Your role

We are looking to recruit a Cloud Systems Analyst to work as a member of the Cloud Systems team in support of activities in all aspects related to the evolution, release, and deployment of our on-premises OpenStack and Proxmox Cloud environments.

ECMWF provides high quality on-premises Cloud Computing services to its Member States and internal users by providing state-of-the-art compute and object storage resources available in close proximity to the meteorological data archive and the existing HPC facilities.

The cloud services are based on two platforms, the Common Cloud Infrastructure (CCI) and the MCLOUD, both supported 24x7.

The CCI service consists of two OpenStack Clusters with approximately ten-thousand cores and two CEPH storage clusters of approximately six petabytes each. On these systems ECMWF runs a number of operational services such as the European Weather Cloud (http://europeanweather.cloud) and the new version of the Copernicus Data Stores (http://cds.climate.copernicus.eu) as well as many other internal and external projects.

The MCLOUD holds the virtual machines and processes that are critical to the delivery of our daily weather forecasts. The service is in the later stage of being migrated from vSphere to five Proxmox clusters.

Both platforms provide services for a growing number of AI ecosystems, like Anemoi, MLflow services, AIFS Assistant, and several Member States and internal AI workloads.

ECMWF is now looking for a qualified Cloud Systems Analyst to help support the Cloud platforms that power both services. ECMWF recognises that the role requires a broad skill set and offers training to help applicants develop any missing skills.

Your Responsibilities

You will

- Assist with the platform migration from vSphere to Proxmox
- Monitor, manage and optimize our on-premises Cloud solutions based on Proxmox and OpenStack, including CEPH and virtual networking, and optimize performance
- Collaborate with other sections and departments at ECMWF to ensure proper integration with our Cloud environments
- Use automation and AI tools to efficiently manage our Cloud environments
- Liaise with vendors, external partners and provide support to users for the collaborative support of our Clouds
- Work closely with Development teams in identifying and finding solutions to problems
- Participate in a 24/7 on-call system

What We Are Looking For

You will bring

- Ability to communicate with and understand complex requirements
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, listening to and respecting the views of others
- Good analytical and problem-solving skills with a proactive approach
- An interest in identifying, investigating and resolving technical problems
- The ability to work under pressure and with limited supervision
- The flexibility to adapt to changing organisational priorities and user needs
- Dedication and enthusiasm to work in a small team

Your profile Education & Experience

- University degree, or equivalent, in a discipline related to IT, science or mathematics
- Strong background in Linux based systems
- Strong background in Proxmox, OpenStack, Ceph and/or other Cloud technologies is a strong requirement with demonstratable experience
- Experience with vSphere would be advantageous




- Experience in configuring and scripting automation tools such as Ansible and Terraform. Experience with monitoring/visualizing stacks like ELK, Grafana, Prometheus/InfluxDB, Fluentd or similar would be advantageous

- Understand the complexities of the underlying IP fabric and related technologies which power a high bandwidth system would be advantageous
- Understanding and deploying Kubernetes would be an asset. Experience with Veeam Backup and Recovery would be advantageous

- Basic experience running AI/ML workloads locally or on cloud platforms, like Ollama or LMStudio, GPU-enabled services, or managed AI platforms, including familiarity with MCP for managing infrastructure, would be advantageous

Knowledge &

Skills

- Training opportunities are available to support the development of needed skills
- Candidates must be able to work effectively in English and interviews will be conducted in English. A good knowledge of one of the Centre’s other working languages (French or German) is an advantage but not required

If you feel that you have the motivation and many of the skills for this role but don't meet precisely all of the criteria listed above, we still encourage you to apply. About ECMWF The European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) is a world leader in Numerical Weather Predictions providing high-quality data for weather forecasts and environmental monitoring. As an intergovernmental organisation we collaborate internationally to serve our members and the wider community with global weather predictions, data and training activities that are critical to contribute to safe and thriving societies. The success of our activities depends on the funding and partnerships of our 35 Member and Co-operating States who provide the support and direction of our work. Our talented staff together with the international scientific community, and our powerful supercomputing capabilities, are the core of a 24/7 research and operational centre with a focus on medium and long-range predictions. We also hold one of the largest meteorological data archives in the world.

Our vision: World-leading monitoring and predictions of the Earth system enabled by cutting-edge physical, computational and data science, resulting from a close collaboration between ECMWF and the members of the European Meteorological Infrastructure, will contribute to a safe and thriving society

Our mission: Deliver global numerical weather predictions focusing on the medium-range and monitoring of the Earth system to and with our Member States In addition, ECMWF has established a strong partnership with the European Union and has been entrusted with the implementation and operation of the Destination Earth initiative and the Climate Change and Atmosphere Monitoring Services of the Copernicus Programme, as well as being a contributor to the Copernicus Emergency Management Service.



Other areas of work include High Performance Computing and the development of digital tools that enable ECMWF to extend provision of data and products covering weather, climate, air quality, fire and flood prediction and monitoring.

ECMWF is a multi-site organisation, with its headquarters in Reading, UK, a data centre in Bologna, Italy, and a large presence in Bonn, Germany as a central location for our EU-related activities. ECMWF is internationally recognised as the voice of expertise in numerical weather predictions for forecasts and climate science.

www.ecmwf.int

About Copernicus Copernicus.eu

About Destination Earth destine.ecmwf.int

Other Information

Grade remuneration: The successful candidates will be recruited according to the scales of the Co-ordinated Organisations. In addition to basic salary, ECMWF also offers an attractive benefits package. Information about working with us and full details of salary scales and allowances are available on the ECMWF website at: www.ecmwf.int/en/about/jobs/working-ecmwf.

Starting date: As soon as possible

Location: Bologna, Italy, or Reading, UK, with a strong preference for Bologna. (Candidates are expected to relocate to the duty station)

Hybrid working: As a multi-site organisation, ECMWF has adopted a hybrid organisation model which allows flexibility to staff to mix office working and teleworking. We allow for remote work 10 days/month away from the office, including up to 80 days/year away from the duty station country (within the area of our member states and co-operating states).

Interviews by videoconference (MS Teams) interviews will be conducted in English and are expected to take place approximately a month after the closing date.

Successful applicants and members of their family forming part of their households will be exempt from immigration restrictions.

If you require any special accommodations in order to participate fully in our recruitment process, please let us know. To contact the ECMWF Recruitment Team, please email [email protected].

Who Can Apply

Applicants are invited to complete the online application form by clicking on the apply button below.

At ECMWF, we consider an inclusive environment as key for our success. We are dedicated to ensuring a workplace that embraces diversity and provides equal opportunities for all, without distinction as to race, gender, age, marital status, social status, disability, sexual orientation, religion, personality, ethnicity and culture. We value the benefits derived from a diverse workforce and are committed to having staff that reflect the diversity of the countries that are part of our community, in an environment that nurtures equality and inclusion.

Applications are invited from nationals from ECMWF Member States and Cooperating States, listed below:

ECMWF Member and Co-operating States are: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Hungary, Germany, Georgia, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Montenegro, Morocco, the Netherlands, Norway, North Macedonia, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye and the United Kingdom.

In these exceptional times, we also welcome applications from Ukrainian nationals for this vacancy.

Applications from nationals from other countries may be considered in exceptional cases.

📌 Cloud Systems Analyst (Bologna)
🏢 European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF)
📍 Bologna