Temporaries Consultant

The Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety (BVL) is a modern service authority with a wide range of risk management tasks and offices in Braunschweig and Berlin.

Our primary goal is safe food for everyone and the protection of consumer health
To achieve this, we need your support as
in the field of IT infrastructure management for the development and expansion of a laboratory network

Organizational unit:
Unit 506 "Laboratory IT"

Duration of employment:
as soon as possible, temporary according to § TzBfG for a period of 36 months
E 1- E 13 TVöD Bund, tariff area West (possibly with IT allowance)

Scope of employment:
full-time or part-time

Unit 506 "Laboratory IT" has the task of providing the specialist departments of the BVL with scientific IT optimized for the laboratories and operating the necessary basic services.

The laboratory network is a heterogeneous IT landscape with different operating systems and various complex systems and devices, from control computers to IoT devices and NGS systems.

Responsibility for the further development and operation of the IT infrastructure of the science network and the basic services it contains
Development of IT infrastructure solutions, taking into account the necessary framework conditions (e.g. Evaluation of new technologies and their use for the expansion of the IT landscape, including solutions such as virtualization and automation
Project work from requirements analysis and planning of IT infrastructure technology to technical application and implementation
Technical coordination with external service providers and BVL representatives as well as internal departments
Ensuring the security and stability of the IT infrastructure landscape and the services operated within it
Documentation of technical decisions, changes and use of the IT infrastructure and services operated therein
Administration in direct IT operations (e.g. in monitoring or virtualization)
Completed university degree (Master's or university diploma) in the field of computer science, information technology or a comparable degree or comparable knowledge and skills
Several years of experience in the relevant job profile, e.g. in the operation of IT infrastructure, IT basic services
Very good German language skills (at least language level C1)
Good English language skills (at least language level B2)
Knowledge and experience in the field of virtualization of IT systems (e.g. with VMWare or OpenSource solutions)
Knowledge and experience in the field of IT automation (e.g. via Ansible for Linux and Microsoft)
Experience in the planning and further development of complex IT architectures
Experience in the operation of basic IT services (DHCP, DNS, resource management, etc.)
Experience with programming languages/script programming (e.g. Python, Bash, Powershell)
Knowledge of cloud services (e.g. Infrastructure-as-a-Service [IaaS], Software as a Service [SaaS])

With your application, you agree to an extended security check in accordance with Section 9 of the German Federal Security Check Act (SÜG).

Remuneration including annual special payment according to the collective agreement for the public service (TVöD) federal government (see e.g.

IT specialist allowance of up to €1,000 gross per month, provided you meet the necessary requirements
Company pension scheme (VBL), annual variable, performance-related pay for tariff employees and capital-forming benefits
work-life balance makes it possible to combine family, care and work:
many variations of part-time work are offered
Mobile working is largely possible
Flexible working hours between 06.30 days of vacation per year and days off on 24 and 31 December
BVL promotes equality between women and men.
In addition, BVL is committed to inclusion; applications from people with severe disabilities are therefore expressly encouraged. For information on the advertised position, please contact the Head of Unit, Mr. Data protection notice
BVL attaches great importance to the protection of your personal data. We would therefore be pleased if you would inform yourself about our data protection regulations.

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