System administrator to infrastructure of precision medicine - Hiring in process/Finished, not possible to apply

Do you want to work with precision medicine in the front line of molecular diagnostics?

We are looking for a System administrator to strengthen our IT team. The position is a unique and exciting opportunity for those who want to work with precision medicine and genomics in advanced research and there is scope to adapt the job based on your competences and areas of interest. For example the role can be combined with the development of the teams backend. 

We offer a fast-paced environment where you work in close cooperation with both academia and healthcare. Our mission at Clinical Genomics is to contribute to great social and patient benefits, and in your role you will be a contributing factor to this work.

About us

The Clinical Genomics unit is a national research infrastructure at the Science for Life Laboratory (SciLifeLab). Our mission is to contribute to the implementation of precision diagnostics and precision medicine in Sweden. Together with researchers and healthcare providers in Sweden, we perform advanced genomics analyses (large-scale DNA sequencing) and work to develop and implement the advanced tests in healthcare. The aim is to facilitate world-leading research and to ensure that diagnostics in Sweden are at the cutting edge, internationally. We also have a broad Nordic and European network of partners and participate in several joint projects.

Link: http://www.scilifelab.se/facilities/clinical-genomics-stockholm/

Your mission

We are looking for someone with experience of system administration in a linux environment, to assist with the development and implementation of advanced genomics analysis for precision medicine. It is possible to adapt the job based on your competencies and areas of interest. For example, the role can be combined with the development of the backend.

The role may include:

• Help defining needs with respect to server and other hardware infrastructure, and contributing to installation, support, backup and other maintenance together with SciLifeLab IT and third-party vendors
• Contributing to the development of the information management systems, information security, data flows, large-scale data management, and database architecture
• Ensuring knowledge transfer of information management systems through training and documentation

Your profile

We are looking for someone with a degree in computer science from a university, university college or equivalent competence. We would like to stress that knowledge of biology or precision medicine is not needed for this role, while interest and curiosity in the field is of course welcome.

Requirements for the role:

• Experience of system administration and very good competence in linux
• Experience of programming in bash and python
• Good knowledge of IT infrastructure in general and servers and hardware in particular
• Experience of working with the version management system Git
• Understanding IT security

It is important that you enjoy working in a team and that you can contribute to internal and external collaborations.

Meriting experiences:

We would like for you to have some or more of the following experiences, but it is not a requirement:

• Experience of establishing specifications and purchasing IT systems
• Experience of delivering structured code, setting up automated tests and continuous integration testing with e.g. Github actions or Travis CI
• Experience of or strong interest in working with Docker/Singularity/Podman/Kubernete's technologies
• Experience of working in cloud environments (Azure, AWS, GCP, or other environments)
• Experience of both SQL and noSQL database (for example mongoDB) technologies
• Experience of working with computational resources (e.g. SLURM)

What do we offer?

Karolinska Institutet is one of the world's leading medical universities. Our vision is to pursue the development of knowledge about life and to promote better health for all. At Karolinska Institutet, we conduct innovative medical research and provide the largest range of biomedical education in Sweden. Karolinska Institutet is a state university, which entitles employees to several benefits such as extended holiday and a generous occupational pension. Employees also have free access to our modern gym and receive reimbursements for medical care.

Location: Solna

Application

The position is a fixed-term employment of up to a maximum of 24 months.

Welcome to apply at the latest 2021-01-15

The application is to be submitted through the Varbi recruitment system.  

Want to make a difference? Join us and contribute to better health for all