Area of research:
Technik
Starting date:
18.07.2025
Job description:
GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung in Darmstadt operates one of the leading particle accelerators for science. Currently, the new FAIR (Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research), one of the world‘s largest research projects, will be built in international cooperation. GSI and FAIR offer the opportunity to work together in this international environment with a team of employees committed to ensure each day to conduct world-class science.
For the department „Information-Technology (IT)“ at the devision „FAIR Site & Buildings (FSB)“ we are looking for an
IT-administrator / Support (all genders)
Posting ID: 25.77-5720
as soon as possible.
The demanding and responsible task of the IT administrator include supporting a CAD IT infrastructure as well as technical support for users from the "FAIR Site & Buildings" department, as the client and the commissioned construction companies.
Your tasks:
* Support and maintenance of the CAD IT infrastructure
* Administration and support of databases & software for construction site operations
* Administration, installation, configuration and operation of Windows servers and client operating systems
* Independent analysis and independent processing of incoming support and service requests in the areas of CAD, MS Office, client operating system
* Error analysis and own development of solutions
* Regular documentation of processes and workflows
* Creating statistics and reports
* General administration, maintenance and further development of the Microsoft IT infrastructure for approx. 3000 client systems and 2000 users in a constantly evolving and heterogeneous IT environment.
Your profile:
* Completed training in the field of information technology or similar
* Several years of operational professional experience in an IT-related field (e.g. IT service management, customer support, service desk, helpdesk, IT administration or a comparable activity)
* Professional experience as a system administrator
* Secure administration of current Windows operating systems (Windows 10) and troubleshooting
* Basic knowledge of Active Directory, MS Office, Ethernet networks, database applications and CAD software in the construction sector
* Good communication skills and a strong service mentality
* Willingness to learn and ability to work in a team
* Fluent communication in German is a prerequisite
* Good written and spoken English skills desirable.
We offer you a versatile, varied and challenging job with interesting tasks. GSI also offers various options for balancing family and career, mobile working, company health management services, company social counseling services, personal training and qualification opportunities, a job ticket and supplementary pension benefits.
A pronounced interest in actively helping to shape administrative processes in a research company rounds off the profile. The position is limited to 2 years. The salary is based on the collective agreement TVöD (Bund) applicable at FAIR.
GSI promotes the professional development of women and welcomes women who feel particularly addressed by this advertisement.
Qualified applicants with a disability will be given preference.
For further information, please contact Mr Fraiss (M.Fraiss(at)gsi.de).
For more information about FAIR and GSI, please visit and
If you consider the described field of activity as a personal challenge and are interested in working in an extraordinary international, strongly technical environment, please send your complete application documents including your salary expectations and your earliest possible starting date, quoting the posting number 25.77-5720, by 15.08.2025 at the latest:
Preferably via the online portal on our careers page,
Online-Bewerbungsportal
GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH
Abteilung Personalmanagement
Planckstraße 1
64291 Darmstadt
This research center is part of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers. With more than 42,000 employees and an annual budget of over € 5 billion, the Helmholtz Association is Germany's largest scientific organisation.
Company
The Helmholtz Association contributes to solving major challenges to assure the future of our society. With more than 47.500 people on staff in 18 national Research Centers and an annual budget of more than 6 billion euros, the Helmholtz Association is Germany’s largest scientific organization. The name Helmholtz stands for concerted research, in which networks form the key principle behind inquiring thought and action.
The profile of the Helmholtz Association
The Helmholtz Association performs cutting-edge research which contributes substantially to solving the grand challenges of science, society and industry. To succeed in meeting these responsibilities, Helmholtz concentrates its work in six research fields: Energy, Earth and Environment, Health, Information, Matter, as well as Aeronautics, Space and Transport. Within each of these fields, research programs are developed by our scientists and regularly evaluated by renowned international experts. Their evaluation forms the basis for the program-oriented funding that is allocated to Helmholtz research. Within the six research fields, Helmholtz scientists cooperate with each other and with external partners – working across disciplinary, organizational and national borders.
Moreover, Helmholtz specializes in large-scale research infrastructures – from accelerator facilities, earth observation satellites, research ships to supercomputers. They form the basis for scientific advances in tackling global societal challenges. Managing national research infrastructure is part of the Helmholtz Association's mission.
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Helmholtz scientists, a high-performance infrastructure and modern and efficient research management are the ingredients to the Helmholtz Association‘s success and global impact.
Promoting young researchers is a major priority for the Helmholtz Association. Its qualification schemes for young researchers are geared mainly towards PhD students, postdocs and young managers. The Helmholtz Association has set high standards for its talent management. Its strategy begins with targeted recruitment of highly qualified staff at all levels, followed by comprehensive support aimed at further developing their potential. Ensuring equal opportunities is an essential element in all talent management activities undertaken by the Helmholtz Association.
The Helmholtz Graduate Schools and Research Schools at almost all Helmholtz Centers provide doctoral students with the general and specific skills and training they need, as well as ample opportunity to network. The period following a doctorate is decisive in determining the direction and success of a scientific career. For this reason, we established Career Development Centers for postdoctoral researchers in the Helmholtz Centers. This equips young researchers with the skills they need to go on to head a Helmholtz Investigator Group, for example. As an Investigator Group leader, junior scientists can independently set up their own group to conduct research in their specialist field and acquire management skills.
Within its talent management strategy, the Helmholtz Association pays special attention to the increased recruitment of talented female scientists both from Germany and abroad. To this end, there are currently two funding programs supporting this policy: and Helmholtz Distinguished Professorship – Funding for the recruitment of leading international female scientists (W3) .
The increasing complexity of the content, structures and framework conditions of scientific work today requires researchers to organize their projects, their employees and, of course, themselves in a highly professional and effective way. In response to these demands, we have set up the Helmholtz Leadership Academy to provide leaders in science with professional management training. Furthermore, the Helmholtz network provides a platform for the alumni of the Helmholtz Leadership Academy to come together and share their experiences of leadership, career development and lifelong learning.
All of this combined makes the 18 Research Centers of the Helmholtz Association a highly attractive environment for talented researchers from all over the world.
Company info
Telephone
0049-30-206329-0
Location
Anna-Louisa-Karsch-Str. 2
Berlin
Berlin
10178
Germany