System Administrator (EP-ADT-DQ-2024-127-GRAE)
System Administrator (EP-ADT-DQ-2024-127-GRAE)
CERN
Published
12 August 2024
Workplace
Geneva, Lake Geneva region, Switzerland
Category
Computer Science
Position
Regular Employment / Collaborator
Job Description
Your responsibilitiesThe ATLAS System Administration team manages the ATLAS online computing infrastructure. This is a mission-critical heterogeneous computing system composed by roughly four thousand computers operated by a few thousand users.
The System Administration team is responsible for all aspects associated with such a large installation, including hardware upkeep and refurbishment, computing infrastructure, operating system deployment and tuning, operational monitoring and computer security.
The selected candidate will be fully integrated in the System Administration team, working and collaborating with the existing experts and will share all team duties, from the day to day system operation to user support and troubleshooting. In due time the candidate will also take responsibility for specific projects, like the improvement of the monitoring and configuration management systems.
Your profile
Skills and/or knowledge
- Linux Operating System, in particular RHEL variants
- Scripting languages (e.g. Bash, Python)
- Development tools on Linux (e.g. Git)
- Computer hardware troubleshooting and maintenance
Eligibility criteria:
- You are a national of a CERN Member or Associate Member State .
- By the application deadline, you have a maximum of two years of professional experience since graduation in Software Engineering or Computer Science (or a related field) and your highest educational qualification is a general secondary education diploma.
- You have never had a CERN fellow or graduate contract before.
- Applicants with a Bachelors, Masters or PhD degree are not eligible.
Additional Information
Job closing date: September 8 at 23:59 hrs CEST.Job reference: EP-ADT-DQ-2024-127-GRAE
Contract duration: 24 months, with a possible extension up to 36 months maximum.
Target start date: 01-October-2024
This position requires:
- Work in Radiation Areas.
- Interventions in underground installations.
- Stand-by duty, when required by the needs of the Organization.
- Work during nights, Sundays and official holidays, when required by the needs of the Organization.
What we offer
- A monthly stipend of 4569 Swiss Francs (net of tax).
- Coverage by CERN’s comprehensive health scheme (for yourself, your spouse and children), and membership of the CERN Pension Fund.
- Depending on your individual circumstances: installation grant; family, child and infant allowances; payment of travel expenses at the beginning and end of contract.
- 30 days of paid leave per year.
- On-the-job and formal training at CERN as well as in-house language courses for English and/or French.
About us
At CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, physicists and engineers are probing the fundamental structure of the universe. Using the world’s largest and most complex scientific instruments, they study the basic constituents of matter - fundamental particles that are made to collide together at close to the speed of light. The process gives physicists clues about how particles interact, and provides insights into the fundamental laws of nature. Find out more on http://home.cern.
Diversity has been an integral part of CERN’s mission since its foundation and is an established value of the Organization. Employing a diverse workforce is central to our success.
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