SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR

We are collaborating with a biotech company focused on discovering and developing the next generation of medicines for immune-mediated inflammatory diseases (IMIDs).
We are searching a new professional to join a very innovative and dynamic team.
We are looking for an IT Support / System Administrator to act as a key player in their IT team, with a primary focus on sysadmin responsibilities. The successful candidate will be responsible for managing their on-premises servers, virtualization infrastructure, cloud services, and databases, while also providing day-to-day support to end-users across multiple platforms.

Roles and responsibilities:

• Act as the sysadmin for our IT infrastructure, encompassing on-premises and cloud servers, laptops, and workstations, overseeing monitoring, updating, and ensuring their smooth operation and security.
• Manage and maintain systems to support the computing needs of our bioinformatics team, ensuring optimal performance and reliability.
• Regular backup system checks and disaster recovery testing.
• Manage MySQL, PostgreSQL databases and perform queries if necessary.
• Facilitate the migration of Windows users to Azure Active Directory (AD), ensuring a smooth transition and optimal user experience.
• Provide day-to-day IT support to end-users, including troubleshooting and resolving technical issues.
• Migrate legacy services to new servers, minimizing disruption and optimizing performance.
• Prepare data for transfer to third parties.
• Prepare new workstations and configure user accounts in multiple services, and manage user removal as necessary.
• Proactively identify opportunities for improvement within the IT infrastructure, proposing and implementing solutions to enhance security, efficiency, and scalability.
• Open to learn new technologies and tools to support the evolving needs of the organization.

Experience and qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field.
• Fluency in spoken and written English.
• Proven experience in system administration, with a strong understanding of on-premises and cloud-based IT environments.
• Proficiency in Linux administration, including command-line operations and shell scripting.
• Experience with network administration and security principles.
• Strong knowledge of database management systems, particularly MySQL.
• Excellent troubleshooting skills and the ability to diagnose and resolve technical issues efficiently.
• Having some familiarity with AWS, XDR, Kibana, Nginx, Slurm, Apptainer, GPO, GitHub, and OpenClinica would be beneficial for the role.
• Having a basic understanding of R or Python would be advantageous as we collaborate closely with the bioinformatics team, who predominantly utilize R for their analyses.