Full Time (40 h/w)
Klosterneuburg near Vienna, Austria / up to 50% Home Office
€ 56,000* gross/year

Your Responsibilities

Excellent research needs state-of-the-art IT infrastructure and innovative digital services. With a team of about 50 experts, we will redesign the institute's digital landscape over the next few years and implement an ambitious digital transformation programme to facilitate the Institute’s rapid growth. As part of our strategy, we are planning to upgrade our network to a fully redundant 100G connectivity and to redesign security measures such as NG firewalls, VPN, micro-segmentation, and ZTNA. Moreover, we are planning to raise the capacities and standards of the data centres on our campus. As part of our core IT infrastructure team, you will have a leading role in designing, implementing, and operating our campus network and data centres.

Design, deployment, maintenance and upgrade of the Institute's network infrastructure (switches, wireless access points, fibre optic and copper connections)
Configure, test and deploy new network security equipment including micro-segmentation, network authentication, next-generation firewalls, and VPN
Provide 2nd and 3rd-level network support to identify, troubleshoot and solve network outages
General knowledge of state-of-the-art data centre design and operating models
Implement and optimise automated network management
Documentation of network and data centre architecture as well as system configurations

Your Profile

Ideally university-level IT education with a focus on networking or equivalent work experience
Several years of experience with Cisco networking equipment (switches, routers)
Strong knowledge in the fields of network security, firewalls, and VPN
Experience with automation tools (e.g., Ansible, terraform, puppet) and scripting (e.g., shell, Perl, Python)
Very good understanding of IP routing protocols, including BGP, IS-IS, OSPF
Experience with container technologies and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes) is a plus
Experience with ITIL-based service management processes is a plus
Eager to learn new technologies and the flexibility to develop in a changing environment
Proactive, forward-looking, and independent working style is a must
Reliable team-player with good communication skills
Working language is English, good working knowledge in German is an advantage

ISTA is growing. Grow with us!

Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA) is a constantly growing international institute for conducting world-class research in mathematics, computer science, life sciences & physical sciences. We strive to recruit passionate professionals from across the world over all fields who strive to support our goal of excellent research. Located within a beautiful campus on the outskirts of Vienna, we offer multiple opportunities for personal growth in a stable working environment. Get an insight!

ISTA promotes a diverse and inclusive working environment and is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all applicants, free of discrimination. All employment decisions at ISTA are based on job requirements, qualifications, merit and organizational needs. We strongly encourage individuals from underrepresented groups to apply.

Your benefits

Education & training

Cafeteria

Childcare

Free shuttle bus

Multiple health offers

Pension insurance

This position comes with possible overpayment depending on education, qualification and work experience. For more information on how ISTA processes your personal data, please refer to www.ista.ac.at/data-protection.

Your Contacts

Susanne Zyla

Recruiting and Dual Career

+43 2243 9000 2368

recruiting@ista.ac.at

Network and Data Centre Engineer