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Umeå University is one of Sweden’s largest higher education institutions with over 37,000 students and about 4,700 employees. The University offers a diversity of high-quality education and world-leading research in several fields. Notably, the groundbreaking discovery of the CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing tool, which was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, was made here. At Umeå University, everything is close. Our cohesive campuses make it easy to meet, work together and exchange knowledge, which promotes a dynamic and open culture.
The ongoing societal transformation and large green investments in northern Sweden create enormous opportunities and complex challenges. For Umeå University, conducting research about – and in the middle of – a society in transition is key. We also take pride in delivering education to enable regions to expand quickly and sustainably. In fact, the future is made here.
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Umeå Plant Science Centre (UPSC) is one of the strongest research environments for basic plant research in Europe. Research at UPSC covers a wide range of disciplines in plant biology including ecology, computational biology, genetics, physiology, biochemistry, cell biology and molecular biology (see www.upsc.se). We are now recruiting a system administrator, IT for our bioinformatic support unit.
The Department of Plant Physiology is part of the Umeå Plant Science Centre, which hosts close to 200 employees representing about 45 nationalities (for more information, please visit http://www.upsc.se). The department carries out research and postgraduate education in different fields of plant science, including ecology, biochemistry, plant physiology, molecular biology as well as genomics and genetics.
The research groups at UPSC are generating a vast amount of data that needs to be processed and analysed computationally, a task that they can get support for from the bioinformatics unit at UPSC (four persons). The platform, in addition to using the national computing infrastructure, has established a local computing environment (with about eight compute servers, a head node for the queueing system, and a server to host RStudio pro) all of which are connected to the same NFS storages and LDAP user management system. As a System Administrator, IT you will be a part of a newly formed bioinformatic support unit, in charge of maintaining the local computing infrastructure, as well as providing support to bioinformatic researchers at UPSC.
The position requires a university or college education in systems science, computer science, or a related subject relevant to the position or documented experience that can be deemed equivalent. We also demand:
The position is full-time and permanent. Starting date 2 September 2024 or as agreed upon. A probationary period of up to 6 months may be applied.
You can apply via our recruitment system, Varbi. Last application date is August 15, 2024.
Nicolas Delhomme, UPSC Bioinformatics Facility Manager, nicolas.delhomme@umu.se and/or Johannes Hanson, Head of Department, Department of Plant Physiology, Umeå University, johannes.hanson@umu.se +46(0)97866744.
Type of employment | Permanent position – (starting with a temporary contract) |
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Contract type | Full time |
First day of employment | 2024-09-02 or according to agreement |
Salary | Monthly salary |
Number of positions | 1 |
Full-time equivalent | 100 % |
City | Umeå |
County | Västerbottens län |
Country | Sweden |
Reference number | AN 2.2.1-1070-24 |
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Published | 02.Jul.2024 |
Last application date | 15.Aug.2024 11:59 PM CEST |