Research IT Specialist

The Botnar Institute of Immune Engineering (BIIE) is a nonprofit research institute focusing on developing translational solutions for treatment prevention and diagnostics of diseases relevant in global child & adolescent health. We are looking for an Research IT Specialist to design implement and manage our IT infrastructure to enable cuttingedge immune engineering research.

Tasks

Key responsibilities:

• Close collaboration with ETH Zurich IT team: Manage our access to their infrastructure and services.
• IT Infrastructure Management: Oversee and optimize the institutes IT infrastructure including hardware software and cybersecurity systems.
• Software Management: Select procure deploy and maintain software essential for research.
• Cloud Infrastructure Expertise: Leverage cloudbased solutions to enhance efficiency scalability and costeffectiveness.
• IT Procurement: Conduct thorough research and procure IT hardware software and cloud services.
• IT Support: Provide technical support to researchers addressing BIIEspecific ITrelated inquiries and issues promptly.

Requirements

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Information Technology or a related field.
• Proven experience in IT infrastructure management and support.
• Strong knowledge of hardware software networking and cybersecurity concepts.
• Proficiency in cloud computing platforms especially Azure.
• Excellent problemsolving and troubleshooting skills.
• Ability to communicate effectively with both technical and nontechnical stakeholders in English.

The Botnar Institute of Immune Engineering (BIIE) is a newly founded nonprofit research organization aiming to become a world leading research institute for the advanced study of immunological systems with a mission to develop translational solutions for the diagnosis treatment and prevention of disease. The scientific foundation of the BIIE and the broader field of Immune Engineering is based on the intersection of three interdisciplinary subdomains: (i) systems immunology (ii) synthetic immunology and (iii) computational immunology. The BIIE will serve as a hub for multidisciplinary science by uniting people with diverse expertise in immunology biomedicine bioengineering systems and synthetic biology computational biology artificial intelligence and machine learning. As part of the mission of BIIE to make a lasting impact it will dedicate significant efforts in training earlystage researchers in this unique multidisciplinary environment thus enabling them to become future leaders in Immune Engineering.