Cloud Infrastructure Analyst

ECMWF in the recent years has embarked on a journey to provide high quality on-premises Cloud Computing services to its Member States by providing state-of-the-art compute and object storage resources available in close proximity to the meteorological data archive and the existing HPC facilities.
The cloud platform is based on two separate OpenStack Clusters with approximately ten-thousand cores and two CEPH storage clusters of approximately six petabytes each. On these systems ECMWF runs a number of operational services such as the European Weather Cloud (http://europeanweather.cloud) and the new version of the Copernicus Data Stores (http://cds.climate.copernicus.eu) as well as many other internal and external projects.
As well as the OpenStack clusters many of the virtual machines and processes that are critical to the delivery of our daily weather forecasts are run on 24x7 supported virtualization platform based on VSphere. We also run a number of Kubernetes clusters for own use as well as for the use of third-party organizations.
ECMWF is now looking for a qualified Cloud Infrastructure Analyst to help support the Cloud platforms that power both services.
About ECMWF ECMWF is the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts. It is an intergovernmental organisation created in 1975 by a group of European nations and is today supported by 34 Member and Co-operating States, mostly in Europe. The Centre's mission is to serve and support its Member and Co-operating States and the wider community by developing and providing world-leading global numerical weather prediction.
ECMWF functions as a 24/7 research and operational centre with a focus on medium and long-range predictions and holds one of the largest meteorological archives in the world. The success of its activities relies primarily on the talent of its scientists, strong partnerships with its Member and Co-operating States and the international community, some of the most powerful supercomputers in the world, and the use of innovative technologies such as machine learning across its operations.
Over the years, ECMWF has also developed a strong partnership with the European Union, and for the past seven years has been an entrusted entity for the implementation and operation of the Climate and the Atmosphere Monitoring Services of the EU Copernicus Programme, as well as a contributor to the Copernicus Emergency Management Service.
ECMWF has recently become a multi-site organisation, with its headquarters based since its creation in Reading, UK, its new data centre open in 2021 in Bologna, Italy, and new offices, also in Bonn, Germany.
Main duties and key responsibilities The incumbent will work initially as a member of the Cloud Infrastructure team in support of Copernicus activities in all aspects related to the evolution, release, and deployment of our on-premises OpenStack and Vsphere Cloud environments.
Responsibilities:
Monitor, manage and optimize our on-premises Cloud solutions based on OpenStack and VSphere, including optimizing performance
Collaborate with other sections and departments at ECMWF to ensure proper integration with our Cloud environments
Use automation tools to efficiently manage our Cloud environments
Liase with vendors, external partners and provide support to users for the collaborative support of our Clouds
Working closely with Development teams in identifying and finding solutions to problems
Participate in a 24/7 on-call system
What we are looking for Ability to communicate with and understand complex requirements
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, listening to and respecting the views of others
Good analytical and problem-solving skills with a proactive approach
An interest in identifying, investigating and resolving technical problems
The ability to work under pressure and with limited supervision
The flexibility to adapt to changing organisational priorities and user needs
Dedication and enthusiasm to work in a small team
Education and experience University degree, or equivalent, in a discipline related to IT, science or mathematics
Strong background in Linux based systems
Strong background in OpenStack, vSphere, Ceph , vSAN and/or other Cloud technologies is a strong requirement with demonstratable experience.
Experience in configuring and scripting automation tools such as Ansible and Terraform Experience with monitoring/visualizing stacks like ELK, Grafana, Prometheus/InfluxDB, Fluentd or similar would be advantageous.
Understanding and deploying Kubernetes would be an asset Experience with Veeam Backup and Recovery would be advantageous
Knowledge and skills We encourage you to apply even if you don't feel you meet precisely all these criteria.
Candidates must be able to work effectively in English and interviews will be conducted in English. A good knowledge of one of the Centre's other working languages (French or German) is an advantage but not required.
Other information Grade remuneration
The successful candidate will be recruited at the A2 grade, according to the scales of the Co-ordinated Organisations and the annual basic salary will be EUR73,201 net of tax. ECMWF also offers a generous benefits package, including a flexible teleworking policy. The position is assigned to the employment category STF-PL as defined in the ECMWF Staff Regulations.
Starting date: As soon as possible
Length of contract: Approximately four years to 30 Sept 2028 (with the possibility of further extensions)
Location: The position will be based at ECMWF's duty station in Bologna, Italy
As a multi-site organisation, ECMWF has adopted a hybrid organisation model which allows flexibility to staff to mix office working and teleworking.
Who can apply Applicants are invited to complete the online application form by clicking on the apply button below.
At ECMWF, we consider an inclusive environment as key for our success. We are dedicated to ensuring a workplace that embraces diversity and provides equal opportunities for all, without distinction as to race, gender, age, marital status, social status, disability, sexual orientation, religion, personality, ethnicity and culture.
Applications are invited from nationals from ECMWF Member States and Co-operating States, as well as from all EU Member States. In these exceptional times, we also welcome applications from Ukrainian nationals for this vacancy. Applications from nationals from other countries may be considered in exceptional cases.

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