IT Support

A Little Bit About Us:

VarSome.com is the world’s leading website for professional human genetics. With more than 4 000 citations in scientific papers, 60 000 registered professional users, we are seeking to bring together all the human expertise in molecular genetics. VarSome Clinical is a comprehensive decision support software platform for genetic testing.

VarSome is created by Saphetor, a Switzerland-based precision medicine company with offices in Lausanne, Boston, and Athens, using bioinformatics to apply human genome data to improve health and lives worldwide.

Saphetor is pioneering the use of big-data sequencing technology, such as exome and whole-genome sequencing, for clinical practice. We are involved in both clinical research and diagnostics, providing our clients with quality analysis and interpretation of next-generation DNA sequencing (NGS) data. All our services are provided over the web, and our VarSome.com website is the world’s prime reference for genetic variant interpretation.

Role Responsibilities

• Support users (including software engineers) in day-to-day IT tasks
• Deploy applications in Linux hosted systems
• Assist in the implementation and maintenance of the Information Security Management System (ISMS)
• Support L3 personnel in troubleshooting infrastructure issues
• Provide on call support according to scheduled rotation

What you will bring:

• Higher education in Information Technology or Computer Science
• At least 2 years of work experience as System Administrator or Technical Operations roles
• Solid experience with Linux servers (user administration, system maintenance)
• Experience with installing and configuring services such as gmail, firewalls etc
• Understanding of network principles and hands-on experience on configuring, upgrading and managing switches and routers
• Knowledge of bash scripting
• Basic knowledge of SQL
• Familiarity with ticketing systems, such as Jira
• Fluency in English (written and spoken)

Nice to have:

• Experience with installing, configuring and maintaining services such as MySQL, Nginx, uwsgi, haproxy
• Basic experience with cloud servers

Your career journey with us includes, among others:

• A position in a fascinating healthcare growth domain, at the cutting edge of technology and research.
• A competitive compensation package combined with additional benefits.
• Hybrid work (1 day per week at the office)
• Endless learning opportunities, while transferring new technologies from academics to clinical practice all over the world.

Saphetor is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants and our employees, regardless of race, colour, religion, national origin, age, sex, medical condition or disability, sexual orientation, gender expression or marital status.

In case you would be interested, please attach your CV in English.