Our client within the European Institutions is currently looking for a System Administrator to work on the provision of IT Support services for the development and operation of the local IT environments.
Languages needed
- Docker
- Bash
Tasks
- Provision of IT Support services for the development and operation of the local IT environments for the project SuFiA (JRC.D.2)
- Collaboration with the Directorate D ICT Team to manage and develop ICT centralized service
- Installation, configuration and maintenance of servers' operating systems
- Performing minor (patching) and major Operating System upgrades as requested, in compliance with the Commission IT security policies and best practices
- Performing preliminary diagnosis of software and hardware problems, also in co‐ordination with the central IT departments
- Scripting & configurations in context of systems & infrastructure; install, configure and maintain system scripting procedures
- Handling of backups and restore operations of systems & infrastructure; manage the specific SuFiA backup infrastructure
- Administration of scientific users in line with JRC ICT policies
- Monitoring of and responding to system and application logs (error logs, disk checks, virus‐malware checks)
- Maintaining technical documentation
- Provision of capacity planning analysis. Performing tuning activities when required
- On demand restore customer files from the backup system
- Maintain and monitor the storage systems (log analysis to ensure availability and correct performance)
- Keep up to date the managed asset inventory
- Coordinate with the JRC IT services for the provisioning of users, hardware, network connectivity and software
- Coordinate with JRC Helpdesk for the central IT service requests
- Provide first level/second level user support to a community of about 20 users
- Install, configure and maintain workstation's operating systems (Windows and Linux). Perform Minor (patching) and Major Operating system upgrades as requested
- Administer Linux servers for: data gathering from external providers; databases; web applications. IT environment includes DBMS PostgreSQL, Docker, Apache, Liferay
- Collaborate with other members of the ICT team to maintain and manage PostgreSQL centralized infrastructure
- Interaction with the business analysts, customer, users, project leaders and the developers
- Security administration and monitoring, in adherence to the security rules imposed by the Commission's central security service (complemented by local rules where needed); under supervision of the LISO (Local Information Security Officer).
Requirements
- B2 level of English minimum. Any level of French is considered an asset.
- At least 5 years of specific expertise in Linux system administration
- At least 5 years of specific expertise in containerisation tools: Docker, Kubernetes
- Experience in Windows system administration
- Demonstrated experience in script programming (bash)
- Experience with Liferay (optional)
- Very good knowledge of Ubuntu Linux
- Very good knowledge of Container management with Docker and Docker swarm management, pipeline, CI/CD, Gitlab server management
- Very good knowledge of WildFly
- Very good knowledge of monitoring tools
- Good experience with data backup/restore tools and practices for both database and operating systems
- Good knowledge of Web Servers
- Good knowledge of virtualisation tools and techniques
- Good knowledge of TCP/IP network management
- Knowledge of master‐slave database concept (PostgreSQL)
- Knowledge on Ansible
- Ability to do basic scripting for automation
- Basic knowledge of application development environments
- Ability to draft basic conception documents, diagrams and reports
- Analysis and problem solving skills
- Ability to participate in technical meetings and good communication skills
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