HPC System Officer

Reference number ESD-64396

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The European Spallation Source ERIC, ESS, is hiring motivated and inspired people to design, construct and operate the world’s most powerful neutron source. We seek ambitious, talented people in a range of fields who are excited about playing a part in the future of science in Europe. The ESS accelerator, target and experiments are based in the university city Lund, Sweden and our Data Management Software Center (DMSC) is placed in Copenhagen, Denmark.

ESS is looking for a Scientific HPC System Officer to support the team within the Data Systems and Technology group in Copenhagen.

About the team
The tasks and responsibilities of the team include but are not limited to supporting, designing, deploying and maintenaning the data center that will store the data produced at the ESS campus facility currently being constructed in Lund, Sweden.

About the role
As the successful candidate and future Scientific HPC system officer you will:

• Drive the deployment of new IT hardware and services for scientific computing;
• Develop and maintain script for deploying services;
• Partake in the designing of the infrastructure for scientific computing for a large scale research facility;
• Act and report on hardware and service incidents;
• Act and report on INFOSEC risks and incidents.

About you
Requirements include:

• A Masters or Ph.D in computer, technical or natural sciences (such as computer science or physics);
• At least 3 years of experience in a HPC or big-data environment is preferred;
• An ability and interest working in a cross-cultural team environment and good interpersonal skills;
• Full professional proficiency in English, written as well as oral.

Strongly preferred to have experience in:

• Infrastructure as A Service;
• OpenStack, OpenNebula, ProxMox or similar virtualisation environments;
• HA and site-to-site fail-over services;
• Design and implementation of high capacity/high performance storage systems or large virtualisation systems;
• Kubernetes or other container orchestration technologies.

What ESS will offer

• challenging tasks involving open-source software interfacing to exciting high performance, state of the art technology hardware
• the ability to collaborate with colleagues at the ESS and other facilities world-wide
• an opportunity to contribute to the future discoveries through neutron science
• benefits including 25+5 days of annual leave as well as more than 5 days of public holidays and company days off or days with limited working hours, flexible working arrangements and a focus on work life balance
• where applicable, relocation support and allowances may also be available

Duration & Location
The position is a full-time permanent position. Your work place will be situated at DTU in Kongens Lyngby, Denmark. The position is to be filled as soon as possible, preferable by 1st of August.

Application & Contact
Please provide your curriculum vitae and cover letter in English by clicking on “apply” and following the instructions by May 19th 2025 at the latest. Please note we only accept applications via the ESS website or ESS intranet. Internal candidates are encouraged to apply through the intranet.

For more information regarding the ESS recruitment process in general, please follow this link https://europeanspallationsource.se/ess-recruitment-process.

For further information regarding the position, please contact the recruiting manager, Jesper Rude Selknaes, Group Leader for the Data Systems and Technology Group, JesperRude.Selknaes@ess.eu

For further information regarding the recruitment process, please contact HR Officer, Janne Erwolter at janne.erwolter@ess.eu

We look forward to receiving your application!

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