DevOps Engineer - WordPress Platform (IT-PW-WDA-2026-107-GRAE)

Job Description

In this role, you will be a core member of the WordPress Infrastructure team. We are responsible for the hosting of multiple public facing websites, among them the highly visible https://home.cern. By joining us, you will contribute to the continuous improvement of the infrastructure, and will support the websites hosted on that infrastructure.

Your responsibilities

• Contribute to the development and maintenance of the WordPress infrastructure components and tools responsible for the service delivery automation.
• Provide support to the WordPress website owners and developers, participate in the user support activities.
• Actively engage in the internal WordPress community, and assist the stakeholders.
• Improve the monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions in place to guarantee high availability and performance.
• Contribute to the global evolution of web hosting infrastructure, beyond WordPress.

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Your profile

• Experience with version control systems and CI/CD workflows.
• Experience with container deployment and orchestration platforms such as Kubernetes / OpenShift.
• Familiarity with the Kubernetes operator pattern.
• Previous experience managing CMS (e.g. Drupal, WordPress, Joomla) platforms or other PHP based software is desirable.
• Previous experience with observability tools (e.g. Prometheus, InfluxDB, Grafana) is a plus.

Skills

• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills, with a proactive mindset to identify challenges and drive innovative solutions.
• Good communication and collaboration skills, with ability to work effectively within cross-functional teams.
• Strong commitment to user satisfaction, actively seeking feedback and collaborating with users to continuously improve services.
• Linux and Bash scripting.
• Programming in GoLang and Python; PHP will be a plus.
• Git, CI/CD tools, test and deployment automation.
• Container orchestration tools (Kubernetes, OpenShift etc.).
• Knowledge of Web Content Management Systems would be an asset.
• Spoken and written English, with a commitment to learn French.

Eligibility criteria:

• You are a national of a CERN Member or Associate Member State.
• By the application deadline, you have a maximum of two years of professional experience since graduation in Software or Computer Engineering (or a related field) and your highest educational qualification is either a Bachelor's or Master's degree.
• You have never had a CERN fellow or graduate contract before.
• Applicants without University degree are not eligible.
• Applicants with a PhD are not eligible.

Additional Information

Job closing date: 28.05.2026 at 23:59 CEST.

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-September-2026

Job reference: IT-PW-WDA-2026-107-GRAE

Field of work: Software Engineering and IT

Benchmark job: 200020 - Computing Engineer

Global Benefits

• A monthly stipend between 5266-5793 Swiss Francs per month (tax free) depending on your degree.
• 30 days of paid leave per year plus 2 weeks annual closure.
• Coverage by CERN’s comprehensive health insurance scheme (for yourself, your spouse and children), and membership of the CERN Pension Fund.
• Family, child and infant monthly allowances depending on your individual circumstances.
• A relocation package (installation grant and travel expenses) depending on your individual circumstances.
• Possibility to extend your contract up to 36 months.
• On-the-job and formal training including language classes.

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