Head of IT Infrastructure & Scientific Computing (m/f/d)

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Head of IT Infrastructure & Scientific Computing (m/f/d) Sintesi in italiano (traduzione automatica): CeMM, il Centro di Ricerca per la Medicina Molecolare dell'Accademia Austriaca delle Scienze, cerca un Responsabile IT per guidare l'infrastruttura IT e il calcolo scientifico. La sede è a Vienna, Austria, e il ruolo prevede la progettazione di soluzioni sicure e scalabili, la gestione di un team altamente qualificato e il supporto alla ricerca in medicina molecolare. Le mansioni principali includono la supervisione dei sistemi IT, la gestione di progetti complessi e la garanzia della protezione dei dati. È richiesta una laurea in Informatica, Sicurezza IT, Ingegneria o un campo equivalente, insieme a diversi anni di esperienza in infrastruttura IT e calcolo scientifico. Head of IT Infrastructure & Scientific Computing (m/f/d) Fulltime, 40 Hours per Week CeMM - Research Center for Molecular Medicine of the Austrian Academy of Sciences Vienna, Austria € 6000 - € 7500 per month gross Are you an experienced IT professional ready to lead in a complex scientific environment? CeMM is seeking a dedicated Head of IT Infrastructure & Scientific Computing (m/f/d) to drive our technological evolution. You will actively design secure, scalable solutions that combine advanced enterprise infrastructure with high-performance research computing and high security standards. In this pivotal role, you will lead a highly skilled team and manage both our core IT systems and our scientific computing environment, including HPC clusters, virtualization, and containerization platforms. Your work will directly support cutting-edge molecular medicine research. You will supervise system administrators, align architectures, manage vendors, and ensure robust data protection across our entire hybrid infrastructure. Your role You will take on a wide range of administrative, strategic, and technical duties spanning enterprise IT and scientific computing. You will oversee the daily operations of the IT and scientific computing teams while driving major transformation projects, cloud migrations, HPC infrastructure development, and compliance measures. Below are the key areas of responsibility for this leadership position. Provide technical and disciplinary leadership to the IT Services and Scientific Computing teams, fostering professional growth and collaboration; Design secure, scalable end-to-end architectures, translating business and research requirements into feasible solution designs; Independently plan, manage, and execute complex IT, infrastructure, and security projects within a hybrid cloud environment; Design, operate, and scale HPC clusters and GPU resources to support computational biology, genomics, and machine learning workloads; Manage virtualization and containerization platforms (VMware, KVM, Docker, Apptainer/Singularity) for both enterprise systems and reproducible scientific computing environments; Develop and maintain scheduling, resource allocation, and job management systems (e.g., SLURM) for shared research compute resources; Ensure stable, secure, and performant operations across all IT and scientific computing systems, adhering to standards like ISO 27001; Manage data protection compliance (DSGVO/GDPR and Austrian DSG) and coordinate secure data transfers for scientific projects; Collaborate with research groups to translate scientific computing requirements into infrastructure and software solutions, including evaluation and integration of ML/AI infrastructure and tooling; Maintain strong, transparent communication with internal stakeholders, external vendors, and university campus network teams; Establish uniform IT processes, maintain comprehensive documentation, and continuously optimize service management methodologies. Your profile We are looking for a proactive, solution-oriented professional with a strong technical background spanning both enterprise IT and research computing, and excellent communication skills. You should possess a solid understanding of modern infrastructure, security frameworks, HPC environments, and data protection regulations. The ideal candidate will meet the following requirements and experience. Completed higher education in Computer Science, IT Security, Engineering, Computational Biology, Business Management, or equivalent experience; Several years of experience in IT infrastructure, system engineering, or IT operations, preferably in research environments; Hands-on experience with Windows/Linux, Active Directory, virtualization (VMware, Hyper-V), and Microsoft Azure cloud ecosystems; Hands-on expertise with Linux-based HPC environments, job schedulers (SLURM or similar), and parallel computing; Strong experience with containerization and virtualization technologies Annuncio in inglese. Fonte: Euraxess (Commissione europea).