Your responsibilities
The Worldwide LHC Computing Grid (WLCG) project is a global collaboration of around 170 computing centres in more than 40 countries, linking up national and international grid infrastructures. The WLCG collaboration is constantly looking for ways to improve and increase the efficiency of the computing resources used by the High Energy Physics (HEP) community. To achieve this goal, the community needs benchmarking tools that accurately reflect the computing needs of HEP experiments.
As a talented individual you will join our team in the role of Development, Operation and User Support for the CPU/GPU benchmark service within the WLCG project. In this position, you will be responsible for maintaining and enhancing the services critical to the benchmarking activity.
Your key responsibilities include:
Ensuring the seamless operation of existing services, leveraging technologies such as Puppet, GitLab CI/CD, ActiveMQ, Logstash, OpenSearch, Kibana, and Grafana, Docker containers.Actively contributing to the development of the HEP benchmark software stack, to ensure continuous improvement and innovation.Providing expert technical support in the benchmark area to the WLCG user community.Your profile
Skills and/or knowledge
Proficiency in object-oriented software design within the Linux environment, leveraging Python as the primary programming language.Proficiency with monitoring and data analytics tools such as OpenSearch, Hadoop/Spark, Kibana and Grafana.Expertise in DevOps practices, including utilizing CI/CD tools, test automation, and deployment methodologies.Knowledge of GPU hardware and relative performance metrics.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: 14.04.2024 at 23:59 PM CEST.
Job reference: IT-GOV-ENG-2024-40-GRAE
Contract duration: 24 months, with a possible extension up to 36 months maximum.
Target start date: 01-June-2024
What we offer
A monthly stipend ranging between 5119 and 5631 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.
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