IT System Administrator / SysAdmin (all genders) - Audio and Media Technologies

The »Audio and Media Technologies« division of the Fraunhofer IIS in Erlangen has been developing standards in audio and image technologies for over 30 years. Our division is seeking support for managing networks, computer clusters, AI systems, and demo setups for trade shows. You will act as a bridge between the centralized IT department and the researchers in our division.

• Innovative Audiovisual Worlds: You administer and configure IT systems for audio and video processing.
• Showcasing Technology: You set up demo systems with Windows, Linux, and Mac OS.
• Storing the Future: You manage audio and video storage systems that safeguard our breakthroughs.
• Intelligent Infrastructure: You manage AI systems, compute clusters, and cloud connection infrastructure.
• Choosing the Right Tools: You identify, evaluate, and select new computing devices.
• Empowering Research: Whether it’s research-specific hardware and software, workflows, specialized tools, or computing resources, you support scientists in a wide range of IT questions for research projects.
• Building the Foundation: You sustain build environments and developer platforms.
• Streamlining Development: You maintain the CI/CD infrastructure.

• Our institute culture: We want our colleagues to feel comfortable. Therefore, we constantly strive to ensure a friendly and supportive working atmosphere within our international team.
• Exciting activities: With customers and partners across the globe, we provide an attractive working environment in a highly innovative key industry with exciting ventures and new experiences.
• Personal development: With top-of-the-range company equipment and regular training, we aim to provide the best possible working conditions and development opportunities for our colleagues.
• We take your needs seriously: We support your work-life balance by offering flexible working hours and hybrid work. However in critical moments or in preparation of trade shows we expect strong commitment.
• Free parking, EV charging stations, covered bike racks, and showers on-site.
• A subsidized Deutschlandticket, with bus stops directly in front of the institute.
• Access to our corporate health management program, including offers like yoga classes, running groups, and relaxation seminars.

Fraunhofer is not only the largest organization for application-oriented research in Europe – we are also considered a top employer! 

The position is initially limited to 2 years with the aim to extend it subsequently. The weekly working hours are 39 hours. 

We value and promote the diversity of our employees' skills and therefore welcome all applications - regardless of age, gender, nationality, ethnic and social origin, religion, ideology, disability, sexual orientation and identity. Appointment, remuneration, and social security benefits are based on the German public-sector collective wage agreement (TVöD).

With its focus on developing key technologies that are vital for the future and enabling the commercial utilization of this work by business and industry, Fraunhofer plays a central role in the innovation process. As a pioneer and catalyst for groundbreaking developments and scientific excellence, Fraunhofer helps shape society now and in the future.