IT System Engineer – Infrastructure and Systems Support
Ref. TEC-IT-26-2

Application Deadline:  3 June 2026

General information

Offer title: IT System Engineer – Infrastructure and Systems Support

Reference: TEC-IT-26-2

Number of positions: 1

Workplace: via E.Amaldi 5/7, Loc. S.Stefano a Macerata – Cascina (Pisa)

Date of publication: 4 May 2026

Type of Contract: “Tecnologo” (Technologist)

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:  45.645,60 € annual gross (Liv.IIIa Fascia 0)

Required level of education:  Master’s degree in technical or scientific fields

Sections: Information Technology Department

 

Missions

The European Gravitational Observatory (EGO) is seeking an IT System Engineer-Infrastructure and Systems Support to join Information Technology Department.

Activities

The selected candidate will be part of the team that operates the IT infrastructure at Cascina

Systems and Infrastructure Support (Core Focus)

• Design and management of the storage systems, in SAN/NAS configuration, including arrays and file systems (currently 8PB storage space).
• Linux and RedHat Enterprise Linux OS management including clustering and High Availability.
• Backup design and management including disk to disk and tape technologies.
• Hardware diagnostics and troubleshooting.
• Handling federated identity and directory services (LDAP) needs and identity federation infrastructure.
• Participate in the configuration and maintenance of infrastructure components (e.g., databases, web services).

Software Development

• Operations and development of data management, data handling procedures and basic data transfer tools.
• Implement robust, scalable, and maintainable code using Python, Bash, or similar languages.
• Design, develop, and maintain backend applications including APIs, web services, and client/server tools.

Operations and Monitoring

• Perform performance tuning, availability checks, and system diagnostics.
• Maintain service reliability through automation and preventive maintenance.

Essential skills

• Master’s degree in a technical or scientific discipline.
• Experience in Linux based server administration.
• Experience in storage architectures, iSCSI, SAN and NAS configuration.
• Experience in backup technologies and software.
• Hands-on experience in hardware troubleshooting and replacement.
• Proficiency with Python and/or Bash for scripting and application development.
• Knowledge of English.

Other desired skills

One or more of the following will be an asset:

• Should have experience with federated identity standards (SAML, OIDC), directory services (LDAP) and research and education identity federation infrastructure.
• Familiarity with mixed Linux and Windows server environments.
• Experience supporting user environments in research or collaborative scientific computing.
• Experience with virtualization technologies.
• Experience with Git version control.
• Understanding of relational databases and API-based architectures.
• Hands-on experience with configuration management tools like Puppet or Ansible.

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.

Application Procedure:

Candidates have to 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