Job Description

Your responsibilities

You are a scientist/engineer interested to join a diverse team of professionals working for the Compact Muon Solid (CMS) experiment and have a role in the scientific results produced by it. You will join the CMS Alignment, Calibration and Database (AlCa-DB) team, which coordinates the detector and physics object groups for the preparation and deployment of the alignment and calibration conditions.

You will:

Manage all programming and infrastructure support of the CMS databases related to online and offline conditions data handling and processing related to alignment and calibration;Coordinate the management of the databases at CMS P5 site;Work in close collaboration with the CERN IT DBAs to ensure the stability of the services;Coordinate scheduled updates and other maintenance tasks;Provide contacts and expertise to identify bottlenecks in operations and propose optimizations as needed;Provide and maintain tools for the users (O2O, Dropbox, GlobalTag, etc).

More information here: https://cms.cern/

Your profile

Skills and/or knowledge

Proficiency in PythonProficiency in C++ORACLE database and database handling in generalDB handling tools, such as SQL, sqlalchemWeb frameworks (CherryPy, Flask)jQuery, AJAXKnowledge of the High Energy Physics work environment is considered a plus

Eligibility criteria:

You are a national of a CERN Member or Associate Member State.You have a maximum of two years of professional experience since graduation in Software engineering studies (or a related field) by the application deadline.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.

Additional Information

Job closing date: 19.01.2024 at 23:59 CET.

Job reference: EP-CMG-CO-2023-30-GRAE

Contract duration: 24 months, with a possible extension up to 36 months maximum.

Target start date: 01-June-2024

Documents required to complete your application:

A CVA scanned PDF of your most recent relevant qualification

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