Systems Engineer – Platform Automation

1000scholars; Zürich; Vor Ort; CHF 140.000 - 170.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Public transport season tickets

Car sharing

Pension benefits

Diverse and inclusive environment

Zusammenfassung

The Swiss National Supercomputing Centre (CSCS) in Lugano seeks a Systems Engineer – Platform Automation to design, implement, and maintain HPC/AI services on a multi-tenant infrastructure. You will develop automation to provision, test, deploy and monitor resources, contributing to high‑performance computing and AI workloads.

This fixed‑term role starts with a two‑year contract with potential extension or permanent status, offering impact on platform reliability, scalability, and efficiency

Qualifikationen

• Bachelor’s or higher in computer engineering, computer science, or equivalent practical experience.
• Experience deploying HPC, AI, or Cloud infrastructures.
• Knowledge of CI/CD and automation tooling.
• Linux administration skills.

Aufgaben

• Investigating, troubleshooting, and debugging platform services and infrastructure resources.
• Developing, maintaining, and supporting tools and pipelines for multi-tenant infrastructure.
• Developing automations to provision, test, deploy, and monitor resources for HPC/AI platforms.
• Documentation and knowledge sharing of tools and procedures.

Kenntnisse

HPC deployment

CI/CD tooling

Linux administration

Kubernetes

Terraform

Ansible

Networking

Ausbildung

Bachelor's degree in computer engineering or CS

Tools

ArgoCD

Terraform

Ansible

Kubernetes

Jobbeschreibung

Systems Engineer – Platform Automation

80%-100%, Lugano, fixed-term

The Swiss National Supercomputing Centre (CSCS) develops and operates a high-performance computing and data research infrastructure that supports world-class science in Switzerland. Its user laboratory is available to domestic and international researchers in academia, industry, and the business sector. The centre is operated by ETH Zurich and has offices at its data centre in Lugano and in Zurich.

For this position the work location is Lugano.

Project background

As high-performance computing, AI, and cloud technologies continue to converge; CSCS is redefining how advanced computational services are designed and delivered. Modern scientific and engineering workloads are no longer just large—they are complex, data-intensive, and highly diverse, pushing existing infrastructure to its limits.

We are offering a contract initially limited to two years, which will provide the opportunity to contribute to a fast-evolving AI landscape in which CSCS plays a key role and to support high-impact initiatives both nationally and internationally. This includes contributions to the Swiss AI Initiative and similar programs, such as lending support for the development and release of foundation models in the weather and climate domain.

The initial two-year contract could potentially be extended or even become permanent.

Job description

The main goal of this position is to develop and manage HPC/AI services on top of a multi-tenant infrastructure. As a Platform automation engineer, you will directly contribute to the design, implementation, maintenance, and documentation of platform services to support HPC and AI. Your work will directly enhance the overall system functionality and efficiency.

Main duties

• Investigating, troubleshooting, and debugging platform services and infrastructure resources
• Developing, maintaining, and supporting tools and pipelines to support platforms on a geographically redundant infrastructure
• Developing automations to provision, test, deploy, and monitor resources to support the needs of HPC and AI platforms
• Supporting, documenting, and sharing knowledge of tools, and procedur

Profile

You should have a bachelor’s or higher degree in computer engineering, computer science, a relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience.

You should have a sound knowledge of:

• Experience in the deployment of HPC, AI, or Cloud infrastructures
• Management of HPC/AI services to maximize utilization of compute, storage and high speed network components
• Working knowledge of automation tools and frameworks, including CI/CD processes and ecosystem
• Linux administration skills

Experience with the following is preferred, though there will be ample opportunities to learn and gain more experience with all of these skills on the job:

• Versioning systems and CI/CD workflows such as ArgoCD
• Debugging of microservices running on Kubernetes
• Performance monitoring and diagnostic tools for HPC/AI hardware
• Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform and Ansible

Personal qualities

• Self-motivated and proactive team player
• Strong communication skills or interest in developing them
• Strong problem-solving mindset with tolerance for uncertainty and change
• Understands user needs and works collaboratively to address them
• Adaptive and willing to learn new technologies with and from others
• Comfortable tackling complex or ambiguous problems
• Comfortable admitting when you don’t know, reaching out and leveraging the right expertise when needed

Project management and methodology

• Experience with working in self-organized teams
• Familiarity with Agile methodology
• Experience with test-driven development is a plus

We offer

We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive engineering team and particularly encourage applications from groups underrepresented in tech. If you are technically adept, curious, and eager to grow, we want to hear from you.

• Your job with impact: Become part of ETH Zurich, which not only supports your professional development, but also actively contributes to positive change in society
• You can expect numerous benefits, such as public transport season tickets and car sharing, a wide range of sports offered by the ASVZ, childcare and attractive pension benefits
• You can look forward to an exciting working environment, cultural diversity and attractive offers and benefits.
• We value the diversity of our team and, to further enhance the diversity of our workforce, we particularly encourage women to apply.

Curious? So are we.

Further information about CSCS can be found on our website. Questions regarding the position should be directed to Mark Klein, [e-mail] (no applications).

About ETH Zürich

ETH Zurich is one of the world’s leading universities specialising in science and technology. We are renowned for our excellent education, cutting-edge fundamental research and direct transfer of new knowledge into society. Over 30,000 people from more than 120 countries find our university to be a place that promotes independent thinking and an environment that inspires excellence. Located in the heart of Europe, yet forging connections all over the world, we work together to develop solutions for the global challenges of today and tomorrow.