IT Systems Engineer II

Opportunity for Secondment to AskBio

Were pleased to share an exciting secondment opportunity at AskBio.

This role is available for a time period to be determined by leadership at both Bayer and AskBio. While most assignments range from one to two years the exact duration will be based on business needs and mutual agreement.

This secondment offers a unique chance to broaden your experience expand your knowledge and contribute meaningfully to AskBios mission: to advance gene therapy and change the lives of patients around the world.

If youre interested in exploring this opportunity we encourage you to:

• Speak with your direct manager to discuss your interest and alignment with your development goals.

• Apply directly using the link provided in the posting.

We look forward to seeing how our colleagues continue to grow and make an impact across the Bayer-AskBio partnership.

Our vision: Pioneering science to create transformative molecular medicines.

Our mission: Lead innovative science and drive clinical outcomes to transform peoples lives.

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Position Summary

We are seeking an experienced IT Systems Engineer to oversee operate and continuously improve our IT infrastructure across the EU & UK regions. This role serves as the regional technical owner for on-premises data center and cloud infrastructure supporting enterprise and scientific workloads including GPU-accelerated high-performance computing (HPC) and containerized platforms.

The position is primarily based in Scotland with periodic travel to Germany and other EU locations as required. The ideal candidate is hands-on comfortable operating headless infrastructure (Linux-first API-driven systems) and experienced in running modern hybrid environments including Kubernetes-based platforms and AWS.

Job Responsibilities

• Act as the primary infrastructure owner for EU-based environments including data centers offices and cloud integrations.

• Design deploy and operate enterprise scientific and compute-intensive infrastructure including servers storage networking and virtualization.

• Support and maintain Linux-based headless infrastructure prioritizing automation reliability and reproducibility.

• Operate and optimize GPU-enabled and HPC environments including capacity planning performance tuning and hardware lifecycle management.

• Support containerized platforms (e.g. Kubernetes) used for data processing analytics and scientific workloads.

• Build and operate hybrid infrastructure integrating on-premises systems with AWS including GPU-capable and container-native services.

• Collaborate with global IT research data and security teams to align infrastructure with organizational standards and scientific needs.

• Ensure infrastructure meets availability performance security and compliance requirements particularly in regulated or research-driven environments.

• Lead or contribute to infrastructure initiatives such as data center upgrades cluster expansions cloud migrations and platform modernization efforts.

• Provide Tier 3/4 operational support for complex infrastructure issues and participate in escalation or on-call rotations as required.

• Maintain clear actionable documentation for architectures platforms and operational procedures.

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Information Technology or related field with at least 2 years related work experience OR High School diploma with at least 6 years related work experience

• Proven experience supporting enterprise or data center infrastructure in production environments

• Experience in AWS & cloud-based technologies

• Strong hands-on experience with Linux systems administration (RHEL Ubuntu or equivalent)

• Experience operating headless infrastructure including API-driven platforms and containerized environments

• Experience supporting GPU-accelerated or HPC workloads

• Hands-on experience with AWS (highly preferred) including EC2 VPC IAM storage monitoring and container or GPU services

• Strong troubleshooting skills across hardware OS network and cloud layers.

• Experience supporting multi-site or regional environments

• Willingness to travel within Europe including Germany as required

• Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate with both technical and non-technical stakeholders

• Self-directed organized and comfortable taking regional ownership of critical infrastructure

Solid understanding of:

• Server platforms and enterprise hardware

• Virtualization technologies (VMware KVM or similar)

• Enterprise storage and backup systems

• Networking fundamentals (routing switching firewalls)

Preferred Education Experience and Skills

• Experience with Kubernetes or similar container orchestration platforms

• Familiarity with HPC schedulers (e.g. Slurm or equivalent)

• Experience with GPU platforms (e.g. NVIDIA) and performance optimization for compute workloads

• Exposure to infrastructure automation scripting or Infrastructure-as-Code tools

• Experience in regulated scientific or research-focused environments (e.g. life sciences biotech)

• Working knowledge of infrastructure security best practices for Linux data center and cloud platforms

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