Universität Rostock | Germany | 1xxx Rostock | Permanent position | Part time - flexible / Home office | Published since: 30.09.2026 on stepstone.de
IT Architect for Research Data Management, IT Security and High-Performance Computing (m/f/d)
The University of Rostock offers you a diverse, varied and demanding activity in a traditional yet innovative, modern and family-friendly university in a lively city by the sea. In the IT and media center, we occupy the following place, subject to budgetary regulations: IT-Architekt (m/w/d)
With your work, you create the technical basis for research at the University of Rostock to work safely, efficiently and in a sustainable manner. They enable the handling of large research data, computation-intensive simulations and AI applications and at the same time help us to use research data in the long term and to keep IT infrastructure safe. Your solutions work beyond individual systems: They design central infrastructures that researchers and scientific institutions of various disciplines rely on – from data storage to high-performance computing to IT security. We offer attractive remuneration, flexible family-friendly working hours, day-by-day mobile work, regular training opportunities and a pleasant working environment in a motivated team. With the setting from 15. November 2026 can be incorporated in parallel. If this is not possible for you, the latest start of setting is 01. January 2027. .
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Your tasks • Your profile • What we offer
You build and operate the infrastructure that securely stores data, enables computation-intensive analyses and minimizes IT risks and thus create the technical basis for research and teaching. This means: Design, operate and develop central IT services for research and science Building and operating a scalable object storage platform (NetApp StorageGRID) as a technical foundation of research data management (FDM) Developing sustainable storage, archiving and data lifecycle concepts (ILM) for research data Support scientific institutions for safe, structured and long-term use of data
Participation in building and operating a Security Operations Center (SOC)Monitoring and analyzing safety-relevant events Developing detection rules, use cases and security processes Support for incident repository operations and continuous improvement of IT security architecture
Designing and operating high-performance computing platforms (HPC) for scientific simulations, AI models and data-intensive analysesAdminise, optimize and develop existing HPC infrastructures and cluster services
Evaluate new technologies and create technical concepts and contribute to the strategic development of research and IT infrastructure
completed academic studies (master, diploma or similar) of computer science, technical computer science, economic informatics or a related study programme; Alternatively, a university degree (Bachelor, Diplom FH or comparable) in combination with multiannual, relevant activity in the fields of storage, HPC, FDM and/or IT security good knowledge and practical experience in at least one of the following areas:Research data management / long-term archiving and object storage Storage technologies (ideally NetApp StorageGRID) IT security infrastructures, security monitoring or SOC processes Server Administration (Linux/Windows), Scripting and Automation
Experiences with:NetApp StorageGRID - SIEM/SOAR or other security monitoring tools are desirable FDM systems (e.g. invenio) or comparable solutions HPC environments, distributed computing and cluster systems the creation of project applications and tenders
You also bring with them: team and communication skills as well as the willingness to interdisciplinary cooperation Joy in working in other technologies and topics and developing solutions together with research and IT analytical and conceptual skills as well as an independent and structured way of working very good knowledge of German and good English in word and writing
Flexible working time 30 days of year Annual special payment/Occupational pension Family office Health Management & Higher Education Welcome Center Training opportunities (IT, languages, continuing training) Cycling leasing Mensa - Employee rate 24. & 31.12. unemployed Welcome day Staff parking Mobile work
Location
 | Universität Rostock | |
| 18059 Rostock | ||
| Germany |
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