Did you know that CERN's main central Computing Facilities are among the most important network hubs for research in Europe? Did you know that it hosts several thousand servers, sited in a main Computer Centre and two remote computing rooms located in Geneva and in Budapest? Join a team of four other members where everyone is an equal and take on challenges such as upgrading internal firmware for 800 servers in 24h or troubleshooting issues on regularly renewed hardware platforms. CERN, take part!

Introduction

Junior Systems Administrator in the Information Technology (IT) Department, Computing Facilities (CF) Group, System Administration and Operations (SAO) Section.

You will join:

.The Information Technology (IT) Department which provides computing services for all aspects of the laboratory's activities. These require a wide range of technologies and skills including the provision of computing facilities, local and wide area networking, platforms for computing environments, software development, databases, desktop environments and a wide range of system integration and management tasks.

.The Computing Facilities (CF) Group that manages and operates the CERN Computer Centre and associated Computing Facilities.

.The System Administration and Operations (SAO) Section which is responsible for the system administration of the servers hosted in the CERN main Central Computing Facilities. It also operates the computing rooms of the facilities.

Functions

As Junior Systems Administrator in the SAO Section, you will work as a member of the team responsible for the day-to-day operation of:

.CERN's large Grid computing fabric: 16,000 servers running the Linux operating system, over 250PB on-line disk storage and 140PB tape storage, 10,000 virtual machines.

.Windows services (roughly 600 servers offering file and application services as well as terminal service consoles), Web services (100 servers), and Mail services (65 servers).

Your main activities will consist of:

.Contributing to the automation of the system administration procedures;

.Participating in software development and maintenance activities in the CERN Computing Facilities;

.Helping in diagnosing problems, deploying firmware and maintaining systems in general;

.Creating and maintaining documentation and workflows for the team and improving work practices;

.Responding to alarms on production systems, most of them running Linux, in accordance with well-defined procedures;

.Organising hardware management in the CERN Computing Facilities;

.Participate in security related activities.

Qualification required

Higher technical diploma in the field of computing, or equivalent.

Experience and competencies

The experience required for this post is:

.Initial experience of Linux or Windows system administration, including installation, log analysis, task automation and shell scripting;

.Practical experience with one or more of Apache, Python, SQL and Perl would be a strong asset;

.Some experience of Puppet, OpenStack or cloud computing would be an advantage.

The technical competencies required for this post are:

.Programming/software development: Scripting (CGIi, Perl, Shell, Python) and database queries.

.System software administration: log extraction and investigation (Smart, IPMI), packages installation (rpm).

.Problem management: usage of a ticketing system.

The behavioural competencies required for this post are:

.Working in teams: building and maintaining constructive and effective work relationships; acknowledging the contribution of colleagues; recognizing their limitations and offering support to overcome their difficulties; contributing to promoting a positive a

Stunden pro Woche:
A limited-duration contract for a period of 5 years.

Angestelltenname: CERN

Arbeitgeber-Adresse: ROUTE DE MEYRIN 385, 1217 MEYRIN

Form von Kontakt: e-post:

Arbeitgeber Telefonnummer: +41227678721

Stellenkurzbeschreibung: Systemanalytiker

Land: Schweiz

Vertragslaufzeit: Unbefristet

Vertragstyp: Vollzeit

Erforderliche Ausbildung: Keine Angabe

Erfahrung: siehe Beschreibung

Quelle des Stellenangebots:
Arbetsförmedlingen, Öffentliche Arbeitsverwaltungen, Schweden

Fahrerlaubnis: Nein

Wie Sie sich bewerben: Weitere Angaben (siehe Beschreibung)