Computing Engineer (IT-PW-WA-2024-132-GRAE)
Your responsibilities
The IT Web and Authoring section (IT-PW-WA) provides platforms for CERN's project collaboration (such as Jira, Confluence, GitLab) and websites hosting (https://webservices-portal.web.cern.ch), including the hosting of high visibility sites such as the home page of CERN. The infrastructure is based on OKD4, the OpenShift Kubernetes distribution and is managed in an agile fashion with Gitops (Helm, ArgoCD). In addition, we develop and maintain a modern Web Services Portal (Python, React) to facilitate site creation and management.
As a Computing Engineer in the IT-PW-WA team you will:
- Analyse requirements and identify areas for improvement for CERN's web hosting infrastructure
- Participate in the design and implementation of the new hosting solution which will be serving hundreds of WordPress sites, built leveraging Kubernetes and the Operator Framework Pattern
- Design and implement an integration with the Web Services Portal
- Provide support for owners of web sites and applications
Your profile
Skills and/or knowledge
- Strong problem-solving and analytical skills
- DevOps: Kubernetes container orchestration, Git, CI/CD, automation and deployment, Bash, Helm; knowledge of Kubernetes Operator Framework and ArgoCD would be an advantage
- Programming languages: experience with Golang and Python or similar;
- Software development:
- familiarity with state-of-the-art software development patterns, practices and computing architectures
- re-use, refactoring, integration and porting of existing software
- testing, debugging, optimization
- Ability to work in teams
- Good communication skills: speaking clearly and sharing knowledge within the team and with users
- Experience with full-stack development would be an advantage: ability to contribute to the entire stack and all aspects of the development process
- Fluent in English
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 a related field) and your highest educational qualification is either a Bachelor's or Master's degree.
- You have never had a CERN fellow or graduate contract before.
- Applicants without University degree are not eligible.
- Applicants with a PhD are not eligible.
Job closing date: August 11 at 23:59 hrs AM CEST.
Job reference: IT-PW-WA-2024-132-GRAE
Contract duration: 24 months, with a possible extension up to 36 months maximum.
Target start date: 01-September-2024
What we offer
- A monthly stipend ranging between 5134 and 5647 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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