Application Deadline: 20 August 2025
General information
Offer title: MS-Windows cluster administrator
Reference: COL-IT-25-10
Number of positions: 1
Workplace: via E.Amaldi 5/7, Loc. S.Stefano a Macerata – Cascina (Pisa)
Date of publication: 21 July 2025
Type of Contract: “Collaboratore Tecnico” (Technical Collaborator)
Contract Period: permanent contract subject to a probation period of 6 months
Expected date of employment: The earliest possible
Proportion of work: Full time
Remuneration: 35.635,60 € annual gross (Liv.IV Fascia 0)
Required level of education: High school diploma in technical or scientific fields
Required experience: configuration and administration of MS-Windows servers and clients in a clustered Active Directory Domain environment and of the related services (OS/WSUS, Group Policy Objects, printing services, windows shares, licensing, …)
Sections: Information Technology Department
Missions
The European Gravitational Observatory (EGO) is looking for an experienced System Administrator to assume the responsibility of the MS-Windows cluster at Cascina.
Activities
The selected candidate will take in charge the configuration and development of the MS-Windows services at EGO which support the office applications and the personal productivity tools and also the general authentication for the non-windows scientific applications.
He/She will participate in the management of the MS-Windows VDI clients in the Citrix Virtual Xenapp&Desktop environment, in the management of the Audio/video conferencing systems on-site and in the management of the related hardware.
He/She will participate in supporting users in the applicable areas.
Essential skills
- High school diploma in technical or scientific fields;
- hands-on experience in system administration of MS-Windows servers in a clustered Active Directory Domain environment;
- Knowlegde of English
Other desired skills
One or more of the following will be an asset:
- Bachelor’s degree in technical or scientific fields;
- experience in Citrix environment (Virtual XenApp&Desktop, XenServer);
- experience in MS-HyperV virtualization;
- experience in Audio/video facilities for local and remote meetings;
- experience in wireless networking configuration and support;
- experience in MS-PowerShell scripting;
- experience in software development (Microsoft .NET, Python, …) in MS-Windows environment;
- experience in Office 365 centralized management and migration to cloud at an entrerprise level;
Work Context
EGO is an international consortium, founded by INFN and CNRS to foster European collaboration in gravitational-wave research. EGO is located in Cascina, near Pisa – Italy, and hosts and operates the gravitational-wave detector Virgo, a 3 km-long laser interferometer (ITF). The Virgo project involves the participation of about 130 institutions with more than 800 scientists, engineers and technicians from France, Italy, the Netherlands and other 13 European countries.
EGO welcomes applications from all suitably-qualified candidates, irrespective of gender, disability, marital or parental status, racial, ethnic or social origin, color, religion, belief, or sexual orientation.
Selection procedure
Only candidates who meet the above essential required qualifications and experience are admitted to the selection procedure. The evaluation of the candidates admitted to the procedure is assigned to a Selection Board appointed by the Director of EGO. The Selection Board will determine the evaluation criteria in the first meeting. The first phase of the selection will be based on a review of the Application Forms and other documents received in line with the above-mentioned essential and desired requirements. Only candidates who have obtained the minimum score established by the Selection Board in the first meeting will be able to access to the second phase of the selection, which will consist of an interview. During the interview the Selection Board will verify the knowledge of the English language, and the other desired qualifications and experience.
At the end of the interviews the Selection Board will draw up a ranking of the candidates who obtained at least the minimum score established during the first meeting.
The completion of the hiring is subject to Italian law D.Lgs. 81/08 art.41 “Sorveglianza Sanitaria”.
The EGO Consortium has the free right not to proceed with the recruitment.
Privacy policy
Controller: European Gravitational Observatory – email: ego-gw@pec.it
Responsible for data – email: privacy@ego-gw.it
Under Article 13 of UE Regulation (EU) 2016/79 of the European Parliament and of the Council, required personal data will be exclusively collected and treated for purposes strictly connected to the selection procedure also with the use of computerized procedures, according to current law and regulations concerning the implementation of this kind of activity.
Providing such data to EGO is necessary for the evaluation of participation requirements and of the holding of titles; failure to provide these data may compromise such evaluation.
Data will be kept only for the period required by the selection, evaluation and audit procedures.
EGO guarantees each person the right of access to personal data, as well as the rectification, or erasure or restriction of them, as well as the right to object to their processing; such requests shall be addressed to privacy@ego-gw.it.
Applicants have to:
Candidates can send their CV and the EGO Application Form (to be found here) together with a cover letter and eventual reference letters, to jobs@ego-gw.it quoting the reference number of this vacancy notice.
Constraints and risks
None
The Director
Prof. Massimo Carpinelli