What will you be doing?

You are well versed in Linux system administration and will keep our Linux based data management systems up to date, performant and secure. You will do the day-to-day tasks involved with keeping the systems running.

You will consult and cooperate with the technical team within TU Delft and within Surf to keep the existing iRods based data systems running and in good shape. You will implement safeguards to prevent and detect anomalies and you will report and act on any such anomalies.

You will cooperate with the data managers in the project and in the DCC to find the best data solutions for end users in their specific situations.

This is where you will be working

IT Innovation department – official affiliation

Within the IT Innovation department, we support researchers, teachers and students in understanding and applying IT in the best possible way. We work closely with the Shared Service Centre ICT to convert promising technologies into campus-wide services. We also work closely with the Data Stewards, the Library and the Faculty IT Managers to identify new opportunities for supporting our researchers through IT.

Members of the IT Innovation department contribute to all four pillars of research software engineering: Software Development, Community, Training and Policy.

iRods project - Virtual team

The iRods project aims to provide researchers with feature rich, secure and easy to use technology and policies to manage their research data as good as possible. The project has acquired funding to last for the next two years in which it can prove its viability within TU Delft’s research community.      

What are we looking for

As a technical data manager, you have:

• A good understanding of the Linux operating system, filesystems, networking and io
• Experience administering Linux systems
• Experience with performance analysis and tuning of data systems
• Relevant skills in programming with Python, C, C++
• General knowledge of using (REST) API’s
• General knowledge and interest in current CNCF projects
• Good collaboration and interpersonal skills
• An adequate oral and written command of the Dutch and English language, and fluency in one of these

Fixed-term contract: 2 years.

• Duration of contract is 2 years.
• A job of 40 hours per week.
• A salary based on scale 11 of the CAO for Dutch Universities with a minimum of €4.492 and a maximum of € 6.148 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.

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!

University Corporate Office - ICT

At the ICT Directorate, we work with approximately 200 colleagues divided into several teams: Shared Service Centre, Project Management Services, Information Management, Security, Privacy & Architecture and Innovation.

We, as the ICT Directorate, work on a variety of projects, together with the faculties and other directorates of Delft University of Technology (TU Delft). The complexity and size of the organisation often cause our work to be challenging yet rewarding. The biggest task we face in the coming years as TU Delft is to accelerate digitalisation to strengthen our position as a world-class university.

We often work together with the specialists in our own ICT department and with our colleagues spread across the university. The campus is a vibrant environment that buzzes with activity. The culture is informal and inclusive. There is room for a casual chat at the coffee machine and, if you like, you can participate in various activities organised on campus. Moreover, within the ICT directorate, you will be given the trust and freedom to manage your own work. There are many possibilities in terms of training and we consider your personal development to be very important.

Would you like to know more about what it's like to work at ICT and see what other vacancies we have? Have a look at our work-in-ict page.

For additional information about this position, please contact Mark Schenk, e-mail: M.M.A.Schenk@tudelft.nl.