Computing Infrastructure Technician

Big Science Sweden; Genf; Vor Ort; CHF 60.000 - 80.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Big Science Sweden is seeking a skilled Computing Technician to support the CMS experiment at CERN. Candidates must have a general secondary education diploma and a maximum of two years of experience in computing and system administration. This role involves contributing to the maintenance of data acquisition and control systems, as well as high-performance computing infrastructure.

Applicants with Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD degrees are ineligible. Join us and be part of a groundbreaking scientific endeavor!

Qualifikationen

• Maximum of two years of professional experience in computing and system administration.
• No previous CERN fellow or graduate contract.
• Applicants with a Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD degree are not eligible.

Aufgaben

• Contribute to the operation and maintenance of data acquisition and control systems.
• Support high-performance computing infrastructure.
• Assist in evolving complex Ethernet-based systems.

Ausbildung

General secondary education diploma

Jobbeschreibung

Are you a skilled and experienced Computing Technician, eager to work at the forefront of modern computing? Join CMS, one of the largest particle physics experiments, and contribute to major upgrades addressing key particle physics questions!

The Experimental Physics (EP) Department at CERN supports LHC experiments, including CMS, a general-purpose particle physics collaboration. The CMS Data Acquisition and Trigger Group (CMD) develops, operates, and maintains the data acquisition (DAQ) and control systems, as well as online computer clusters, Ethernet-based networks, and mass storage systems vital for the experiment.

This complex Ethernet-based infrastructure includes sub-detector control PCs, data acquisition PCs, high-performance GPUs, and thousands of cloud servers for offline analysis. Your contributions will help evolve this critical system.

• By the application deadline, you have a maximum of two years of professional experience since graduation in Computing and system administration (or a related field) and your highest educational qualification is a general secondary education diploma.
• You have never had a CERN fellow or graduate contract before.
• Applicants with a Bachelor's, Master's or PhD degree are not eligible.