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Tech­ni­sche Infor­ma­ti­ons­bi­blio­thek (TIB) - Universitätsbibliothek

As the German National Library of Science and Technology our future-oriented services ensure the infrastructural requirements for a high-quality supply of information and literature for research in science and industry. Our services as a university library secure the local supply for the Leibniz University Hannover.

TIB, being part of the Leibniz Research Association, is with around 600 employees one of the largest technical information centres in Germany, having three main functions:

  1. Acting in the capacity of the Leibniz Information Centre for Science and Technology, our forward-looking services secure the infrastructural requirements for providing researchers in science and industry with high-quality information and literature.
  2. Carrying out cutting edge research to further expand TIB’s role as a German information centre for the digitisation of science and technology.
  3. Offer library services for the Leibniz University Hannover.

Open-Source-Application Support Engineer / System Administrator (m/f/d)

Working field:

You will be working with Open Journal Systems (OJS), one of the leading free software systems for publishing journals and conference publications. Together with colleagues, you will participate in the further development of the software and implement new services into TIB’s OJS applications. Application support incorporates tasks of system administration nature to a lesser extent.

Your tasks
Maintenance of Open Journal Systems applications:

  • Administration and Configuration of OJS applications (PHP, Shell)
  • Modification of data and APIs for interoperability and exchange
  • Automation of processes (Ansible/Gitlab CI)
  • Implementation of security updates on Linux servers (Debian)

Development and Implementation of services for our customers:

  • Analysis of customer’s requirements
  • Conceptualization and development of solutions to fulfil the customer’s requirements in OJS (PHP), e. g. writing PHP unit tests and/or PHP scripts for data conversion, data import and data export
  • Providing technical consultation and guidance for internal and external editors of the OJS platform

Requirements:

  • University degree (Bachelor/FH-Diploma or equivalent), preferably in computer science or in a related field OR a minimum of three years of working experience
  • Good knowledge of PHP
  • Knowledge of development, adaption and configuration of web applications
  • Knowledge of Linux server administration
  • Communication and collaboration skills
  • Agile, goal- and solution-oriented approach with proven implementation skills

Desirable

  • Experience in Debian server administration
  • Experience in shell scripting
  • Experience with unit tests, Ansible and/or Gitlab
  • Good knowledge of the German language

What we offer:

At publishing services, employees work in different fields on the realisation of free access to scholarly information (Open Access). TIB supports your plans for professional and personal development, among others by facilitating exchange on organisational and technical questions in the network of digital services development. You will work in a small team with experienced OJS developers.

Furthermore, we offer

  • A job in the public service oriented towards the common good on the basis of the collective agreement for the public service of the German states (TV-L) with a salary in pay scale group 11 TV-L, provided that the requirements are met.
  • A special annual payment at the end of the year and 30 days of vacation per year with a five-day working week.
  • A flexible workplace in terms of time and space with offers for reconciling work and family life, such as mobile and remote work options as well as flexible working time models (flexitime).
  • A modern workplace in a central location of Hannover with a collegial, attractive and versatile working environment.
  • An employer with a wide range of internal and external further education and training measures, workplace health promotion and a supplementary pension scheme for the public sector (VBL).
  • Employee discount in the canteens of the Studentenwerk Hannover as well as the possibility to use the various offers of the University Sports Hannover at a discount.

We value the diversity of our employees and we deem an open, error-friendly and supportive working climate important.

If you are interested, questions regarding the position can be addressed to Marco Tullney, head of Publishing Services, by mail at maro.tullney@tib.eu or to Dulip Withanage, Open Access Platform Manager, by mail at dulip.withanage@tib.eu.

How to apply:

We look forward to receiving your application. To submit your application, please use our applicationform on our homepage at https://tib.eu/bewerbungsformular-42-2024eng.

Paper applications are also possible on an equal basis. In this case, please send your complete application documents with the subject 42/2024 before August 01, 2024 addressed to

Technische Informationsbibliothek (TIB)
Personalservice
Frau Julia Komnick
Welfengarten 1 B
30167 Hannover
Germany

or alternatively as a single PDF document file to bewerbung@tib.eu. For applications in digital from, please send a PDF file with a maximum size of 10 MB.