System Administrator - Bioinformatics at IITA - International Institute of Tropical Agriculture

Ref: IITA-HR-NRS2021-001
Location: Ibadan, Oyo
Recruitment Type: National (1-year renewable contract)

Duties

• Work with the Bioinformaticians and the Excellence in Breeding Platform (EiB) on the setting up of a newly purchased HPC server.
• Installation and maintenance of all needed software for the bioinformatics and breeding requirements on the server
• Maintain an accessible database for all installed software
• Support the bioinformatics and breeding teams with bioinformatics tasks
• Maintain the new and existing servers updated, OS and installed software
• Control the use of the servers, CPU-, RAM- and storage-use and provide metrics on usage and defined cost recovery figures
• Train staff, students and partners on usage of bioinformatics tools on the HPC especially for polyploid crops;
• Perform any other additional duties assigned by the supervisor.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Computer Science, Bioinformatics or other related fields with five (5) years relevant experience in systems Administration.

Competencies:
The ideal candidate must have:

• Excellent knowledge of Unix and high performance in computing.

Remuneration
We offer highly competitive salary with equally attractive benefits and excellent working conditions in a pleasant campus environment.

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