Author: Heinze, Veronika

Internal job advertisement
Reg.-no. 10914/2018

For: Bioinformatics

we are looking for one System administrator for BIMSB Bioinformatics platform.

The MDC Berlin-Buch is a member of the Helmholtz Association of National Research Centers, and its focus is biomedical research in the areas of Cardiovascular and Metabolic diseases, Cancer and Function and Dysfunction of Nervous System. The Berlin Institute for Medical Systems Biology (BIMSB) of the MDC expands and adds systems biology approaches to decipher the ‘post-transcriptional regulatory code’ and to directly integrate it with other major cellular and gene regulatory mechanisms.

Description | The MDC's BIMSB Bioinformatics platform is seeking an experienced individual to be responsible for GNU/Linux workstation and HPC user support. The candidate must be experienced with various GNU/Linux distributions (at least CentOS and Ubuntu), software compilation and installation from source, and troubleshooting GNU/Linux problems. The candidate must be comfortable with Shell scripting and should be comfortable with at least one programming language (e.g. Scheme, Python, Ruby, Perl). Some familiarity with administrative concepts such as network storage, configuration management (e.g. Puppet, Ansible, Chef, Guix), backup/recovery, operational security and cluster computing (Sun GridEngine) is expected.  Some knowledge of Windows and macOS will be useful. The candidate will be responsible for software deployment and upgrades, system maintenance, ongoing performance tuning, and resource optimization as required.

Requirements

The successful candidate must work independently and efficiently in a team setting and have strong communication and interpersonal skills. Previous experience with bioinformatics software will be a plus. Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a comparable degree and at least 1 year of system administration experience, or in the absence of a Bachelor's degree at least 4 years of GNU/Linux system administrator experience required or one of the following certificates:
-	Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA)
-	Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE)
-	Linux Foundation Certified Sysadmin
-	Linux Foundation Certified Engineer
Being able to communicate in English (German knowledge is useful but not required). The technical expertise is complemented by essential soft skills, the ability to communicate and work in teams, flexibility and targeted action.

Salary | Remuneration is according to the German TVöD (Bund) up to scale (E11).
Deadline | March 4, 2018.
Entry date | as soon as possible
Limitation | The position is available for 2 years in the first instance, with a possibility for further extension.
Links | https://www.mdc-berlin.de/akalin

For further information please contact: 
altuna.akalin@mdc-berlin.de

Postal Address:
Please submit your application (CV including two reference contact details, degree certificates (diplomas) and cover letter, indicating the registration-number 10914/2018 as a single PDF document by electronic mail to Ms. Sabrina Deter (sabrina.deter@mdc-berlin.de) by March 4, 2018.

The MDC is an equal opportunity employer and supports gender equality.

Notice from: | 02.02.2018 | Valid until: | 04.03.2018