Junior Distributed Storage Engineer

CERN; Genf; On-site; CHF 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

CERN seeks a Storage Engineer to evolve the EOS storage platform within the IT Storage and Data Management Group in Geneva. You will contribute to operating large-scale storage services and collaborating with developers and service managers to improve automation, observability, reliability and performance.

The role combines hands-on operations with development and testing across software, hardware and network layers to support CERN's scientific programs and worldwide researchers.

Responsibilities

• Operate and maintain EOS large-scale distributed storage services supporting CERN's scientific programmes.
• Integrate, troubleshoot and optimise distributed storage systems at exabyte scale across software, hardware and network layers.
• Contribute to the development, testing, deployment and automation of EOS.

Skills

EOS storage

Distributed storage

Linux

Automation

Observability

Networking

Job description

Work with us to evolve the CERN data storage systems used at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC).

Join the CERN IT Storage and Data Management Group and work with us on services and technology which enables scientific progress at CERN!

You will be part of the EOS Storage Development and Operations team, delivering large-scale, reliable, high-performance storage services. Today, our infrastructure manages more than 1 Exabyte of disk storage and serves around 10 Exabytes of data annually to researchers and computing facilities worldwide.

In this role, you will have an opportunity to learn, contribute and gain experience in operations and evolution of innovative, open-source storage platform. You will also work closely with developers and service managers to improve automation, observability, reliability and performance of CERN's storage services.

Your responsibilities:

• Operate and maintain EOS large-scale distributed storage services supporting CERN's scientific programmes.
• Integrate, troubleshoot and optimise distributed storage systems at exabyte scale across software, hardware and network layers.
• Contribute to the development, testing, deployment and automation of EOS…