Scientist for energy efficient scientific IT infrastructures

For our location in Hamburg we are seeking:

Limited: 31.12.2026 | Starting date: earliest possible | ID: FHMA037/2023 | Deadline: 20.05.2024 | Full-time/Part-time

DESY, with more than 3000 employees at its two locations in Hamburg and Zeuthen, is one of the world's leading research centres. Its research focuses on decoding the structure and function of matter, from the smallest particles of the universe to the building blocks of life. In this way, DESY contributes to solving the major questions and urgent challenges facing science, society and industry. With its ultramodern research infrastructure, its interdisciplinary research platforms and its international networks, DESY offers a highly attractive working environment in the fields of science, technology and administration as well as for the education of highly qualified young scientists.

The DESY IT group offers general IT services for all DESY divisions, and operates large scale IT infrastructures for scientific data management and analysis for DESY and European-XFEL research.

The EU project "Research Facilities 2.0" aims at making large scientific infrastructures and institutes more sustainable. The methods developped and used within the project should also be of use outside of the project, and therefore have a large influence on society.

The overarching goal is to improve our understanding of the scope-2 emissions (mostly usage of electricity from non renewable resources), develop ways for their longterm, massive reduction, as well as a reducing scope-3 emissions using adequate operational models.
As one of two positions dedicated to the "Resarch Facilities 2.0" project, you are integrated into teams working on scientific computing within DESY IT while being in contact with other DESY groups as well as the other European partners of the project.