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Operations manager for the parallel computing and data analysis service (S-CAPAD)
Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris (IPGP) · Île-de-France · no closing date given
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1 Check the conditions You are here
Only contract workers can apply, not civil servants. No other condition, such as nationality, is stated in the text.
Category: Category A (executive)
Diploma: PhD or equivalent in mathematics, computing, information processing or networks.
Experience: Beginners accepted; experience in HPC system administration is a plus.
The profile they look for:
- Advanced Linux skills and system administration.
- Knowledge of Slurm or similar and high-performance storage.
- Good command of scientific programming languages (Fortran, C/C++, Python, etc.).
- Knowledge of parallel programming (MPI, OpenMP); GPU knowledge is a plus.
- Good technical English.
- Rigour, autonomy and good teamwork.
2 Résumé and cover letter
A one- or two-page résumé and a short cover letter that takes up the duties of the offer with your examples. If you are a civil servant, you are often asked for your latest status decision (arrêté) and your latest annual review reports.
3 Apply
No deadline given: the offer can be withdrawn at any time, do not wait.
Apply by email to the two contacts named in the official offer, with the subject line « Candidature – IR S-CAPAD ». Other forms of application will not be reviewed.
4 Interview and answer
If your application is shortlisted, the employer contacts you for an interview, often with two or three people. Prepare: why this job, your experience close to the duties, and your questions.
Good to know:
- Full-time. On-call duties possible.
- Occasional travel possible (juries, committees, training, missions).
- No remote work.
- The text also asks for a bac+5, while the minimum level shown is a doctorate.
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