**Job Reference**:
- 10_26_OP_SA
**Position**:
- System Administrator - projects support
**Closing Date**:
- Sunday, 01 March, 2026
**Reference**: 10_26_OP_SA
**Job title**: System Administrator - projects support
**About BSC**
- The Barcelona Supercomputing Center - Centro Nacional de Supercomputación (BSC-CNS) is the leading supercomputing center in Spain. It houses MareNostrum, one of the most powerful supercomputers in Europe, was a founding and hosting member of the former European HPC infrastructure PRACE (Partnership for Advanced Computing in Europe), and is now hosting entity for EuroHPC JU, the Joint Undertaking that leads large-scale investments and HPC provision in Europe. The mission of BSC is to research, develop and manage information technologies in order to facilitate scientific progress. BSC combines HPC service provision and R&D; into both computer and computational science (life, earth and engineering sciences) under one roof, and currently has over 1000 staff from 60 countries.
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**Context And Mission**
- The Barcelona Supercomputing Center-Centro Nacional de Supercomputación (BSC-CNS) is looking for a systems engineer to join the BSC-CNS's Operations Department, specifically at the System administration team to work in the administration of Linux clusters and BSC IT services for the day-to-day work of the center.
**Key Duties**
- Installation, maintenance, update and resolution of issues related to IT services of the centre (mail, web, databases, servers, etc.)
- Configuration and administration of the different storage subsystems and backup system
- Configuration and administration of the BSC HPC & BSC Quantum supercomputing resources
- Configuration and administration of BSC cloud platforms (OpenStack, OpenNebula and Ovirt )
- Travel and assist project events or workshops
- Support to European projects, such as, Seanergies and others
**Requirements**:
- Education
- Degree in IT or similar
- Essential Knowledge and Professional Experience
- Knowledge and experience in system administration of Linux platforms (4 years minimum)
- Development in scripting will be a plus.
- Experience in managing HPC clusters will be a plus
- Additional Knowledge and Professional Experience
- Good level in English, both written and spoken
- Competences
- Initiative, responsibility and good organization skills
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Ability to work both independently and collaboratively in a diverse, multidisciplinary environment
**Conditions**
- The position will be located at BSC within the Operations Department
- We offer a full-time contract (37.5h/week), a good working environment, a highly stimulating environment with state-of-the-art infrastructure, versátil working hours, extensive training plan, restaurant tickets, private health insurance, support to the relocation procedures
- Duration: Open-ended contract due to technical and scientific activities linked to the project and budget duration
- Holidays: 22 days of holidays + 6 personal days + 24th and 31st of December per our collective agreement
- Starting date: asap
**Applications procedure and process**
- A full CV in English including contact details
- A cover/motivation letter with a statement of interest in English, clearly specifying for which specific area and topics the applicant wishes to be considered. Additionally, two references for further contacts must be included. Applications without this document will not be considered.
**Development of the recruitment process**
The selection will be carried out through a competitive examination system ("Concurso-Oposición"). The recruitment process consists of two phases:
- **Curriculum Analysis**: Evaluation of previous experience and/or scientific history, degree, training, and other professional information relevant to the position. - **_40 points_**:
The recruitment panel will be composed of at least three people, ensuring at least 25% representation of women.
The panel will make a final decision, and all individuals who participated in the interview phase will receive feedback with details on the acceptance or rejection of their profile.
At BSC, we seek continuous improvement in our recruitment processes. For any suggestions or comments/complaints about our recruitment processes, please contact recruitment [at] bsc [dot] es.
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**OTM-R principles for selection processes**
BSC-CNS is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion. We are pleased to consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or any oth