Job Description

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). 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 websites’ 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
• Design and implement the web interface and backend components of the Web Services Portal
• Contribute to infrastructure consolidation and modernization of the legacy Windows hosting
• Provide support for owners of websites and applications

More information here: https://information-technology.web.cern.ch/

Your profile

Skills and/or knowledge

• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills
• DevOps: Kubernetes container orchestration, Git, CI/CD, Bash;
• Programming/software development: knowledge of Python and React or similar; knowledge of Windows .NET framework would be an asset

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: 14.04.2024 at 12:00 AM (midnight) CEST.

Job reference: IT-PW-WA-2024-31-GRAE

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

Target start date: 01-August-2024

This position requires:

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

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.

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.