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Geneva, SwitzerlandEntry Level
Responsibilities
- Operate and maintain EOS large-scale distributed storage services supporting CERN’s scientific programs.
- Integrate, troubleshoot, and optimize distributed storage systems at exabyte scale across software, hardware, and network layers.
- Contribute to the development, testing, deployment, and automation of EOS platform capabilities and operational tools.
- Work with users, developers, service managers, and external collaborators to evolve CERN storage services.
- Participate in standby duty and, when required, work nights, Sundays, and official holidays.
Requirements
- Have a maximum of two years of professional experience since graduation in Software Engineering or a related field.
- Hold a bachelor’s or master’s degree; applicants without a university degree or with a PhD are not eligible.
- Be a national of a CERN Member or Associate Member State and have never held a CERN fellow or graduate contract.
- Have experience and good knowledge of Linux, networking, and storage technologies.
- Understand distributed-storage concepts including replication, fault tolerance, caching, scheduling, and data consistency.
- Have software development skills and knowledge of modern programming languages such as C++ and Python, plus Git.
- Have Linux administration, troubleshooting, performance optimization, automation, configuration, and operational-tooling skills.
- Be proficient in spoken and written English and committed to learning French.
- Work effectively and collaboratively in diverse teams.
Benefits
- 24-month contract with a possible extension up to a 36-month maximum.
- Fully onsite work with 40-hour weeks.
- 30 days of paid leave per year plus a two-week annual closure.
- Coverage under CERN’s comprehensive health insurance scheme and membership in the CERN Pension Fund.
- Family, child, and infant monthly allowances depending on individual circumstances.
- Relocation support, including an installation grant and travel expenses, depending on individual circumstances.
- On-the-job and formal training, including language classes.
- Target start date of 1 January 2027.
About CERN
CERN is the European Organization for Nuclear Research, an intergovernmental, nonprofit laboratory headquartered in Meyrin, Switzerland (founded 1954). It designs, builds, and operates particle accelerators and detectors—most notably the Large Hadron Collider—and provides large-scale computing and data services for a worldwide physics community. Funded by its European Member States, CERN hosts thousands of visiting researchers and engineers and develops technologies ranging from control systems to identity and access management used across its experiments.