Data transfer specialist (f/m/d) Research Associate (f/m/d)

Area of research:

Other

The Scientific Computing Center (SCC) is the information technology center of KIT. The Scientific Data Management department at SCC is seeking additional staff to support the development of user‑friendly file transfer tools between suitable endpoints such as the LSDF (Large Scale Data Facility) and the bwDataArchiv in a scientific environment.

Your Responsibilities:

• Operation, maintenance, and further development of existing WebDAV, FTS, and LSDF web portal services
• Extension of the WebDAV protocol to support third‑party transfers using FTS and OIDC‑based authentication. The extension will be provided as an Apache module for deployment within the LSDF
• Further development of the LSDF checksumming service as well as the web portal
• Integration of the services into the AAI infrastructures of KIT and the NFDI

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.