**Who are we looking for?**
We are looking for a highly motivated, enthusiastic, empathic person, with passion for research and desire to learn and explore new technologies, aiming at significantly improving her or his professional career in a stimulating environment and within a dynamic and internationally recognized research group.
- Fault management and maintenance of rackmount and desktop servers, with Windows and Linux OS, as well as network electronics equipment.
- Acquisition of expendable material for the replacement and update of hardware components (e.g. memory expansion, motherboards, disks, power supplies).
- Rack installation and labelling of new equipment, including start-up, and connection to the management network of ADRENALINE.
- Installation and regular updates of the operating systems and software.
- Configuration and maintenance of network electronics equipment (e.g., Cisco packet switches with IOS).
- Installation and management of server monitoring tools (e.g. Prometheus).
- Research on DC infrastructure management software.
- Maintenance and update of the various equipment databases (e.g. inventory with technical equipment sheets, failure/maintenance tickets, VLANs and IP address list, diagrams of rack deployment, Wiki).
- Creation of image and backup repositories for servers and network equipment.
- Market study of components and equipment to be purchased for research. Assistance to purchase/reception of new equipment.
- Support in the development and installation of prototypes of electro/optical transmission systems for the packet/optical transport network of ADRENALINE (e.g., microcontroller/microprocessor programming, chassis machining).
- Help with the repair of electro/optical transmission systems equipment/prototypes (e.g., fault diagnosis, components replacement) in ADRENALINE.
- Preparation of setups for experimental demonstrations.
- Support in the organization of events.
**What do we offer?**:
- Research position in the framework of the Spanish project (MICIU) RELAMPAGO (PID2021-127916OB-I00-9), with duration till 31/08/2025.
- Full-time contract: 7,5 h/day. Flexibility
- Expected professional category**: R1**
***:
- Tenure track: Career progression with possibility of stabilization trough a permanent structural contract
- Prospect start date: November 2024
- Continuous training, access to lab facilities, state of the art infrastructure and polyvalent working spaces, participation in scientific events and R&D; projects, complementary skills development.
- Possibility to enroll in a Phd Program (Phd fees paid by CTTC)
- Professional career promotion in case to obtain PhD
- **We have great benefits for employees**:
- Paid time off: vacation (33 working days per year), holidays, sick and parental leave and more
- Up to 3 days of Telework per week (2 fixed + 1 upon request). Other requests may be studied to accommodate special needs.
- Versátil working hours for work-life balance
- Tax-free optional benefits: restaurant ticket, nursery ticket, transport pass, private health insurance for employees and family.
- Career path promotion (either professional category and/or annual gross salary)
- Annual productivity upon performance
- Possibility to complement the salary with personal grants
**Qualifications and Experience**
- We are looking for a highly motivated, enthusiastic, energetic person, aiming at significantly improving his or her career perspectives in both public and private sectors. The successful applicant should have the competencies of R1 category.
- **Required qualification/skills/ experience**:
- Applicants must have a MSc degree in Telecommunications, Electronic Engineering, Computer Science or a closely related field.
- English skills.
- Ability to work autonomously and be an excellent team player.
- Experience in administration of operating systems and in computer hardware.
- Experience with network electronics equipment.
- Experience with rack deployment.
- **Other skills that are valuable, but not mandatory are**:
- Testbed maintenance/upgrade.
- Experience with prototypes assembly.
- Programming skills (e.g., C, Python) for microprocessors/microcontrollers.
Even if you do not meet all the requirements, we encourage you to apply.
**How to apply?**
- A complete CV, including a list of publications and the contact details of two potential referees
- MSc degree
CVs and any other information gathered during this process will be handled confidentially
**Who are we?**
- The Center Tecnològic de Telecomunicaciones de Catalunya (CTTC) is a non-profit **public sector** research institution dedicated to fundamental and applied research activities, focused mainly on technologies related to the physical, data link and network layers of communication systems and Geomatics.
- CTTC received the “HR Excellence in Research” award in 2015 from the European Commission and successfully passed into the Award Renewal phase in 2023. This is a recognition of the Insti