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The PositionIT Infrastructure Engineer - RDT Hosting and Infrastructure (HI)
At Roche, we are advancing science to ensure everyone has access to the healthcare they need. Our Scientific Computing and Data Infrastructure team delivers cutting-edge computing environments and shared data services across global locations. We incubate, develop, and support next-generation solutions that empower our Research & Development (R&D) organizations to accelerate discovery.
In this role, you will embed directly within cross-functional product teams to deliver best-in-class scientific computing platforms in close partnership with our scientists and external service providers, bridging modern DevOps practices with life-saving research.
What You’ll Do:
- Support day-to-day operations and maintenance across our High Performance Storage (HPS) platforms and parallel file systems, helping ensure system availability, monitor performance and storage efficiency, and assist with structured change management.
- Apply a DevOps mindset to platform administration by utilizing automation tools, basic infrastructure-as-code, and CI/CD pipelines to build, update, and maintain reliable research environments alongside senior engineers.
- Partner closely with internal customers and key stakeholders across the entire service lifecycle - from initial inception and architecture design through deployment, steady-state operation, and iterative refinement.
- Collaborate with researchers to analyze and optimize scientific workflows and batch job submission patterns to maximize cluster utilization and throughput.
- Proactively identify, propose, and implement enhancements across technical systems, operational workflows, and team collaboration frameworks.
Who You Are:
- 1–3 years of experience, ideally within a multinational or fast-paced setting (healthcare or life sciences experience is a plus).
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, IT, Engineering, or a related field.
- Foundational knowledge of distributed storage and parallel file systems (e.g., GPFS, Lustre, BeeGFS).
- Working knowledge of Linux distributions (RHEL, CentOS, Rocky, or Ubuntu) and core command-line troubleshooting.
- Practical ability to write Bash scripts and basic Python for system automation; routine experience using Git.
- Hands-on exposure to at least one configuration or automation tool (e.g., Ansible, Terraform) and basic CI/CD concepts.
- Familiarity with HPC environments, batch job execution, or workload schedulers (e.g., Slurm, LSF).
- English Fluency.
Nice to have:
- Experience with monitoring systems (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Nagios).
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Who we are
A healthier future drives us to innovate. Together, more than 100’000 employees across the globe are dedicated to advance science, ensuring everyone has access to healthcare today and for generations to come. Our efforts result in more than 26 million people treated with our medicines and over 30 billion tests conducted using our Diagnostics products. We empower each other to explore new possibilities, foster creativity, and keep our ambitions high, so we can deliver life-changing healthcare solutions that make a global impact.
Let’s build a healthier future, together.
Roche is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Skills Required
- 1-3 years of professional experience, ideally in a multinational or fast-paced environment
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field
- Foundational knowledge of distributed storage and parallel file systems, such as GPFS, Lustre, or BeeGFS
- Working knowledge of Linux distributions, including RHEL, CentOS, Rocky Linux, or Ubuntu
- Core command-line troubleshooting experience
- Ability to write Bash scripts and basic Python for system automation
- Routine experience using Git
- Hands-on experience with at least one configuration or automation tool, such as Ansible or Terraform
- Basic knowledge of CI/CD concepts
- Familiarity with HPC environments, batch-job execution, or workload schedulers such as Slurm or LSF
- English fluency
- Experience with monitoring systems such as Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, or Nagios
Roche Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Roche and has not been reviewed or approved by Roche.
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Retirement Support — U.S. materials describe a 401(k) with both matching and an additional company contribution, supported by formal plan documents and true‑up features. This structure is positioned as a standout element of the total package, particularly at Genentech.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time‑off provisions include substantial vacation, a year‑end shutdown, and a paid six‑week sabbatical after six years. These elements indicate a recharge‑oriented approach within the U.S. offering.
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Healthcare Strength — Company materials emphasize comprehensive medical, dental, vision, and mental‑health resources alongside well‑being programs. Benefits pages consistently highlight breadth across core health coverage elements.
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What We Do
Roche is a global pioneer in pharmaceuticals and diagnostics focused on advancing science to improve people’s lives. The combined strengths of pharmaceuticals and diagnostics under one roof have made Roche the leader in personalised healthcare – a strategy that aims to fit the right treatment to each patient in the best way possible. Roche is the world’s largest biotech company, with truly differentiated medicines in oncology, immunology, infectious diseases, ophthalmology and diseases of the central nervous system. Roche is also the world leader in in vitro diagnostics and tissue-based cancer diagnostics, and a frontrunner in diabetes management. Founded in 1896, Roche continues to search for better ways to prevent, diagnose and treat diseases and make a sustainable contribution to society. The company also aims to improve patient access to medical innovations by working with all relevant stakeholders. Thirty medicines developed by Roche are included in the World Health Organization Model Lists of Essential Medicines, among them life-saving antibiotics, antimalarials and cancer medicines. Roche has been recognised as the Group Leader in sustainability within the Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology & Life Sciences Industry ten years in a row by the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI).
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