Computing Engineer (IT-TC-LCGGRAE)

Are you a curious and motivated computing graduate eager to contribute to a global scientific infrastructure Join CERN and help shape the future of distributed computing by improving how we monitor and understand the use of computing resources across the Worldwide LHC Computing Grid (WLCG) a global collaboration of more than 150 computing centers in more than 40 countries serving cutting-edge particle physics.

As a member of the CERN IT departments Technical Coordination group you will contribute to the design deployment and validation of a scalable monitoring system for data transfers based on the XRootD protocol.

XRootD is a data access technology widely used by LHC experiments to read and move scientific data efficiently across global storage infrastructures.

Your work will ensure that data traffic across heterogeneous storage systems is reliably monitored and visible in near real time. This monitoring capability is essential for ensuring transparent data access for experiments and maintaining the reliability of distributed computing operations across WLCG.

Your responsibilities

• Contribute to the design validation and deployment of site components for XRootD data monitoring including integration with existing CERN and WLCG infrastructure.
• Participate in the validation of monitoring metrics by comparing collector data with network traffic statistics.
• Design and implement automated workflows for data quality validation anomaly detection and metric correlation across distributed sites.
• Collaborate closely with experiment and site administrators to ensure interoperability scalability and reliability of the new monitoring framework.
• Contribute to the evolution of WLCG monitoring dashboards and data analytics services using modern DevOps and containerised environments (GitLab CI / CD Kubernetes).
• This position offers a unique opportunity to work at the intersection of distributed computing data engineering and monitoring automation supporting the global computing infrastructure that underpins scientific discoveries at the LHC.

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Additional Information :

Job closing date : 02.12.2025 at 23 : 59 CET.

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

Working hours : 40 hours per week

Job flexibility : Hybrid

Target start date : 01-February-2026

Job reference : IT-TC-LCGGRAE

Field of work : Software Engineering and IT

Benchmark job : 200020 - Computing Engineer

What we offer

About us

At CERN the European Organization for Nuclear Research physicists and engineers are probing the fundamental structure of the universe. Using the worlds 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 .

Diversity has been an integral part of CERNs mission since its foundation and is an established value of the Organization. Employing a diverse workforce is central to our success.

Remote Work : No

Employment Type : Full-time

Key Skills

Dhcp,Active Directory,VMware,Computer Networking,PowerShell,Microsoft Windows Server,Windows,Microsoft Exchange,SAN,Azure,Operating Systems,Dns

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1