Engineer Research and Teaching Solutions -2300864
RESEARCH AND TEACHING IT SUPPORT About our team/Mō te tīma The University of Otago is a research-intensive University with over 1,500 staff involved in academic research. Our Unit provides research and teaching specific IT support to enable researchers and teaching staff to continue to deliver high quality teaching and research outcomes. Our team has a key focus to ensure we deliver solutions that meet the diverse needs of academic teaching and research which are secure, scalable, robust and in alignment with IT architecture principles. The role/Te mahi As a Solutions Engineer, your role will involve working extensively with Linux in the Red Hat ecosystem including Fedora and Centos and include opportunities to engage with SQL databases, web servers, version control systems and single board computer systems including Raspberry Pi and Arduino. We also architect and maintain mid-level HPC systems and access platforms. We are seeking someone who is comfortable working in a command line environment and can educate themselves and stay up to date with new software and IT systems. Key tasks of the role include: You will work collaboratively with academic departments and the wider ITS teams to help understand where existing services can be leveraged and identify opportunities to develop new services that will benefit the University of Otago community. Your skills and experience/Kā pūkeka me kā wheako The ideal candidate will be self-motivated, detail orientated, and able to dig down into the depths of complex problems while maintaining awareness of the IT environment. You will work with a wide team spread across a number of University Departments and directly engage with research groups. Previous experience working with and supporting software on research compute platforms in the areas of bioinformatics, data science and biostatistics would be advantageous. Successful candidates will also have: Further details/Pūroko This is a permanent, full-time (37.5 hours week) position. The appointment range for this position is $80,000 to $90,000 per annum. For further information, please contact Darren Hart via the contact details below. Application/Tono To submit your application (including CV and cover letter), please click the apply button. Applications quoting reference number 2300864 will close on Wednesday, 07 June 2023. Applications will be reviewed as submitted and candidates may be asked to interview immediately. The University reserves the right to close this vacancy at any time. Additional Information Contact: Darren Hart Position details: Job Description Further Information: Department Website Create an email with a link to this vacancy: Create email Location: About Dunedin
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES
• Collaborating with IT colleagues to implement and manage innovative, future focussed and scalable research/teaching infrastructure services and systems.
• Advising, configuring, and supporting research data storage, transfer, and exploitation solutions to support researchers in achieving their research outcomes.
• Undertaking configurations, installations, upgrades, decommissioning, testing, maintenance and administration of servers, operating systems, networks, associated layered software technologies and related products hosted by the research/teaching discipline/portfolio.
• Providing level 2 and some level 3 support and troubleshooting to researchers, including postgraduate students and/or teaching staff to minimise user/system down time.
• Providing consultation and advice to researchers and teachers outlining suitable available IT services, infrastructure and tools and help provision where needed.
• Previous experience in a medium sized environment supporting linux server operating systems, including installation, configuration, troubleshooting and upgrades.
• Experience with and knowledge of infrastructural systems including SAN’s, scripting languages, algorithms and research and teaching computing environments.
• Knowledge of system and directory security (e.g., intrusion detection systems); data backup/recovery; and disaster recovery processes.
• Knowledge of programming/command scripting languages such as Powershell, Python, PERL, PHP, .NET, shell scripting.
Primary Location
NZL-SI-Dunedin
Employment Status
Permanent
Salary Level and Range Please see information above
Organisation
Teaching and Learning Facilities
Job Function
Computer Network and Support
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