Cloud Infrastructure Engineer (Openstack/Data Services) - Ai4S

Barcelona Supercomputing Center
Barcelona, Spain
3 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Working hours
Regular working hours
Languages
English, Spanish

Job location

Barcelona, Spain

Tech stack

Agile Methodologies
Artificial Intelligence
Cloud Computing
Data as a Services
DevOps
OpenStack
Ansible
Prometheus
Technical Data Management Systems
Scripting (Bash/Python/Go/Ruby)
Grafana
Gitlab
Information Technology
Data Management
Front End Software Development
Terraform
Docker

Job description

We seek a skilled Cloud Infrastructure Engineer to manage, monitor and optimise our OpenStack environment and data services, ensuring seamless ben performance and user experience across BSC's research community. The successful candidate will improve generic behoeften of Data Services with AI tools, plan deployment of new services and contribute to a robust, secure, scalable Data Management platform. Key Duties

  • Manage and maintain OpenStack infrastructure, providing support to users implementing their projects.
  • Monitor and troubleshoot to ensure high-availability of data-management services.
  • Configure, manage and optimise data services running in OpenStack.
  • Implement best practices for big-data processing and security.
  • Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines using GitLab. Provide technical support and guidance to BSC support teams and users for configuring and adopting_frequency of BSC data services.
  • Introduce AI tools to improve and optimise data services and user experience.
  • Design and direct projects for the growth of current Data Management services in collaboration with Data Managers of BSC departments.
  • Contribute to the writing of papers, reports, documentation and funding proposals.
  • Coordinate and supervise the work of other engineers on technical data-management projects., * A cover/motivation letter stating the desired area and topics (in English).
  • Two references. Applications lacking any of these documents will not be considered. Recruitment Process

The selection will be carried out through a competitive examination system ("Concurso-Oposición") consisting of two phases:

  • Curriculum Analysis: 40 points leey credential background, education and training.
  • Interview Phase: 60 points, evaluated by departmental and HR panels. A minimum of 30 points out of 60 is required for eligibility. The panel has at least three members, with at least 25 % female representation. letzter

Recruitment panels follow OTM-R principles and will conduct at least one technical and one administrative interview, a personality questionnaire and a technical exercise. Final decisions will be communicated with detailed feedback to all interview participants. Equal Opportunity Statement

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Informatics or related fields.
  • Master's degree in Data Science or a related field is a plus.

Essential Knowledge & Professional Experience

  • Experience with OpenStack.
  • Experience with IaC tools (Terraform, Ansible).
  • Good understanding of networking and security.
  • Experience with CI/CD pipelines (GitLab).

Additional Knowledge & Professional Experience

  • Familiarity with Docker, Prometheus, Grafana.
  • Knowledge of agile and DevOps practices.
  • Professional experience in frontend services design.
  • Fluent written and verbal communication in English.
  • Fluent written and verbal communication in Spanish.

Competences

  • Strong scripting and problem-solving skills.
  • Ability to work independently and сцteam to complete tasks on schedule.
  • Skills in engineering team coordination, task planning and reporting.

About the company

The Barcelona Supercomputing Center - Centro Nacional de Supercomputación (BSC-CNS) is the leading supercomputing centre in Spain. It houses MareNostrum, one of the most powerful supercomputers in Europe, and hosts Euro נHPC JU. BSC's mission is to research, develop and manage information rearrangements that accelerate scientific progress. BSC combines HPC service provision and R&D across computer and computational science, currently employing over **** staff from 60 countries. The centre values equity, diversity and inclusion, encouraging applicants to showcase unique skills-content for the centre's multidisciplined research community.

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