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Lund University was founded in 1666 and is consistently ranked among the world's leading universities. We have approximately 46,000 students and 8,500 staff members in Lund, Helsingborg, and Malmö. We are united in our strive to understand, explain, and improve our world and people's conditions.

Workplace Description

LUNARC is the Centre for High-Performance Computing (HPC), Visualization, and Storage at Lund University. We provide advanced computing and data services to researchers across all faculties of the university, including natural sciences, engineering, medicine, economics, humanities, and social sciences. In all these areas, the need for GPU resources for AI has increased significantly in recent years.

We operate modern HPC clusters, visualization resources, and advanced storage systems, and continuously develop new services for interactive and data-driven research. Our environment includes both traditional HPC infrastructure and modern platforms for container-based and cloud-native workflows.

We work closely with research environments such as MAX IV, as well as national and international research infrastructures. LUNARC is also part of the national infrastructure NAISS (National Academic Infrastructure for Supercomputing in Sweden).

What We Offer

Lund University is a government agency, which means we offer good employment conditions, generous vacation time, and favorable pension terms. We have flexible working hours and the possibility of some remote work.

At LUNARC, you will work in an engaged team with high technical competence and great opportunities to influence both technology choices and working methods. We place great emphasis on competence development and offer both internal and external training opportunities.

You will work together with experienced colleagues and have the opportunity to develop within HPC and advanced research infrastructure.

Job Responsibilities

We are now looking for a Systems Engineer who wants to help develop the next generation of high-performance research infrastructure for computing, visualization, and storage.

This role suits you if you have a strong Linux and infrastructure background and thrive at the intersection of HPC, DevOps, and modern platform operations. You will work both operationally and developmentally in close collaboration with the rest of the team. You also enjoy working closely with users and contributing to ensuring that researchers get the best possible support in using LUNARC's resources.

The tasks vary between operational management, development of new services, and close collaboration with researchers and users. The role includes both daily infrastructure work and long-term development of LUNARC's technical platforms. Examples of tasks include:

• Operation and development of Linux-based HPC and research infrastructure
• Automation, configuration management, and development of internal services
• Operation and further development of container and virtualization platforms
• Monitoring, troubleshooting, and performance optimization
• Management of storage and network infrastructure
• User support for researchers and research projects
• Installation and optimization of scientific software
• Participation in development projects regarding new services and infrastructures
• Environmental scanning and evaluation of new technology within HPC, AI, and cloud infrastructure

The work is carried out in close collaboration with researchers, developers, and other infrastructure experts.

Qualifications

You do not need to have extensive prior experience with HPC, but you should have experience with Linux-based infrastructures, automation, or modern platform operations, as well as a desire to develop within HPC and research infrastructure.

Requirements for the Position

• Experience administering Linux-based systems.
• Experience operating Linux-based infrastructures, preferably HPC environments or other large distributed systems.
• Good knowledge of network architecture.
• Good skills in scripting and automation (e.g., Python or Bash).
• Strong interest in further development within the field.
• Very good collaboration and communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and in a structured manner.
• Very good English skills, both spoken and written.

Meritorious Experience

• HPC environments and job scheduling systems such as SLURM.
• Container technology and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes, Apptainer/Singularity).
• DevOps practices, Infrastructure as Code, and configuration management (e.g., Ansible).
• Experience working in agile development or operational environments.
• Cloud infrastructure and virtualization.
• Experience with Git, code review, and CI/CD processes.
• Experience with collaboration and development platforms such as GitLab, as well as CI/CD workflows.
• Distributed storage systems and parallel file systems such as IBM Storage Scale (GPFS).
• High-performance networks, such as InfiniBand.
• GPU-based systems and AI/ML infrastructure.
• Installation and optimization of scientific software.
• Experience working within research infrastructure or an academic environment.

Consideration will also be given to how the applicant's experience and competence complement and strengthen the organization's existing competence profile.

Other Information

The position is permanent and full-time (100%). Probationary employment may apply.

Start date according to agreement.

The job title will be Systems Engineer.

LTH – Lund University Faculty of Engineering – is part of Lund University. At LTH, we educate people, build knowledge for the future, and work hard to develop society. We create space for brilliant research and inspire the creative development of technology, architecture, and design. Nearly 12,000 students study here. Every year, our researchers – many of whom work in world-leading profile areas – publish approximately 100 dissertations and 2,000 scientific findings. A number of research results and student projects are refined into innovations. Together, we explore and create – for the benefit of the world.

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