IT Systems Analyst for Science | Analyste des systèmes informatiques pour la science

Mid Senior

Contract

This is a G-5 contract. This kind of contract is known as General Service and related categories. It is normally only for nationals. It usually requires 5 years of experience, depending on education. More about G-5 contracts.

PURPOSE OF POSITION

The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), is the cancer agency of the World Health Organization (WHO) and is based in Lyon, France. The objective of the

IARC is to promote international collaboration in cancer research.

The role of the Section of Support to Research (SSR) is to support the achievement of IARC’s scientific objectives through efficient and effective management of the Agency’s resources and provision of administrative services, ensuring accountable risk mitigation and implementing strategies to strengthen capacities and maximize IARC’s impact.

The ITS main objective is to maintain, develop and ensure smooth IT services through its main core functions including but not limited to IT Governance, Information System, Digital Workplace, Scientific IT, Cyber Security and Hybrid Infrastructure.

Under the direct supervision of the infrastructure officer SSR/ITS and overall guidance of the ITS head, the incumbent will perform the below tasks.

DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES

1. Operation and Administration of Scientific IT Systems:

Operate the IARC Scientific IT platform. Tasks include but not limited to:

- Maintenance, operation and update of High-Performance Computing (HPC) resources and services to the highest standards using automation.

- Ensure systems integrity and security applying firmware updates/upgrades and security patches.

- Detect, troubleshoot and resolve SIT service problems.

- Daily monitoring of services and IT resources (system logs, backup, etc)

- Produce and keep technical documentation up to date.

2. Scientific IT Development:

Develop the IARC Scientific IT (SIT) platform according the ITS roadmap articulated along with the Computational Biology, Bioinformatics and Biostatistics Committee (C3B) IT Working Group:

- Design, implement, configure, document, Scientific IT High Performance Computing, high performance storage and services.

- Further develop automation to provision systems and the user state environment in a consistent manner to aid reproducibility of scientific results and to enable access to sensitive scientific data.

3. Training and Support:

Train and assist scientists in using high performance computing (HPC) / bioinformatics resources and for best practices in data management:

- Create and maintain user documentation

- Track and resolve support requests

- Create and publish monthly/yearly HPC usage report.

- Maintain SIT Collaborative website

- Organize and deliver training sessions

4. Liase with colleagues from the IARC C3B Committee by participating in the evaluation of new technological opportunities aimed to meet the needs of IARC scientific groups.

5. Core IT services operation and development:

ITS as the main IT services provider for IARC develop, provision, and maintain multiple IT environment and systems; The incumbent will have to:

- Collaborate with the Linux System Administrator for the management and development of shared systems.

- When needed, act as backup of the Linux System Administrator for the management of the Linux based IT services.

- Whenever possible, contribute to the development of the Linux based IT services.

6. Perform any other related technical duties as requested by the supervisor(s).

WHO COMPETENCIES

· Producing results

· Moving forward in a changing environment

· Fostering integration and teamwork

· Technical expertise

· Communication

SKILLS

Essential:

· Strong Linux Systems/Services Knowledge and skills

· Good Knowledge of HPC environment, job schedulers and parallel file systems.

· Knowledge of configuration management tools and infrastructure automation (Ansible, Puppet, Xcat...)

· Proven communications skills including in a multidisciplinary team.

Desirable:

· Container virtualisation such as Singularity or Docker

· CD/CI pipeline automation

· Scripting skills in Bash,/YAML/Python/MS PowerShell

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

EDUCATION

Essential: Completion of a secondary school education plus two years of specialized studies in computer science, recognized by a diploma (BTS, DUT, license, license pro or equivalent)

Desirable: Engineering School specialized in IT.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Essential: Minimum of 5 years of combined professional hardware and software stacks experience.

Desirable:

· Experience with Slurm workload manager and Beegfs parallel file system.

· Experience working in a bioinformatics environment in a research organization.

· Experience in support and user training.

