RCB, with support from the Department of Biotechnology, Govt. of India, has established the Indian Biological Data Centre (IBDC) for storage and distribution of biological data generated across the nation.

The ​‘Indian Biological Data Centre (IBDC)’ is the first national repository for life science data in India. IBDC is mandated to archive all life science data generated from publicly funded research in India. The data centre is supported by the Government of India (GOI) through the Department of Biotechnology (DBT). It is established at the Regional Centre of Biotechnology (RCB), Faridabad, in the national capital region in close collaboration with the National Institute of Immunology, the International Centre for Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology and the National Informatics Centre (NIC), India. The Executive Director, RCB also serves as the Lead Coordinator of the IBDC project

To lead towards the next phase of growth of this prestigious project of DBT (IBDC) and in order to achieve the objectives of the organisation, applications (in online mode) are invited from dynamic, result-oriented, experienced and dedicated candidates for the following contractual position under the Project

• The Project Head-IBDC shall be responsible for overall management and running of IBDC under the overall guidance of the Executive Director, RCB.
• He/​She will lead development different biological databases as per the advice of relevant scientific committee.
• He/​She shall be required to lead the IBDC group of IT professionals, data scientists, life sciences data curators and administrators.
• He/​She shall be responsible for the preparation of all reports for RCB & DBT as and when required and for all outreach/​training activities.
• He/​She shall be responsible for preparation of Annual Plans, Budget etc. and documents regarding all financial transactions of the
  IBDC.
• He / She shall be responsible for institutionalization and putting proper systems in place for long term sustenance and growth of IBDC
• He/​She shall ensure installation of required IT and supporting infrastructure and hold the primary responsibility of all IBDC assets.
• He/​She shall be responsible for the security of all data in IBDC and ensure compliance with all provisions of government laws, rules and guidelines regarding data submission, sharing and security.
• He/​She shall coordinate with international database consortia and biological datacenters like NCBI, EBI, etc

Monthly consolidated emoluments up to Rs. 3,00,000/-

Master’s / Bachelor degree in Engineering / Technology in Computer Science / Information Technology or allied subjects with fifteen (15) years of post-qualification experience in managing data centre facilities in an academic setting or industry or PhD in the above subjects with minimum of twelve (12) years of post-qualification experience in managing data centre facilities in an academic setting or industry.

• Deep knowledge of managing infrastructure systems, including redundancy, failovers, monitoring, as well as hardening and security (such as Cloud, Firewall, Servers, Network, Storage, and databases)
• Experience managing 24×7 infrastructure operational support.
• Deep knowledge of modern cloud infrastructure including Kubernetes, Infrastructure as Code, AWS
• Deep knowledge of managing multitier storage architecture.
• Must have experience in managing multidisciplinary teams such as HPC administrators, software developers, electricians etc, which are required for managing large data center facilities
• Must have sound knowledge of the following technologies in order to guide the team (a) Working knowledge of Linux operating system (b) Working knowledge of HPC cluster management suites (c) Working knowledge of various cluster monitoring tools (d) Web development technologies
• Must have knowledge of various storage hardware technologies
• Good communication skills to interact with various stakeholders

Desirable:

• Knowledge of setting up and managing different types of DR sites is desirable.
• Knowledge of managing various database management systems, data warehousing, and data lakes is desirable.

Interested and eligible candidates may apply online at RCB website www​.rcb​.res​.in with the requisite non-refundable fee of Rs. 200/- latest by 24.05.2025. SC/​ST/​Women/​PwD candidates are exempted from payment of fees.

Applications received through any other mode will not be accepted.

Refund of unsuccessful or duplicate transactions may be claimed up to 1 month from the last date of submission of applications, after that no request will be entertained.

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