Application Administrator Open Source Applications (1.0 FTE)

•      You will ensure high availability of the Yoda and Moodle platforms, including:
  • monitoring and managing various application environments built on top of Linux, iRODS, Apache and PostgreSQL;
  • improving the scalability of the infrastructure for large data sets and large numbers of users;
  • developing scripts to extensively automate management and maintenance;
  • continuously improving the OTAP environments;
  • creating and maintaining system documentation;
•      You will prepare and carry out upgrades.
•      You will work together with software developers and you are the linking pin between infrastructure suppliers, both internal and external.
•      You will actively think about the further development of our systems.

•      You have completed a higher or university education, or have a comparable working and thinking level.
•      You have experience as a technical application manager, system administrator or DevOps engineer.
•      You preferably have experience with research data management and/or digital research infrastructures.
•      You have extensive experience with Linux, scripting (shell, Ansible) and version management (Git).
•      You have knowledge on PostgreSQL or a similar database.
•      You have extensive experience with Python and PHP.
•      Experience with iRODS and object storage is an advantage.

We offer:

• the possibility to work on location and remote;
• a laptop and a mobile phone at your disposal;
• a position (1.0 FTE) for 1 year, with possibility to extend in case of a good performance, an indefinite employment is one of the possibilities;
• a full-time gross salary between €3,377 and €4,332 in scale 9 max. row 6 of the Collective Labour Agreement Dutch Universities (CAO);
• 8% holiday bonus and 8.3% end-of-year bonus;
• a pension scheme, partially paid parental leave, and flexible employment conditions based on the Collective Labour Agreement Dutch Universities.

In addition to the employment conditions from the CAO for Dutch Universities, Utrecht University has a number of its own arrangements. These include agreements on professional development , leave arrangements, sports and cultural schemes and you get discounts on software and other IT products. We also give you the opportunity to expand your terms of employment through the Employment Conditions Selection Model. This is how we encourage you to grow.
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Information and Technology Services (ITS) is part of the Corporate Offices of Utrecht University. ITS is one of the eight supporting offices and is responsible for the central IT services of the entire university. The office consists of thirteen multidisciplinary departments in which management and innovation specialists work together. Principles here are: customer-oriented work, focusing on the reliability and quality of services. But also: investing in innovation and contemporary technology. Security of UU data is of the utmost importance. Around 8,000 internal employees and 35,000 students take services from ITS.