Job
- Level
- Experienced
- Location
- Kassel
- Working Model
- Onsite
- Job Field
- IT, Application, System
- Employment Type
- Part Time
- Contract Type
- Permanent employment
Job Summary
In this job, you will manage IT systems, analyze and develop the infrastructure of the Kassel Institute for Sustainability, and assist researchers in research data management and information security.
Job Technologies
Your role in the team
- Management of the IT systems at the Kassel Institute for Sustainability.
- Independent analysis, planning, further development, and safeguarding of the IT infrastructure of the Kassel Institute for Sustainability (KIS) in coordination with the IT Service Center (ITS) of the University of Kassel.
- Design and implementation of the requirements for research data management in the departments of the KIS, particularly regarding data structuring, long-term storage solutions, access concepts, and reusability.
- Independent consulting and technical support for scientists in implementing research data management in ongoing research projects.
- Independent implementation of information security requirements within the scope of the KIS, particularly based on the information security policy of the University of Kassel (Area Information Security Officer).
- Participation and operationalization of authorization, access, storage, and usage concepts for IT systems, research data, and shared resources.
- Ongoing IT support for the employees of the KIS headquarters, including analysis, prioritization, and coordination of support and change requests according to the specifications of the IT Service Center.
- Perception of the role as Data Protection Contact Person in the KIS as an interface to the responsible Data Protection and IT departments according to the guidelines of the IT Service Center.
- Management of the IT systems of the Sustainable Technology Design department.
- Independent further development, adaptation, and maintenance of a Python application used for scientific purposes as well as R scripts, including the development, maintenance, and migration of necessary interfaces during data migration in collaboration with the responsible scientists.
- Analysis of technical requirements from research projects and translation into technical solutions, evaluation routines, data processing workflows, or interfaces.
- Analysis, evaluation, and alignment of requirements for software and hardware, as well as communication with the IT Service Center of the University of Kassel and the development of requirement profiles for scientific specialized software such as OpenLCA, Q-GIS/ArcGIS, or Python and R toolchains.
- Independent management of the Linux cluster used by the IT Service Center at the University of Kassel, including administration of shared software, group resources, and access rights. Development and optimization of discipline-specific computing environments on the HPC cluster, including software packaging and automation of scientific workflows.
- Design, setup, and operation of a database, including independent data maintenance, data quality assurance, and long-term research data management (in coordination with the university's IT service center).
- Contributing to the development of a concept for AI-supported utilization of domain-specific data, taking into account research data management, information security, and data protection.
- Technical support for students through involvement in teaching, especially in the creation and supervision of software, data, and work environments for students, such as a JupyterHub instance.
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Our expectations of you
Education
- Completed training as an IT specialist or equivalent qualification in the IT field, or a completed degree in the IT sector, or comparable skills acquired through proven professional experience.
- Knowledge of universities or the University of Kassel, experience in collaborating with scientists.
- Experience in organizational and/or administrative processes at the University of Kassel.
Qualifications
- Knowledge of Microsoft Server environment, Microsoft Active Directory, and Microsoft operating system administration.
- Knowledge in network issues, firewall configuration, as well as permission and access concepts.
- Knowledge in research data management, particularly in data structuring, storage, access, documentation, and reusability.
- Fundamental hardware knowledge to support procurement decisions.
- Strong communication skills, customer service orientation, and team spirit.
- Very good German skills, good English skills.
- Knowledge in database management, data maintenance, data quality assurance, and research data management is advantageous.
- Programming skills in high-level languages, especially good knowledge of Python or R.
- Basic understanding of AI-supported procedures.
- Basic knowledge of data protection and information security in the university context.
- Motivation to familiarize oneself with relevant fields and to work with software such as OpenLCA, Q-GIS/ArcGIS, and other scientific applications.
Experience
- Experience with system administration and IT infrastructures.
- Experience with Linux.
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What we offer
- Employee in Information and Communication Technology, EG 11 TV-H, permanent contract, part-time (currently 20 hours per week).
- Part-time with half the regular working hours of a full-time employee, permanent.
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About Your Employer
Universität Kassel
Kassel University is a dynamic university with around 23,000 students. It has an exceptionally broad profile with the competence fields of nature, technology, culture and society
Description
- Company Type
- Established Company
- Working Model
- Hybrid, Onsite
- Industry
- Education System
Employee in information and communication technology
- Location
- Kassel
- Working Model
- Onsite
- Diversity
- Open for all genders
