Systems Integrator

The New Zealand eScience Infrastructure (NeSI) is a collaboration of four institutions, including the University of Otago, working in partnership with the Crown, providing High Performance Computing (HPC), data analytics and consultancy services to the NZ Research sector, Government Initiatives/Agencies and Industrial Research. NeSI’s primary aim is to grow the computing and analytics capability of researchers to ensure New Zealand’s future prosperity.

Significant research outcomes have resulted from the use of NeSI platforms and services across numerous scientific domains including health sciences, chemistry, biochemistry and physics to name a few. Researchers increasingly depend on end-to-end, distributed data service capabilities, spanning institutional, national and international boundaries, to achieve their goals, and NeSI is at the forefront of this work.

About the role

This position is a unique opportunity to work within New Zealand’s National eScience Infrastructure (NeSI), using your systems integration skills to support NeSI's national data services.

As part of a collaborative national team, you will provide expert systems integration services to research institutions and researchers around the country.

You will spend your time working closely with NeSI staff, member institutions, researchers and research groups, advising them on research data services integration; designing, developing and modifying NeSI’s distributed data services; implementing end-to-end complex data pipelines, and contributing to strategies and plans to improve NeSI data services uptake, utilisation and efficiency for the national research community.

The position will be based at the University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand within the ITS Division, but you will be working as part of a national NeSI team. There will be a requirement to travel on occasion.

Your communication skills will enable you to work effectively with a range of clients. Also important is your ability to work well within a national team, manage your time and prioritise tasks.

Skills and Experience

• B.Sc. in Computer Science or equivalent qualifications in a related discipline, (M.Sc. or B.Sc. (Hons) preferred).
• Strong background of at least 3 years’ enterprise level IT experience.
• Some experience with Globus, iRODS, databases, data warehouses.
• Experience with command line scripting e.g. BASH, Powershell, SQL.
• Programming skills in languages such as: Python, Java or PHP.
• Solid knowledge of networking – including switching, routers, BGP, vLANs, security, firewalls and load balancers.
• Any previous experience with HPC systems is beneficial but not required.

Further Details

This is a full-time, fixed term position for 12 months.

This is a great chance to work for a friendly and capable national group, committed to high performance computing best practices and excellence, and ongoing staff training.

Specific enquiries may be directed to Dave Maclaurin, Systems Services Manager / NeSI Site Manager (Otago), using these contact details: Dave Maclaurin, Tel: 03 479 6545