Summer worker, IT Infrastructure ESS

Big Science Sweden; Lunds kommun; On-site; SEK 201,000 - 268,000; Full time

Job summary

ESS in Lund, Sweden invites a university student to join the IT Infrastructure & Operations group as a summer worker for 2 months, starting June 2026. The role focuses on supporting the Network team with supervised Wi-Fi surveys, documenting infrastructure, and maintaining inventory records on-site at ESS.

You will gain hands-on experience in IT infrastructure, network documentation, and asset management in an international environment, working closely with a mentor.

Qualifications

• Enrolled at university in Computer Science, Engineering, Electronics, Telecommunications or a related field.
• Interest in networking, IT infrastructure, inventory management or technical documentation.
• Familiarity with Linux, spreadsheets or databases; exposure to NetBox or scripting would be beneficial.
• Good written and oral English; minimum age 18.

Responsibilities

• Support the Network team with supervised Wi-Fi surveys across ESS office, instrument and campus areas.
• Collect, organise and review the resulting survey information.
• Update documentation of network racks and infrastructure in office rooms, instrument areas, server rooms and communications rooms.
• Maintain inventory records for reserve equipment, patch cables, fibre bundles, transceivers, switches, serial numbers and asset tags.
• Record physical network infrastructure using NetBox, scripts and related tools; perform quality checks.
• Report documentation gaps, stock discrepancies and other findings to the mentor or line manager.

Skills

Networking

IT infrastructure

Scripting basics

English communication

Education

University student in Computer Science / Engineering / Electronics / Telecommunications / Information Technology

Tools

NetBox

Linux

Spreadsheets

Job description

About the position

We are now looking to appoint a summer worker for the IT Infrastructure & Operations group in the IT division.

The IT Infrastructure & Operations group is responsible for managing and maintaining ESS data centres, private cloud infrastructure, servers and computing resources, storage and backup systems, network management, internet connectivity, wireless and mobile networks, identity and access management, and IT security.

As an IT Infrastructure summer worker, your main tasks will be to support the Network team with supervised Wi-Fi surveys across agreed ESS office, instrument and campus areas and to help collect, organise and review the resulting survey information.

You will also assist with updating documentation of network racks and associated infrastructure in office rooms, instrument areas, server rooms and communications rooms, as well as maintaining inventory records for reserve equipment, patch cables, fibre bundles, transceivers, switches, serial numbers and asset tags.

In addition, you will use NetBox, approved scripts and related documentation tools to record physical network infrastructure accurately, carry out quality checks on the collected information and report documentation gaps, stock discrepancies and other findings to the responsible mentor or line manager.

About you

A suitable background for this position would be:

• Enrolled at university in Computer Science, Engineering, Electronics, Telecommunications, Information Technology or a related field
• An interest in networking, IT infrastructure, hardware inventory management or technical documentation
• Familiarity with Linux, spreadsheets or databases, and exposure to NetBox or basic scripting would be beneficial
• Good written and oral communication skills in English
• Minimum age 18 years

We believe that you enjoy hands‑on technical work and collaborating with a variety of people in an international environment. You are structured, attentive to detail and comfortable following safety and access rules while working on‑site. We also value initiative, curiosity and a practical approach to solving problems and documenting what you find.

Duration and location

This is a summer work position of 2 months/8 weeks. Planned start date is June, 2026 or per agreement.

Your workplace is on‑site at ESS in Lund, Sweden.