Job Description

Your responsibilities

Are you passionate about technology and interested in supporting the CERN research communities collaborating with industries ? Join the CERN IT Platforms Group and the team responsible for hosting some of the most Java critical applications that are developed at CERN. The team is also responsible to provide Kubernetes platform to Single Sign-On service and Worldwide LHC Computing Grid (WLCG) Identity and Access.

As a member of the team you will:

• Work with cloud-native technologies and Kubernetes to innovate existing production services.
• Work on R&D projects that are of strategic interest for both parties.
• Transform the CERN Oracle REST Data Services installation in a more cloud-native deployment profiting of GitOps and Kubernetes Operator principles.
• Collaborate with the Database team to implement innovative approach to manage lifecycle of Oracle Databases via Kubernetes.
• Collaborate with our industry partner Oracle in the context of the openlab framework, a unique public-private partnership that works to accelerate the development of cutting-edge ICT solutions for the worldwide LHC community and wider scientific research.
• Share results and work in several contexts inside and outside CERN community.

Your profile

Required Skills

• Experience in cloud native technologies, particularly Kubernetes
• Experience in Linux system administration
• Problem solving attitude
• Flexibility and willing to learn new things and technologies

Considerate as plus

• CKA/CKAD/CKS certification
• Oracle Database experience
• Oracle Data REST Service experience

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.

Additional Information

Job closing date: 25 November at 23:59 CET.

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

Target start date: 01-February-2025

This position involves:

• Stand-by duty, when required by the needs of the Organization.

Job reference: IT-PW-2024-187-GRAE

Field of work: Software Engineering and IT

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.