System Engineer & Application Support - Hiring in process/Finished, not possible to apply

KITS Infrastructure Team
The KITS Infrastructure group is within the technical division and provides MAX IV with a wide range of IT solutions to support the operation of the facility which is dedicated to performing high performance scientific experiments with a world class source of X-ray light. Many of these experiments generate large amounts of data and therefore the IT services include HPC computing, high speed networks, peta-byte storage as well as a range of other IT technologies, including virtual compute farms and scalable computing with various services to support the office, administrative as well as scientific computing activities.

In our team you will meet open minded people from different perspectives. Being part the KITS group, you will be in close collaboration with your IT practitioner team colleagues as well as scientists, software and hardware engineers and scientific software experts. You will join a trust-oriented and open team where continuous improvement and mentorship is part of our culture. We promote a DevOps style cross functional team and collaboration between all people.

MAX IV is looking for a System Engineer who will
be involved in the application support of the software infrastructure of MAXIV. You may participate and contribute to international collaborations and conferences about Research Facility Software. You will also be able to learn and to increase your skills, competence, and experience.

Your main work tasks will be

• Maintaining and developing applications used in operation.
• Setting up environments and setting guidelines for putting applications into the production environment
• Participating to the infrastructure teamwork, planning and resource estimation as well as improving the group infrastructure.

To be successful in this role you need to have the following qualifications

• A professional experience with software operations of a variety of different platforms.
• Experience with Docker, Ansible, Linux Administration, bash scripting
• Demonstrated experience developing in one or more web backend technologies
• Strong communication skills, fluent in English

Experience in one of more of below are seen as merits

• Kubernetes, Python, Wiki, PHP

Personal Qualities
In addition to the above it is regarded as highly important to supply evidence that you are a team player and can demonstrate your communication and collaborative skills. You should also be committed to quality work and able to understand requirements for scientific related developments. Also, due to the nature of our daily work, you should be able to successfully balance between the planned work and the unexpected needs at short notice.

What we offer
When you join MAX IV, you step into a world of front edge science. We make the invisible visible by supporting scientist from all over the world, generating scientific results for the benefit of society. We offer you a multicultural work environment with great opportunities for personal development with respect for a healthy work-life balance.

Would you like to work in a challenging and supporting environment? Then join us and take the opportunity to make a real difference!

For further information, please visit:
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se
www.sweden.se
compensation & benefits

Probationary period may apply.