USE OF LANGUAGE SKILLS

Excellent knowledge of English OR French and the aptitude to learn language.

REMUNERATION

The fixed remuneration for the above position currently amounts to EUR 3,615 per month and is expressed net of income tax but before deduction of the employee share contributions for mandatory participation in the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund (UNJSPF) and in the Organization’s private insurance plans covering health, accident, illness, and disability.

Other benefits include different types of leave and allowances for dependent family members.

Employment status is that of an international civil servant.

Note: due to the legal status of WHO/IARC as an international organization, its staff do not contribute to and do not generate benefits in French mandatory schemes for health insurance (“assurance maladie”), pension (“assurance vieillesse/retraite or unemployment (“Pôle-Emploi”) throughout their period of employment with the Agency.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

· This vacancy notice may be used to fill other similar positions at the same grade level or lower.

· This post is subject to local recruitment and will ideally be filled by persons residing within the local commuting area of the duty station.

· Only candidates under serious consideration will be contacted.

· A written test and/or presentation/seminar may be used as a form of screening.

· If your candidature is retained for an interview, you will be required to provide, in advance, a scanned copy of the degree(s)/diploma(s)/certificate(s) required for this position. IARC/WHO only considers higher educational qualifications obtained from an institution accredited/recognized in the World Higher Education Database (WHED), a list updated by the International Association of Universities (IAU)/United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The list can be accessed through the link: http://www.whed.net. Some professional certificates may not appear in the WHED and will require individual review.

· According to article 101, paragraph 3, of the Charter of the United Nations, the paramount consideration in the employment of the staff is the necessity of securing the highest standards of efficiency, competence, and integrity. Due regard will be paid to the importance of recruiting the staff on as wide a geographical basis as possible.

· Any appointment/extension of appointment is subject to WHO Staff Regulations, Staff Rules, and Manual noting that first year of fixed term contracts is a probationary period which may be extended subject to performance evaluation.

· For information on IARC’s operations please visit: https://www.iarc.who.int, and for more general information on WHO's operations please visit: http://www.who.int.

· IARC/WHO is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment of mutual respect. The IARC/WHO recruits and employs staff regardless of disability status, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, language, race, marital status, religious, cultural, ethnic, and socio-economic backgrounds, or any other personal characteristics.

· IARC/WHO is committed to achieving gender parity and geographical diversity in its staff. Women, persons with disabilities, and nationals of unrepresented and underrepresented Participating States https://www.iarc.who.int/equity-diversity-and-inclusion-at-iarc are strongly encouraged to apply for IARC/WHO jobs. Persons with disabilities can request reasonable accommodations to enable participation in the recruitment process. Requests for reasonable accommodation should be sent through an email to reasonableaccommodation@who.int

· An impeccable record for integrity and professional ethical standards is essential. IARC/WHO prides itself on a workforce that adheres to the highest ethical and professional standards and that is committed to put the IARC/WHO Values Charter https://www.iarc.who.int/about-iarc-who-ethics into practice.

· IARC/WHO has zero tolerance towards sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA), sexual harassment and other types of abusive conduct (i.e., discrimination, abuse of authority and harassment). All members of the IARC/WHO workforce have a role to play in promoting a safe and respectful workplace and should report to IARC/WHO any actual or suspected cases of SEA, sexual harassment, and other types of abusive conduct. To ensure that individuals with a substantiated history of SEA, sexual harassment or other types of abusive conduct are not hired by the Organization, IARC/WHO will conduct a background verification of final candidates.

· IARC/WHO has a smoke-free environment and does not recruit smokers or users of any form of tobacco.

· IARC/WHO also offers wide range of benefits to staff, including parental leave and attractive flexible work arrangements to help promote a healthy work-life balance and to allow all staff members to fully express and develop their talents.

· The statutory retirement age for staff appointments is 65. For external applicants, only those who are expected to complete the term of appointment will normally be considered.

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Added 9 months ago - Updated 7 months ago - Source: who.int