Your responsibilities

Are you a skilled software/computer engineer with experience in C++ and/or Go programming? Would you like to work in a multidisciplinary team developing and operating the brand-new computing system of the ALICE experiment?

This could be the opportunity for you! Take part and join us in the ALICE O2/FLP team, where we design and develop the new data acquisition system of the ALICE experiment for Run 3 (2022-2026) and Run 4 (2029-2032).

You will contribute to:

• the development of the experiment control system. Written in Go, it takes care of orchestrating the data taking operations across 2 computing farms, 5 central systems and 15 detectors.
• The development of the data quality control framework. Written in C++, it samples pieces of physics data and assesses its quality at different stages of the processing pipeline.
• The overall operations of the ALICE experiment as O2/FLP expert.

Your profile

Skills and/or knowledge

• Strong knowledge of modern C++ in a professional context.
• Git, JIRA, CI, testing.
• Linux.
• Knowledge of any of the following is an asset: Go, Consul, Apache Mesos, Ansible, protobuf, gRPC.
• Fluent in English, the ability to work in French would be an advantage.

Eligibility criteria:

• You are a national of a CERN Member or Associate Member State.
• You have a professional background in Computing/Software Engineering (or a related field) and have either:
  • a Master's degree with 2 to 6 years of post-graduation professional experience;
  • or a PhD with no more than 3 years of post-graduation professional experience.
• You have never had a fellow or graduate contract before.

Job closing date: 20 August 2023 at 12:00 AM (midnight) CET.

Job reference: EP-AID-DA-2023-2-GRAP

Contract duration: 24 months, with a possible extension up to 36 months maximum.

Target start date: 01-January-2024

This position requires:

• Participation in a regular stand-by duty, including nights, Sundays and official holidays.
• Work in Radiation Areas.
• Interventions in underground installations.

What we offer

• A monthly stipend ranging between 6194 and 6808 Swiss Francs per month (net of tax).
• Coverage by CERN's comprehensive health scheme (for yourself, your spouse and children), and membership of the CERN Pension Fund.
• Depending on your individual circumstances: installation grant; family, child and infant allowances; payment of travel expenses at the beginning and end of contract.
• 30 days of paid leave per year.
• On-the-job and formal training at CERN as well as in-house language courses for English and/or French.

About us

At CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, physicists and engineers are probing the fundamental structure of the universe. Using the world's largest and most complex scientific instruments, they study the basic constituents of matter - fundamental particles that are made to collide together at close to the speed of light. The process gives physicists clues about how particles interact, and provides insights into the fundamental laws of nature. Find out more on http://home.cern.

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