Computing Engineer (IT-PW-WA-2024-31-GRAE)¶

Closing: 14.04.2024 at 12:00 AM (midnight) CEST. REF: IT-PW-WA-2024-31-GRAE Contract: 24 months, with a possible extension up to 36 months maximum. Start: 01-August-2024

Description¶

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

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.

Requirements:

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

Offer¶

A monthly stipend ranging between 5119 and 5631 Swiss Francs (net of tax).