Computing Engineer - Data Storage System (IT-SD-GSS-2026-197-GRAE) — CERN
- Location
- Genève
- Contract
- full-time
- Posted
- Yesterday
Role overview
We are looking for a passionate Computing Engineer to join CERN's IT Storage and Data Management group (IT-SD).
Our group enables large-scale data access for the laboratory, the Large Hadron Collider and CERN's broader experimental programme, managing more than one exabyte of storage in the CERN Data Centre.
You will join the CERNBox team, which provides cloud storage to the CERN community and is making CERNBox interoperable and deployable across European research infrastructures and the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) Federation.
- We are looking for a passionate Computing Engineer to join CERN's IT Storage and Data Management group (IT-SD).
- Our group enables large-scale data access for the laboratory, the Large Hadron Collider and CERN's broader experimental programme, managing more than one exabyte of storage in the CERN Data Centre.
- Your responsibilities
- Develop and integrate backend software components.
- Experience, or a strong interest, in backend development and cloud-native deployment.
- Enjoys troubleshooting, hands-on problem-solving, user support and service management.
Main responsibilities
- Your responsibilities
- Develop and integrate backend software components.
- Package and deploy interoperable services in distributed environments.
- Support CERN community: you will join our operations team, troubleshooting incidents and supporting users.
- Contribute your code, features and fixes back to the CERNBox open-source projects, working alongside a broader open-source community.
- Work with partner institutions and research infrastructures across Europe to test, validate and refine these tools together.
- Support users and partner teams as they adopt these tools, helping with troubleshooting and guidance.
Key requirements
- Experience, or a strong interest, in backend development and cloud-native deployment.
- Enjoys troubleshooting, hands-on problem-solving, user support and service management.
- Comfortable collaborating with external partners and international teams.
- Curiosity about system integration and interoperability challenges. Skills
- Kubernetes and Helm chart development.
- Backend software development, in particular Go.
- Linux tech stack, administration and automation.
- Nice to have: frontend development.
- Spoken and written English or French, with a commitment to learn the basics of the other language. Eligibility criteria:
- You are a national of a CERN Member or Associate Member State .
Application process
- By the application deadline, you have a maximum of two years of professional experience since graduation in Computer 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.
- Job closing date: 19.08.2026 at 23:59 CEST.
- Contract duration: 24 months, with a possible extension up to 36 months maximum. Working hours: 40 hours per week Job flexibility: Hybrid Target start date: 01-November-2026 This position involves:
Company and context
- Stand-by duty, when required by the needs of the Organization.
- Work during nights, Sundays and official holidays, when required by the needs of the Organization. Job reference: IT-SD-GSS-2026-197-GRAE Field of work: Software Engineering and IT Benchmark job: 200020 Computing Engineer Global Benefits
- A monthly stipend between 5266-5793 Swiss Francs per month (tax free) depending on your degree.
- 30 days of paid leave per year plus 2 weeks annual closure.
- Coverage by CERN’s comprehensive health insurance scheme (for yourself, your spouse and children), and membership of the CERN Pension Fund.
- Family, child and infant monthly allowances depending on your individual circumstances.
- A relocation package (installation grant and travel expenses) depending on your individual circumstances.
- Possibility to extend your contract up to 36 months.
- On-the-job and formal training including language classes.
- At CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, we are pushing the frontiers of science and technology.
Additional details
- If you are excited about cloud-native systems, open standards and building software adopted by research institutions worldwide, this is the place for you!
- Curiosity about system integration and interoperability challenges.
- Spoken and written English or French, with a commitment to learn the basics of the other language. Eligibility criteria:
- Contract duration: 24 months, with a possible extension up to 36 months maximum. Working hours: 40 hours per week Job flexibility: Hybrid Target start date: 01-November-2026 This position involves:
- Work during nights, Sundays and official holidays, when required by the needs of the Organization. Job reference: IT-SD-GSS-2026-197-GRAE Field of work: Software Engineering and IT Benchmark job: 200020 Computing Engineer
Notes and original content
- Your profile
- Spoken and written English or French, with a commitment to learn the basics of the other language.
- Eligibility criteria:
- Contract duration: 24 months, with a possible extension up to 36 months maximum.
- Working hours: 40 hours per week
- Job flexibility: Hybrid
- Target start date: 01-November-2026
- This position involves:
- Work during nights, Sundays and official holidays, when required by the needs of the Organization.
- Job reference: IT-SD-GSS-2026-197-GRAE
Questions about this listing
What salary does CERN offer for this role?
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