As a Linux Infrastructure Engineer/Administrator, you will manage the ICT infrastructure for the Quantum and Computer Engineering (QCE) department at our faculty of EEMCS, which plays a pivotal role in tech-driven innovation. QCE's infrastructure includes multiple storage and high-performance computation clusters. You will also help develop high-quality research software.

This unique blend of both tasks excites you and is crucial for delivering top-notch solutions.

Your main tasks will include:

• Developing a Roadmap: you will create a strategic plan for QCE's ICT infrastructure, advising management on essential investments in computing systems, tools, and software.
• Operational ICT Management: this involves monitoring infrastructure use, managing user access, and swiftly addressing any incidents that arise.
• Supporting Researchers: you'll assist our researchers who develop research systems and software, such as simulation platforms, through consultancy, code reviews and troubleshooting, ensuring their work runs smoothly.
• Enhancing Software Quality: your efforts will contribute to improving the quality and efficiency of our software engineering processes, making a real difference to the team.

Your team

You will be an integral part of QCE's Technical Support Team, a small yet dynamic group composed of Software Engineers and Electronics Engineers. This team works closely with around 50 researchers and students within the QCE department. You'll collaborate daily with these bright minds, helping to drive innovation and support cutting-edge research. Your role is crucial in providing technical expertise and ensuring the seamless operation of the department's advanced computing and electronic systems. Together, you'll tackle challenges, push the boundaries of technology, and contribute to groundbreaking advancements in the field.

Why you will like us and the job

What is it that we do and offers you a great place to work? The Quantum and Computer Engineering (QCE) department at TU Delft is on a mission to revolutionise computing through the exploration of emerging devices such as qubits, memristors, spintronics, and graphene. Our interdisciplinary approach spans from the fabrication and operation of qubits to programming models, compilers, and simulation platforms. QCE is also home to a Network Science group that plays a crucial role in advancing our understanding and management of real-world complex systems, such as telecommunication, energy, financial, transport, and social networks.

The primary focus of this role is managing our intricate ICT infrastructure. This position is perfect for you if you not only have a passion for developing and managing complex ICT systems but also enjoy assisting researchers in creating software that optimises the use of this infrastructure.

Last but not least, compared to most employers, you will enjoy a generous amount of leave at TU Delft: with a 38-hour work week, you will have 29 days of leave! By opting for a 40-hour workweek, you accrue an additional 2 leave hours per week, totalling an extra 12 days of leave each year.

• Educational Background: we are looking for someone with a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or a related field.
• Experience: if you have hands-on experience in Linux infrastructure management, Linux administration, and research system/software development, we’d love to hear from you!
• Technical Skills: your expertise in Bash, Lua, Python, or similar Linux scripting languages will be highly valued. These skills are essential for the role.
• Teamwork and Coaching: we seek a well-organized, tenacious team player who enjoys sharing knowledge and guiding others. Your ability to advise, coach, and teach will be a great asset to our team.
• Task Focus and Flexibility: you enjoy concentrating on development tasks but can also adapt well to interruptions. This flexibility will help you thrive in our dynamic environment.
• Language: proficiency in written and spoken English (at least B2 level) is required. Knowledge of Dutch is a bonus but not mandatory.
• Bonus Skills: familiarity with high-performance computing environments, security, computer architectures, and software quality standards will set you apart and be a fantastic addition to our team.

We are excited to find someone who shares our passion and enthusiasm for cutting-edge technology and collaborative teamwork. If this sounds like you, we can’t wait to meet you!

Fixed-term contract: 1 year.

• A salary based on scale 10 of the CAO for Dutch Universities with a minimum of € 3.226,00 and a maximum of € 5.090,00 gross per month based on a fulltime contract (38 hours), plus 8% holiday allowance and an end-of-year bonus of 8.3%.
• An excellent pension scheme via the ABP.
• The possibility to compile an individual employment package every year.
• Discount with health insurers.
• Flexible working week.
• Every year, 232 leave hours (at 38 hours). You can also sell or buy additional leave hours via the individual choice budget.
• Plenty of opportunities for education, training and courses.
• Partially paid parental leave
• Attention for working healthy and energetically with the vitality program.

From 1 September next, a salary increase of 3.7% applies due to a Collective Agreement amendment, followed by an additional 1% increase on 1 January 2025. 
In addition, most employees employed on 1 September 2024 will receive a one-off payment of €300 gross based on full-time employment

Delft University of Technology

Delft University of Technology is built on strong foundations. As creators of the world-famous Dutch waterworks and pioneers in biotech, TU Delft is a top international university combining science, engineering and design. It delivers world class results in education, research and innovation to address challenges in the areas of energy, climate, mobility, health and digital society. For generations, our engineers have proven to be entrepreneurial problem-solvers, both in business and in a social context.

At TU Delft we embrace diversity as one of our core values and we actively engage to be a university where you feel at home and can flourish. We value different perspectives and qualities. We believe this makes our work more innovative, the TU Delft community more vibrant and the world more just. Together, we imagine, invent and create solutions using technology to have a positive impact on a global scale. That is why we invite you to apply. Your application will receive fair consideration.

Challenge. Change. Impact!

Faculty Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science

The Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science (EEMCS) brings together three scientific disciplines. Combined, they reinforce each other and are the driving force behind the technology we all use in our daily lives. Technology such as the electricity grid, which our faculty is helping to make completely sustainable and future-proof. At the same time, we are developing the chips and sensors of the future, whilst also setting the foundations for the software technologies to run on this new generation of equipment – which of course includes AI. Meanwhile we are pushing the limits of applied mathematics, for example mapping out disease processes using single cell data, and using mathematics to simulate gigantic ash plumes after a volcanic eruption. In other words: there is plenty of room at the faculty for ground-breaking research. We educate innovative engineers and have excellent labs and facilities that underline our strong international position. In total, more than 1000 employees and 4,000 students work and study in this innovative environment.

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