DevOps Engineer for Data Management

Builds integrations between CERN’s scientific data-management platforms, European AI factories and supercomputers. The engineer develops storage federation capabilities, contributes upstream to Rucio and supports reliable operations for exabyte-scale research data services.

Department: IT Storage and Data Management

• Integrate scientific datasets with European AI factories and supercomputers
• Design and validate federated storage and policy-driven replication
• Develop Python APIs and contribute features and fixes to Rucio
• Operate, troubleshoot and support distributed data-management infrastructure

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computing engineering or a related field
• No more than two years of professional experience since graduation
• Applicants must not hold a PhD or have held a previous CERN fellow or graduate contract
• Nationality of a CERN Member or Associate Member State, subject to published nationality ceilings
• Spoken and written English or French

• Hybrid graduate appointment for 24 months, potentially extendable to 36 months
• Stand-by, night, Sunday or holiday work may be required