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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US">The <b>Institute
of Meteorology and Climate Research,</b> <b>Karlsruhe
Institute of Technology, Campus Alpin,
Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany</b> is looking for a </span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial;"
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US">The
initial contract will be for two years with options for
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<b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"
lang="EN-US">The main work tasks for the position are:</span></b><span
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"
lang="EN-US">Research in Earth System Modeling and the field
of climate research and atmosphere/hydrosphere/biosphere
interactions</span></li>
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collaborative Earth System Modeling activities</span></li>
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lang="EN-US">Support of scientific programming and Earth
System Modeling activities in our lab (e.g.
WRF/WRF-Hydro/WRF-LES, COSMO-CLM, MPAS, LPJ-Guess, Landscape
DNDC)</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family:
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lang="EN-US">Design, administration, maintenance, operation
and user support for our High Performance Computing (HPC)
environment and General Parallel File Systems (GPFS)</span><span
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<b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"
lang="EN-US">To be successful the potential candidate should
have:</span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family:
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"
lang="EN-US">PhD in environmental- /natural sciences or
computer sciences</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"
lang="EN-US">Expert knowledge in Earth System Modeling,
preferably in the field of Land-Atmosphere Interactions,
shown by an international publication record</span><span
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lang="EN-US">Architecture- and administration engineering
knowledge of clustered HPC environments including in-depth
knowledge of server hardware, operating systems, networking
services/protocols, and storage infrastructure (GPFS)</span><span
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"
lang="EN-US">Excellent oral and written communication skills
in English</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family:
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US">Please
send your detailed application electronically and in one
pdf-file to </span><a href="mailto:verena.wedler@kit.edu"
style="color: purple;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;
font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US">verena.wedler@kit.edu</span></a><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US"> until <b>15th
of September 2017 </b>latest (CV with proof of required
skills, focused letter of motivation, list of publication in
peer reviewed journals, contact details of 2-3 referees).</span><span
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US">The
position remains open until a suitable candidate has been
selected. Salary will be commensurate with the German public
employees salary scale.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US">KIT/IMK-IFU
strives to achieve gender balance at all levels of employment.
We therefore particularly encourage female candidates to apply
for this position. With appropriate qualifications,
applications from handicapped persons will be treated with
preference.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US">Prof.
Dr. Harald Kunstmann</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US">Karlsruhe
Institute of Technology (KIT)</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US">Campus
Alpin - Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research
(IMK-IFU)</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US">82467
Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US">EMail: </span><span
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style="color: purple;">harald.kunstmann@kit.edu</a></span></span></p>
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