System Administrator, Ispra (On-site) – European Commission

System Administrator, Ispra (On‑site) – European Commission

Job role: System Administrator

Location: Ispra (On site)

Languages required: English (B2) MANDATORY

Rate: 340-365€/day

MANDATORY

• Bachelor’s Degree in IT or related field
• 15+ years of working experience in IT
• ITIL Certification

DESCRIPTION

Responsibilities

• 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 coordination 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)

Specific Expertise MANDATORY

• Bachelor’s Degree at IT or a related field
• 15+ years of total IT experience
• 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)
• Following specific expertise is optional for the performance of tasks.
• Experience with Liferay

Additional Requirements

• 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
• Capability of integration in an international/multicultural environment, rapid self starting capability and experience in working in team
• Ability to participate in multilingual meetings
• Ability to work in multi-cultural environment, on multiple large projects
• Excellent Team Player
• Ability to understand, speak and write in English (B2), Italian will be an advantage

Languages

• EN (B2) MANDATORY

Education

• Bachelor’s Degree in IT or a related field
• ITIL Certification

Location

• On site in Ispra