Science IT Software Engineer - HPC, Containerization and DevOps 60-80% (f/m/d)Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSLThe Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL is part of the ETH Domain. Approximately 600 people work on the sustainable use and protection of the environment and on the handling of natural hazards.The Science IT and Environmental Data group, part of the FOREMA research unit, aims to provide state-of-the-art, in-house Science IT technology consulting to empower WSL scientists in pushing the boundaries of modern environmental research. By appointment, the WSL offers a tenure-track position as aScience IT Software Engineer - HPC, Containerization and DevOps 60-80% (f/m/d)Become part of a small and passionate group in charge of building state-of-the-art Science IT capabilities at WSL. We offer you the opportunity to shape the future of Science IT at WSL and give you ample room to innovate. In this Science IT role, you will develop and manage the access to internal or external science-oriented high-performance computing (HPC) infrastructures, including especially user support, usage guidelines, and user training. You will be supporting and empowering our environmental scientists in accessing and responsibly using both internal and external HPC resources and provide technical consulting on the optimization and development of HPC applications. With documentation and tutorials, you will build scientists' know-how and promote standardized approaches for the efficient use of HPC clusters. You will also provide recommendations for virtualization and cloud computing, including project-specific consultation. Finally, you will initiate and coordinate the internal collaboration, networking and knowledge exchange among HPC and Science IT users.You possess a completed degree in IT, software engineering or a scientific field (or comparable education and skills) with a minimum of two years of experience. Strong skills in HPC environment configuration, HPC application development, Linux Package installation and software management, containerization, and automatic data pipelines are expected. The ideal profile is rounded up by experience in the technical implementation of HPC-related software engineering projects, including code optimization, parallelization (MPI), GPU-programming and DevOps. You enjoy collaborating closely with researchers, and you are a communicative, reliable, and team-oriented person with excellent English skills.Please send your complete application, including a motivation letter, to Lamprecht, Human Resources WSL, by uploading the requested documents through our webpage. Applications via email will not be considered. Ionut Iosifescu, group leader Science IT and Environmental Data, will be happy to answer any questions or offer further information. WSL is committed to diversity and inclusion as core values. We actively promote gender equality and foster an open, inclusive work environment.Apply nowZürcherstrasse 111, CH-8903 BirmensdorfWebsiteCompany-Video jid6902b1fa jit0519a jiy26a