Head of IT Infrastructure

Your mission
The Infrastructure group (a team of 5 to 10 members) is responsible for the Institute's entire IT infrastructure. The group's main activities involve managing server rooms, scientific data storage, virtualisation infrastructures, the network for the entire site, server security and telecommunications (telephony, email, etc.).

Your tasks
- Leading and managing the team
- Handling the group's budget, prioritizing projects and monitoring expenditure
- Proposing solutions and architectures to meet the ILL's needs in collaboration with the Head of the IT Service
- Participating in a DevOps transition (culture and tools)
- Creating, leading and monitoring the execution of various local and European projects
- Performing emergency technical maintenance
- Acting as a member of the EPN campus IT technical team
- Learning on your own about topics you may not be familiar with.

Your profile
- You have a Master's degree in Computer Science or any other relevant IT diploma
- You have a high level of technical expertise in Linux systems (mainly "Debian")
- You have a high level of technical expertise in system and network architectures
- You have at least 10 years' experience of working with complex system, network and storage architectures
- Even if it's not your thing, you are prepared to work with one or two Microsoft server environments
- You prefer VI to Emacs... or vice versa
- You have experience in team leadership and/or project management
- You are meticulous, proactive and open to new collaborations
- You enjoy coming up with innovative technical solutions
- You must have a sound knowledge of English and be willing to learn French


What we offer

Quality of life - A hub for research and technology, the city of Grenoble is ideally located in the heart of the French Alps (just 3 hours from Paris/Provence by train, 1 hour from Lyon international airport and 1 ½ hours from Geneva). It is important for us that our staff achieve a healthy work-life balance. We therefore offer home working (under certain conditions), generous annual paid leave entitlement and a host of other benefits that you will discover when you arrive!
Prospects - We guarantee you a secure permanent position in a multicultural scientific environment.
Benefits - We offer generous social benefits (expatriation allowance, excellent health cover), moving and relocation assistance (under certain conditions) and an annual productivity bonus. We also offer language courses for you and your partner and subsidies for the use of public transport and the staff canteen, as well as for holidays and a variety of cultural and sports activities.

Sounds interesting?
Then why not take your next career step with us by applying online via our career portal by 20.02.2022, quoting reference number 22/03. Please note that all applicants are subject to administrative screening. For this post, medical fitness for work under ionising radiation is required and you will also have to perform an emergency response role in the event of a crisis.
We are committed to equal opportunities and diversity and therefore welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates.



The Institut Laue-Langevin (ILL) is based in Grenoble (France) and operates Europe's leading research facility for basic research with neutrons. United by our passion for progress and technology, we drive science and research forward every day. Together, we can pave the way for discoveries that will help to make our world a better place.