Platform Engineer (HPC & AI Infrastructure) — ETH Zürich
- Location
- Zurich
- Contract
- full-time
- Posted
- Yesterday
Role overview
Platform Engineer (HPC & AI Infrastructure)
80%-100%, Zurich, permanent print Drucken
The High Performance Computing group at ETH Zurich provides world-class HPC and AI/ML infrastructure to researchers across all departments.
- Platform Engineer (HPC & AI Infrastructure)
- 80%-100%, Zurich, permanent print Drucken
- such as public transport subscriptions and car sharing, access to the wide range of ASVZ sports
What the company offers
- such as public transport subscriptions and car sharing, access to the wide range of ASVZ sports
Additional details
- 80%-100%, Zurich, permanent
- We are looking for a Platform Engineer with a passion for Linux, automation, and open-source technologies to help us build and operate this infrastructure.
- You will work with modern open-source technologies in a vendor-neutral ecosystem and contribute to building a highly reliable and efficient environment for scientific workloads.
- Operate, troubleshoot, and improve Linux systems on both bare metal and virtual infrastructure Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines
- Occasional datacenter floor work (racking, cabling, bare-metal troubleshooting and repairs)
- Strong communication skills in English are essential, enabling you to work effectively in our international environment.
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and Configuration Management (e.g. Cdist, Ansible, Terraform or similar)
- Basic understanding of TCP/IP networking, routing and firewalls
- Experience with hardware provisioning and out-of-band management technologies such as BMC, IPMI and Redfish German language skills
- Benefits such as public transport subscriptions and car sharing, access to the wide range of ASVZ sports
Notes and original content
- Job description
- What you will do
- Operate, troubleshoot, and improve Linux systems on both bare metal and virtual infrastructure
- Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and Configuration Management (e.g.
- Cdist, Ansible, Terraform or similar)
- Nice to have
- Experience with hardware provisioning and out-of-band management technologies such as BMC, IPMI and Redfish
- German language skills
Questions about this listing
What salary does ETH Zürich offer for this role?
ETH Zürich lists CHF 73'500 - 111'500 gross per year for this position in Zurich. This is the salary published in the original listing (or, when the employer omits a figure, a realistic estimate for the role and sector) — the calculator on this site converts it to your actual net take-home once cross-border tax and social contributions are applied.
Is this a full-time role, and what type of contract does ETH Zürich offer?
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