Ingénieur-e responsable du service virtualisation et cloud

About INRAE

INRAE, the French National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment, is a public research organization bringing together 12,000 employees in 272 units across 18 centers in France. As the world's leading organization specializing in agriculture, food, and the environment, INRAE plays a key role in supporting the necessary transitions to address global challenges.

Facing population growth, food security issues, climate change, resource scarcity, and biodiversity decline, INRAE is committed to developing scientific solutions and supporting the evolution of agricultural, food, and environmental practices.

Work Environment, Missions, and Activities

You will join the Information Systems Department (DSI) within the infrastructure service for data processing and management. This is a team of passionate engineers and technical experts who design and operate the digital infrastructures necessary for the scientific and support activities of the institute (dry hosting, storage, IaaS, PaaS, databases). This collective works closely with INRAE's research and support teams, as well as numerous academic and institutional partners, and specialized service providers.

The position is part of a context of increasing pooling of digital infrastructures, integrating both internal solutions and sovereign academic or commercial cloud offerings. In this context, the DSI is evolving its on-demand infrastructure and platform services to meet the needs of units and departments, while respecting national orientations in terms of cloud strategy and information system security.

The challenges of the position involve defining and managing the evolution trajectory of virtualization and cloud services, ensuring their robustness and security, and supporting users in adopting these solutions. You will play a key role in advice, expertise, and coordination within a demanding environment of constant technological evolution.

Responsibilities

In this context, you will be responsible for the following activities:

• Pilot the IaaS and PaaS offerings of the DSI: express needs, studies, evolutions, and integration into the DSI roadmap
• Maintain operational and security readiness, exploitability, and optimize long-term service exploitation
• Make architecture and solution choices consistent with the DSI and State policy
• Organize and conduct technological and partnership watch
• Contribute to the promotion of the service offering and support DSI teams and users in their usage
• Interact with numerous internal stakeholders and public or private partners within the framework of pooling projects
• Provide expertise and advice to DSI managers and teams
• Pilot security accreditation processes for information systems
• Manage your team (4 FTEs) resulting from the merger of two teams
• Report on work, risks, objectives, and resources implemented (budgets & HR)
• Ensure the quality of reference documents (inventories, maps, DAT, DEX, etc.)

The success of this competition qualifies for IT. The position opens up eligibility for an IT bonus as an analyst or project manager depending on experience.

Business trips in mainland France are to be expected depending on projects and service constraints. Work is frequently done by videoconference due to the geographical distribution of stakeholders. Interventions outside of working hours may be required exceptionally.

Qualifications

Education and Skills Sought

• A specialization in IT, systems, networks, or cloud infrastructure.
• Confirmed experience in managing cloud infrastructure projects, virtualization, or large-scale digital services, ideally in a multi-stakeholder or pooled environment.

Expected Skills

Know-how

• Excellent knowledge of cloud virtualization technologies (OpenStack, Proxmox, Vmware), storage (CEPH), and containerization (Kubernetes)
• Design and management of cloud architectures
• Good knowledge of hardware architectures, operating systems (Linux, Windows)
• Mastery of academic partner offerings and commercial clouds
• Implementation of information system security practices
• Implementation of automation (Python) and deployment (GitLab, Ansible, Terraform, Rundeck, ...). Advanced knowledge of systems, networks, storage, and backup infrastructures
• Knowledge of management and project management methods
• Writing and communication skills

Soft skills

• Ability to work transversally and with numerous internal and external stakeholders
• Sense of organization and priorities
• Autonomy
• Sense of responsibility
• Analytical and synthesis skills
• Interest in technological watch and innovation
• Relational and pedagogical qualities
• Reporting and formalization
• Team spirit

Your Quality of Life at INRAE

By joining INRAE, you benefit from:

• Up to 30 days of leave + 15 RTT per year (for full-time employees)
• Parental support: childcare vouchers, leisure benefits;
• Skills development programs: training, professional orientation advice;
• Social support: advice and listening, social aid and loans;
• Vacation and leisure benefits: holiday vouchers, preferential rate accommodation;
• Sports and cultural activities;
• Collective catering.

This position is to be filled through internal competitions.

These competitions are open to agents (civil servants and fixed-term/permanent contract employees) from the 3 branches of the civil service (State, territorial, hospital), public research institutions, military personnel, magistrates, agents employed by an intergovernmental international organization, or those who can demonstrate a period of service in an administration, organization, or institution of a Member State of the European Community or a State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area.

Candidates Must Be

• In service on the closing date for applications;
• And meet the seniority requirements (see candidate guide).

How to Apply

• Download the candidate guide Guide des candidats pdf - 2.4 Mo
• Note the profile number IR26-DSI-4-CE13 and the competition number IR-EFGJ-26
• Apply via the registration portal Espace d'inscription

Persons welcomed at INRAE, a public research institution, are subject to the provisions of the Civil Service Code, particularly concerning the obligation of neutrality and respect for the principle of secularism. As such, in the exercise of their duties, whether or not they are in contact with the public, they must not manifest their beliefs through their behavior or attire, whether religious, philosophical, or political. > Learn more: site fonction publique.gouv.fr