Grid Configuration Manager at CERN

IT-GD-2008-34-LD

THIS VACANCY IS OPEN TO STAFF MEMBERS ONLY.

Engineer or Physicist (Computing) in the Information Technology (IT) Department, in the middleware integration team of the Grid Deployment Group in the areas of integration, testing and configuration management for grid middleware.

Date of Publication: 07.04.2008

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Programme Staff Staff Category Computer Scientists Number of posts 1 Job Reference IT-GD-2008-34-LD

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Professional Code / Code Professionnel 208

2nd professional code 214

Career Path / Filière de Carrière E

English Version

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La version française suivra.

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Introduction

The Information Technology (IT) Department provides the general computing infrastructure of the Laboratory as well as dedicated services for physicists, engineers, administration and management. The Department also develops and deploys the Grid computing infrastructure for the LHC experiments, participates in EU-funded grid computing projects, like the EGEE project which reaches well beyond particle physics. IT collaborates closely with industry (through the CERN openlab for DataGrid applications) to develop advanced computing solutions and to enable IT technology transfer in both directions. The Grid Deployment Group (IT-GD)is responsible for coordinating the LCG and EGEE grid operations, and the integration, certification and testing of grid middleware.

More information on the Department is at: http://cern.ch/it-div/

Functions

The main focus will be on configuration management, but it is expected that the successful candidate participates in other grid operations and middleware related activities. The successful candidate will perform the following functions for the configuration management project:

Definition of the long term roadmap for the project;

Regular evaluation of priorities of the following:

Roadmap implementation,

Management of feature requests and new requirements,

Adaptation in response to middleware developments,

Bugfixes; Subsequent coordination of the distributed team of contributers in order to implement change. This includes all necessary personal contributions to the codebase;

Overseeing of the software lifecycle from codebase to release;

Maintenance of documentation;

Interaction with the userbase and 3rd level support for configuration and installation issues;

Representation and Public Relations for the project.

Qualification required

University degree or equivalent in Computer Science or a related field.

Experience and knowledge

Excellent working knowledge of Linux systems, particularly RHEL (and derivatives) and Debian;

Bash scripting and unix tools; knowledge of perl and python would be an advantage;

Practical experience with software development tools, building and packaging;

Practical experience of grid concepts and distributed computing;

Knowledge of gLite and work experience in a large federated grid infrastructure would be an advantage;

Excellent organisational and task-tracking skills;

Good communication skills are essential for working within the local team, for ensuring good coordination with the distributed contributers and for liasing effectively with end-users;

The ability to learn quickly and proactively fill knowledge gaps;

Good knowledge of English, basic knowledge of French or an undertaking to acquire it rapidly.

Eligibility and closing date

In line with our policy of Equal Opportunities, we encourage both men and women with relevant qualifications to apply.

Please note that this vacancy has been published on the Intranet only and applications are, for the moment, strictly limited to staff members.

Applications should reach us no later than 3 weeks from the date of publication.

Note on Employment Conditions

The post is open to staff members only. The maximum duration of the contract held by the selected staff member remains unchanged.

The functions may require work outside the normal working hours of CERN, including nights, week-ends and public holidays and may entail shift work and participation in a stand-by service.

-- KilianSchwarz - 08 Apr 2008