System Administrator / DevOps Engineer

EPFL, l'École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne, est l'un des campus universitaires les plus dynamiques d'Europe et s'inscrit dans le top 20 mondial de nombreux classements académiques. L'EPFL compte plus de 6'500 membres du personnel qui font vivre les trois missions principales de l'École : l'éducation, la recherche et l'innovation. Le campus de l'EPFL offre un cadre de travail exceptionnel au cœur d'une communauté de plus de 17'000 personnes, dont près de 12'500 étudiant-e-s et 4'000 chercheur-euse-s issu-e-s de plus de 120 nationalités différentes.
System Administrator / DevOps Engineer
Mission
Within the ENAC IT team, you will contribute to the operation, evolution, and automation of our IT infrastructures.
You will participate in setting up a reliable, secure, and maintainable environment, by promoting automation, standardization, and DevOps practices.
Main tasks and responsibilities

• Participate in the operation and evolution of virtualization, containerization, and orchestration infrastructures.
• Automate the deployment and configuration of infrastructures and systems.
• Ensure the monitoring, availability, and security of services.
• Support users and internal teams in resolving technical problems.
• Administer and provide support for Linux environments, servers, and workstations.
• Supervise and support IT apprentices, assuming a supervisory role at the internship site.
• Document, standardize, and continuously improve procedures and configurations.

Profile

• Higher education in computer science (ES/HES), or professional experience deemed equivalent.
• Good skills in Linux system administration and support, as well as a good general understanding of IT environments.
• Knowledge of Windows and macOS administration is a plus.
• Experience with DevOps practices, Infrastructure as Code, and automation, notably with Ansible and Git.
• Good knowledge of containerization and orchestration technologies.
• Experience in automated deployment and management of workstations.
• Interest in standardization and continuous improvement, as well as writing documentation.
• Ability or interest in supervision and knowledge transfer, particularly to apprentices.
• Analytical and problem-solving skills, with a rigorous and autonomous approach.
• Team spirit, sense of service, and ease in interactions with users of varied profiles.

Experience with some of the technologies in our environment "” Ansible, Kubernetes, Docker, ArgoCD, Git/GitHub, FOG "” is an asset.
We offer

• A varied technical environment within a leading academic institution.
• The possibility to work on modern infrastructures combining Linux, automation, virtualization, and Kubernetes.
• Diversified activities, ranging from daily operations to the design and improvement of infrastructures.
• An environment promoting autonomy, knowledge sharing, and skill development.

Information
Start date:
Min occupancy rate: 80,00
Max occupancy rate: 100,00
Contract type: CDI
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