System Engineer IT Services Directorate

Vacant positions - Job offers at the University of Fribourg

System Engineer

80 - 100% with the IT Services Directorate

• Ensure the operation, maintenance and development of the high-performance computing (HPC) infrastructure
• Participate in the development of IT services and platforms dedicated to AI for teaching and research
• Guarantee the performance, stability, security and optimisation of computing resources for scientific and artificial intelligence needs
• Deploy, configure and maintain servers, Linux systems, scientific libraries and software components necessary for research activities
• Administer storage systems, backups, quotas and high-performance network interconnections
• Define, implement and monitor security measures as well as the compliance of infrastructures and data
• Support research and teaching teams in the use of artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies
• Contribute to the development of institutional services and platforms dedicated to artificial intelligence for teaching and research.
• Provide scientific and technical support for projects requiring HPC, AI or specialised computing environments
• Deploy and maintain virtualised environments, virtual machines, containers and notebooks intended for research and teaching
• Collaborate with other teams of the IT Services Directorate to ensure the availability, security and performance of IT services
• Participate in technological watch in the fields of scientific computing, artificial intelligence and Linux infrastructures
• Write and maintain technical and user documentation

• Master's degree in computer science or equivalent qualification
• Experience in Linux system administration and scientific infrastructures
• Skills in scripting (Python, Bash or equivalent)
• Experience or good knowledge of HPC environments, computing clusters and CPU/GPU resource management
• Knowledge of virtualisation, containerisation technologies and computing environments for research
• Interest in artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies
• Ability to interact with researchers and teachers from various disciplines
• Service-oriented, autonomous, analytical mindset and ability to work in a team
• Fluency in French or German, with good knowledge of the other language, as well as proficiency in written and spoken English

• French
• with good knowledge of the other language

• 01.11.2026

Barinjaka Rakotomiaramanana

Barinjaka.rakotomiaramanana

25.09.2026