DevOps Engineer for Large Scale Compute (IT-CD-CC-2026-223-GRAE) — CERN
- Location
- Genève
- Contract
- full-time
- Posted
- 3 days ago
Role overview
Join the team responsible for the High Throughput Compute systems at the heart of CERN's data processing!
Are you a recent graduate with an interest in large-scale computing, automation, and infrastructure technologies?
Would you like to develop your skills while contributing to the evolution of the computing infrastructure supporting the High-Luminosity LHC?
- Join the team responsible for the High Throughput Compute systems at the heart of CERN's data processing!
- Are you a recent graduate with an interest in large-scale computing, automation, and infrastructure technologies?
- Your responsibilities
- Help manage the fleet of 400k+ cores complete lifecycle from CI provisioning through automated and AI enhanced maintenance.
- Experience administering or working with Linux systems in a server or data centre environment.
Main responsibilities
- Your responsibilities
- Help manage the fleet of 400k+ cores complete lifecycle from CI provisioning through automated and AI enhanced maintenance.
- Help keep us ahead of LLM enhanced security threats with monitoring.
- Suggest, test, and deploy configuration changes on a large scale to production.
- Contribute to the operation and maintenance of the current configuration management infrastructure, including Foreman, Puppet and OpenVox components.
- Contribute to the development and maintenance of Terraform/OpenTofu modules used to provision and configure the supporting infrastructure.
- Improve the quality of the configuration code through testing, validation, code review and standardisation.
Key requirements
- Experience administering or working with Linux systems in a server or data centre environment.
Application process
- Experience writing scripts or applications for automation or system tasks.
- Experience with configuration management tools such as Puppet or Ansible is a plus.
- Experience with container technologies, CI/CD systems or Infrastructure-as-Code tools is a plus. Skills
- Knowledge of Linux, programming or scripting languages such as Python or Go.
- Familiarity with git for distributed version control is highly desirable.
- Knowledge of configuration management tools such as Puppet or Ansible is desirable.
- Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform or OpenTofu would be a plus.
- Any knowledge of batch systems such as HTCondor, SLURM or kueue would be a plus.
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-CD-CC-2026-223-GRAE Field of work: Information Technologies Benchmark job: 200020 Computing Engineer Global Benefits
- A monthly net stipend of either 5266 or 5793 Swiss Francs per month 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 enjoy solving complex technical challenges, contributing to open-source software, and working with infrastructure at scale, come join us!
- Experience with container technologies, CI/CD systems or Infrastructure-as-Code tools is a plus.
- Spoken and written English, with a commitment to learn French. 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-December-2026 This position involves:
- Work during nights, Sundays and official holidays, when required by the needs of the Organization. Job reference: IT-CD-CC-2026-223-GRAE Field of work: Information Technologies Benchmark job: 200020 Computing Engineer
Notes and original content
- Your profile
- Spoken and written English, with a commitment to learn French.
- 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-December-2026
- This position involves:
- Work during nights, Sundays and official holidays, when required by the needs of the Organization.
- Job reference: IT-CD-CC-2026-223-GRAE
Questions about this listing
What salary does CERN offer for this role?
CERN lists CHF 71'000 - 107'500 gross per year for this position in Genève. This is the salary published in the original listing (or, when the employer omits a figure, a realistic estimate for the role and sector) — the calculator on this site converts it to your actual net take-home once cross-border tax and social contributions are applied.
Is this a full-time role, and what type of contract does CERN offer?
This listing is a full-time position. The contract type shown here comes directly from the employer's original posting; always confirm exact hours, notice period and probation length with CERN during the application process, since these details can vary by role even within the same contract category.
Do I need a cross-border work permit for a role in Geneva?
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