ITS Research Officer at Queen Mary University of London
Job Description
About the Role
This is an IT Services role embedded within the School of the Electronic Engineering and Computer Science. The post holder will provide an overall view of IT systems provision and requirements for research in the School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science and will oversee its implementation and support. A significant amount of the post holder’s time will be spent supporting projects associated with the School’s research groups’ activities in Computer Science and Electronic Engineering. The post holder will also be responsible for all aspects of ethics and information security relating to computer systems and networks within the School. They will work closely with our Campus Support IT teams embedded within the School and the rest of the IT Services Research team.
About You
Applications are invited for a motivated and committed IT engineer to support the researchers of the School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science. The successful candidate will manage the Linux and network infrastructure within the academic school and liaise with colleagues in IT Services on promotion and development of current and future services.
Applicants must have an undergraduate degree in Telecommunications/Computer Science/Electronic Engineering. It is essential for candidates to have considerable experience in Linux systems administration as well as expertise in computer networking and programming in Python, Perl or Bash. Some experience in working in a research environment would be desirable.
About the School
Researchers in the School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science work with the arts and sciences collaborating with psychologists, biologists, musicians and actors, mathematicians, medical researchers, dentists and lawyers. As a multidisciplinary School, we are well known for our pioneering research and pride ourselves on our world-class projects.
IT Services is the Professional Services department of the University that is responsible for the provision of all IT-related services operating both as a central and devolved team. This includes a clear focus on cutting edge solutions and services for the QMUL researcher community including High Performance Computing, multi-petabyte data storage, software engineering and systems that support clinical trials.
About Queen Mary
At Queen Mary University of London, we believe that a diversity of ideas helps us achieve the previously unthinkable.
Throughout our history, we’ve fostered social justice and improved lives through academic excellence. And we continue to live and breathe this spirit today, not because it’s simply ‘the right thing to do’ but for what it helps us achieve and the intellectual brilliance it delivers.
We continue to embrace diversity of thought and opinion in everything we do, in the belief that when views collide, disciplines interact, and perspectives intersect, truly original thought takes form.
Benefits
We offer competitive salaries, access to a generous pension scheme, 30 days’ leave per annum (pro-rata for part-time/fixed-term), a season ticket loan scheme and access to a comprehensive range of personal and professional development opportunities. In addition, we offer a range of work life balance and family friendly, inclusive employment policies, campus facilities and flexible working arrangements.
Queen Mary’s commitment to our diverse and inclusive community is embedded in our appointments processes. Reasonable adjustments will be made at each stage of the recruitment process for any candidate with a disability. We are open to considering applications from candidates wishing to work flexibly.
Valuing Diversity & Committed to Equality