Data engineer for the Research Data Management team – DTU Biosustain

If you are a skilled and talented data engineer with experience in cloud infrastructure, and you are looking to make a difference working on projects that will have impact on world level challenges, this position is tailored to you! 

Your work will be an essential part of multiple initiatives towards the development of new environmentally friendly products, cleaner and more sustainable manufacturing and farming processes, new medical treatments, and richer biodiversity and ecosystems. You will be responsible for designing, developing, and implementing new analytical and machine learning tools that will help to interpret complex multimodal data, and you will do it in collaboration with top research scientist in the field and in an international, motivating, flexible, supportive, and friendly environment at a leading research and education institution in Europe.

The job
You will be engaged in a variety of tasks including, but not limited to:

• Design, build, and maintain data pipelines
• Develop and optimize ELT (Extract, Load, Transform) processes, and ensure data integrity
• Collaborate with the Data Science team and researchers to understand their requirements and translate these into a technical specification and model design
• Maintenance for our Azure datalake infrastructure
• Providing support for our Azure cloud users
• Monitor and promote best practices for Azure resource usage
• Documenting infrastructure-related solutions and guidelines
• Teach Azure-related courses to our researchers in the CFB

Our expectations of you
We hope that you have several of the following qualifications and willingness to learn more as you go:

• A Master’s or PhD degree within Computer Science, Software Engineering or similar
• Some years of relevant work experience
• Expertise in cloud environments (we use Microsoft Azure)
• Good working knowledge of Python, Jira, Docker, Git, and GitHub. 
• Database programming (e.g. PostgreSQL, MySQL)
• Experience with agile project management.
• Familiarity with workflow management systems (we use Nextflow)
• Curious, proactive, motivated and able to work independently 

What we offer in return

• Flexibilityin your working hours and in your tasks
• Continuous education and development
• Social activities both at center and team level
• Being part of a world-class research center focused on tackling sustainability challenges using biology

Salary and appointment terms
The appointment will be based on the collective agreement with the Danish Confederation of Professional Associations or other relevant collective agreement. The salary will be agreed upon with the relevant union. 

Application and contact
Please submit your online application no later than 18 September 2024.  Open the “Apply now” link, fill out the form and attach your motivated application, CV and exam certificates. 

If you have any questions, you are very welcome to contact Konstantinos Tsirigos, Head of the Research Data Management Team at [email protected]  , or +4520916327.

We will review the applications on a rolling basis and might fill the position prior to the deadline'.

Applications received after the deadline will not be considered.

All interested candidates irrespective of age, gender, race, disability, religion or ethnic background are encouraged to apply.

At DTU Biosustain you will be surrounded by a very international group of world-class scientists, subject matter experts and software engineers. We develop the next generation (bio) technology using synthetic biology techniques. We create novel methods and technologies as a foundation for development of new environment friendly products, better and less energy consuming manufacturing processes, new medical treatments, climate friendly farming, etc. In other words, we try to solve some of the biggest challenges in the history of mankind, and you will get the chance to add your personal mark to this.

Technology for people
DTU develops technology for people. With our international elite research and study programmes, we are helping to create a better world and to solve the global challenges formulated in the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals. Hans Christian Ørsted founded DTU in 1829 with a clear mission to develop and create value using science and engineering to benefit society. That mission lives on today. DTU has 13,500 students and 6,000 employees. We work in an international atmosphere and have an inclusive, evolving, and informal working environment. DTU has campuses in all parts of Denmark and in Greenland, and we collaborate with the best universities around the world.