Appel à candidature : CERN recherche un Ingénieur en systèmes informatiques basé à Genève en Suisse.

Introduction

Are you a skilled computer systems engineer? Does taking the responsibility for the procurement and support of thousands of servers and business computers for Linux and Windows challenge you? Then, join the Fabric (FA) group in charge of procuring, managing, and operating the layer providing IT equipment for the CERN experiments and users community, the Data Centres and associated Computing Facilities. Take part!

You will oversee the technical procurement of a large number of servers and storage systems for the CERN Data Centres, the LHC experiments as well as the Accelerator and Technology Sector. You will also contribute to supplying CERN users with business computers and associated peripherals. Analysis of hardware related problems with suppliers and manufacturers as well as the evaluation and benchmarking of new hardware products will be part of your activities.

More information on the IT Fabric (IT-FA) group is available here

Functions

As an IT Systems Engineer within the IT-FA group, you will be responsible for the technical procurement and hardware support of servers, storage systems as well as business computers and associated peripherals.

You will :

• Analyse user needs and define recommendations for appropriate hardware configurations.
• Manage the procurement procedures to supply the recommended solutions, in accordance with CERN purchasing rules.
• Carry out conformity assessments of the supplied systems.
• Resolve problems related to IT systems and follow up with contractors and manufacturers as necessary.
• Contribute to the development of IT-FA Group software for IT systems management.

Master’s degree or equivalent relevant experience in the field of computer science or a related field.

Experience:

• Proven experience with computer systems (BIOS/UEFI, x86/ARM processor architecture and virtualization, memory, GPU computing), interconnect (Ethernet, InfiniBand) and types of storage drives (S-ATA, SAS, NVMe).
• Proven experience with management and monitoring protocols such as, but not limited to, IPMI, SMART and SNMP.
• Extensive experience with Linux and shell scripting.
• Demonstrated experience with Windows.
• Demonstrated experience with Python.

Technical competencies:

• Capturing and analysis of requirements for ICT systems.
• Architecture and design of ICT systems.
• Contract management.
• Maintenance management.
• Knowledge of programming techniques and languages.

Behavioural competencies:

• Managing self: working well autonomously; taking on activities and tasks without prompting; remaining objective, focussed and productive in a stressful environment; focusing on solutions rather than problems.
• Communicating effectively: providing others with timely information; delivering presentations in a structured and clear way; adjusting style and content to the audience; responding calmly and confidently to questions; leveraging support networks across the Organization.
• Working in teams: working well in groups and readily fitting into a team; participating fully and taking an active role in team activities; building and maintaining constructive and effective work relationships; gaining trust and collaboration from others.
• Solving problems: identifying, defining and assessing problems, taking action to address them; finding the information needed to solve problems; making objective judgments based on all the facts available; adopting a pragmatic approach; understanding the value of adopting generic rather than “gold -plated” technical solutions.
• Demonstrating flexibility: being willing to work on different projects simultaneously; readily accepting new tasks or work/projects.

Language skills:

Spoken and written English or French: ability to understand and speak the other language in professional contexts; ability to draw-up technical specifications and/or scientific reports and to make oral presentations in at least one of the two languages.

This vacancy will be filled as soon as possible, and applications should normally reach us no later than 19.07.2023 at 12:00 AM (midnight) CET.

Application process