Site Reliability Engineer

Are you ready for a new beginning?
We need your talent, knowledge and dedication to better our world with biology.

Our purpose points the way
In Novonesis, we know that solutions rooted in biology can help solve humanity’s biggest challenges. Since we began more than a century ago, this has been our guide. It’s how we've gotten so far. And it’s how we'll impact the future. Now, more than ever, the world needs change. And with biosolutions, the possibilities for transformation are endless.

We’re here to better our world with biology.

Join us as our new Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) for R&D Linux Platform

We are looking for a site reliability engineer to join us and help us build and maintain the on-premise infrastructure used by our Research and Development (R&D).

We provide the core platform and infrastructure for data storage, analysis, and data science activities in Research and Development (R&D). We have the full

operational responsibility for everything in our data center, enabling a flexible environment where the time from idea to solutions is cut to a bare minimum.

The infrastructure you will be working on is on-premise and built on the following low level components:

• Ubuntu Linux

• Ansible

• Ceph

• Proxmox

• Libvirt/KVM

• Dell/SuperMicro/Lenovo servers

• Mellanox/FS/Dell switches

We strive to use open-source software where possible.

Welcome to Scientific Data Strategy and Systems
You will join a strong group of internal developers and engineers. We support core research processes and are responsible for many specialized IT systems. In your daily work you will be responsible for the operations, maintenance, and continued design and development of our IT setup in close collaboration with our internal software development teams and users. You will work in a diverse team of highly skilled people with competences across IT and biology. Some travel can be expected.

In this role you’ll make an impact by:

• Enabling cutting edge science by providing digital infrastructure
• Ensuring operational stability of our platforms
• Helping build scalable solution for global deployment

Potentially relevant experience:

• A degree in IT or equivalent experience
• Strong experience with troubleshooting and fixing Linux-based deployments
• Good understanding of network infrastructure
• Experience with server hardware and datacenter operations
• A desire to drive automation and continuous improvement
• Scripting experience with Python and shell
• Fluency in spoken and written English
• Experience with the Grafana stack, Nagios, Slurm, SGE, Bacula, Apache and Postfix/Mailman is an advantage.

The person we are looking for has an open mindset to systems and services and can comprehend complex problems, driving strong solutions for the benefit of R&D in Novonesis globally.

Location: Lyngby

Application deadline: 04-01-2026

Contact details: Senior Department Manager Vignir Isberg, [email protected]

Could our purpose be yours? Then apply today!

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Location: Lyngby