IT Specialist (Santiago)

European Southern Observatory • santiago, Chile

Location santiago, metropolitana de santiago
Job Type Full-time
Posted June 09, 2026

Role Description

We are looking for an IT Specialist, providing expertise to ESO Projects, programmes and collaborations, all this ensuring the continuous operation of our systems environment, including the observatory sites and their connectivity with our sites in Santiago, Chile and Munich, Germany.

The IT Department at ESO has a team of specialists from multiple countries, performing its work in a real international environment, you will have the opportunity to integrate into this team, and evolve with the evolution of technologies to support the most advanced and ambitious astronomy initiatives in the world, among them ESO Paranal, ESO ELT and multiple collaboration projects with institutions from all over the world.

The IT Specialist for Databases and Operations is part of the IT Operations Chile Group working in close collaboration with the La Silla Paranal Observatory Departments, the IT Group in Garching, and external service providers.

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