IT Systems Engineer II in Edinburgh

Opportunity for Secondment to 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 AskBio's mission: to advance gene therapy and change the lives of patients around the world.

If you're 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 people's lives.

Our principles:

• Advance innovative science by pushing boundaries.
• Bring transformative therapeutics to patients in need.
• Provide an environment for employees to reach their fullest potential.

Our values:

• Be a Pioneer. We are not afraid of the impossible and to innovate to make gene therapies accessible to those in need.
• Cultivate Collaboration. Strive to be the best teammate, actively listen, openly communicate, and embrace diverse points of view.
• Embrace Responsibility. We are humbled by the enormity of our mission. We hold a relentless commitment to advance science and clinical outcomes for our patients, families, and caregivers.
• Raise the Bar. Continuously drive improvements and efficiencies. Seek and provide constructive feedback. Have a bias for learning and action.
• Act with Uncompromising Integrity. Be honest, transparent, and committed to doing what's right in every situation. Make clear commitments and follow through.

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

• Bachelor's 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, and 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.

AskBio Inc. (AskBio) is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status or any other protected status prohibited under Federal, State or local laws. All employment decisions are based on valid job‐related requirements.