, opinions are represented and arguments are heard.
Description
- Company Type
- Established Company
- Working Model
- Hybrid, Onsite
- Industry
- Education System
Senior IT Systems Engineer
- Salary
- from 3.450 € Gross/Month
- Location
- Vienna
- Working Model
- Onsite
- Diversity
- Open for all genders
