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Application Deadline: 16 November 2024

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General Information

Offer Title: Senior DevOps Engineer / Computer Scientist

Reference: TEC-IT-24-5

Number of Positions: 1

Workplace: Via E. Amaldi 5/7, Loc. S. Stefano a Macerata – Cascina (Pisa)

Date of Publication: 17 October 2024

Type of Contract: “Tecnologo” (Technologist)

Contract Period: One-year contract, with the perspective of a permanent contract upon expiry

Expected Date of Employment: The earliest possible

Proportion of Work: Full time

Remuneration: 70.316,40 € annual gross (Liv. IIIa Fascia 9)

Desired Level of Education: Master’s degree in technical or scientific fields

Experience Required: Proven experience in DevOps Engineering or related roles, strong expertise in Python development and experience with Git for version control, experience in configuration management tools.

Sections: Information Technology Department

Missions

The European Gravitational Observatory (EGO) is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer / Computer Scientist to join its Information Technology Department.

Activities

The selected candidate will focus on DevOps and computing infrastructure management within the scope of the International Gravitational Waves Network (IGWN) (EGO/Virgo, LIGO, KAGRA). This role is a critical part of our mission to streamline software development processes, ensure reliable infrastructure, and support the effective operation of our distributed computing systems. This position not only requires hands-on technical expertise but also offers the opportunity to grow into coordination responsibilities.

Key Responsibilities:

Strategic Coordination:

Collaborate with international teams to align computing policies and architectures across LIGO, Virgo, and KAGRA.

Lead the evolution of computing infrastructure, ensuring scalability, reliability, and alignment with long-term research goals.

DevOps Engineering:

Manage and automate deployment processes, focusing on scalability, security, and reliability, while mentoring teams to improve overall DevOps practices.

Collaborate with development teams to optimize the software development lifecycle.

Ensure the availability of dedicated software environments using package management tools.

Interface with the underlying distributed, large-scale computing infrastructure.

Software Support:

Provide software support to scientists and researchers, including developing and maintaining software for specific purposes.

Diagnose and resolve software issues that may arise during commissioning and operations.

Data Management and Processing:

Supervise and maintain low-latency data distribution via Apache Kafka.

Participate in the setup and maintenance of dedicated low-latency clusters.

Quality Assurance and Best Practices:

Implement and promote best practices in software development, configuration management, and DevOps.

Maintain and improve tools and processes that support code quality, security, and performance.

Skills

Master’s degree in technical or scientific fields;

Proven experience in computing infrastructure management or related roles;

Strong expertise in Python development and experience with Git for version control;

Experience in configuration management tools;

Good knowledge of the English language;

No criminal convictions.

Other Skills

One or more of the following will be an asset:

Experience with software development supporting tools such as CMake and/or Meson build tools;

Basic knowledge of Italian and/or French;

Familiarity with the Conda package and environment manager;

Experience with the GitLab collaborative toolchain;

Experience with platforms for real-time data streaming such as Apache Kafka;

Knowledge of distributed platforms enabling high-availability deployments of services via orchestration technologies such as Kubernetes;

Expertise in Python performance monitoring and optimization;

Experience in C/C++ programming.

Work Context

The European Gravitational Observatory (EGO) is an international consortium, founded by INFN and CNRS to foster European collaboration in gravitational-wave research. EGO is located in Cascina, near Pisa – Italy, and hosts and operates the gravitational-wave detector Virgo.

EGO welcomes applications from all suitably-qualified candidates, irrespective of gender, disability, marital or parental status, racial, ethnic or social origin, color, religion, belief, or sexual orientation.

Selection Procedure

Only candidates who meet the above essential required qualifications and experience are admitted to the selection procedure. The evaluation of the candidates is assigned to a Selection Board appointed by the Director of EGO.

The completion of the hiring is subject to Italian law D.Lgs. 81/08 art.41 “Sorveglianza Sanitaria”.

The EGO Consortium has the free right not to proceed with the recruitment.

Privacy Policy

Controller: European Gravitational Observatory – email: ego-gw@pec.it

Responsible for data – email: privacy@ego-gw.it

Providing personal data to EGO is necessary for the evaluation of participation requirements; failure to provide these data may compromise such evaluation.

Data will be kept only for the period required by the selection, evaluation and audit procedures.

EGO guarantees each person the right of access to personal data, as well as the rectification, or erasure or restriction of them.

Applicants have to:

Candidates can send their CV and the EGO Application Form together with a cover letter and eventual reference letters, to jobs@ego-gw.it quoting the reference number of this vacancy notice.

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