Job Description

Your responsibilities

Join the EP-LBC (LHCb Computing) group at the forefront of software development for the Large Hadron Collider beauty collaboration. As part of the distributed computing team, you'll play a pivotal role in leveraging the Worldwide LHC Computing Grid through the DIRAC middleware. Our current focus is on DiracX, an ambitious update designed to meet the evolving demands of grid computing.

Responsibilities include:

• Leading the transition of the DIRAC transformation system to DiracX.
• Maintaining and enhancing LHCb's infrastructure for data preparation, critical for both internal physicists and external researchers utilizing LHCb's Open Data releases.

Your profile

Skills and/or knowledge

• Demonstrated working experience in software development using the Python programming language.
• A comprehensive understanding of the workflow for processing data in LHC experiments using the grid.
• Familiarity with web technologies such as TypeScript and React would be a plus.

Eligibility criteria:

• You are a national of a CERN Member or Associate Member State.
• You have a professional background in Particle Physics or Software Engineering (or a related field) and have either:
  • a Master's degree with 2 to 6 years of post-graduation professional experience;
  • or a PhD with no more than 3 years of post-graduation professional experience.
• You have never had a CERN fellow or graduate contract before.

Additional Information

Job closing date: 17.06.2024 at 12:00 AM (midnight) CET.

Job reference: EP-LBC-2024-104-GRAP

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

Target start date: 01-September-2024

What we offer

• A monthly stipend ranging between 6212 and 6828 Swiss Francs per month (net of tax).
• Coverage by CERN's comprehensive health scheme (for yourself, your spouse and children), and membership of the CERN Pension Fund.
• Depending on your individual circumstances: installation grant; family, child and infant allowances; payment of travel expenses at the beginning and end of contract.
• 30 days of paid leave per year.
• On-the-job and formal training at CERN as well as in-house language courses for English and/or French.

About us

At CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, physicists and engineers are probing the fundamental structure of the universe. Using the world's 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 http://home.cern.

We are on a Quest. A Journey into discovery like no other. Bring your expertise to our unique work and develop your knowledge and skills at pace. Join world-class subject matter experts on unique projects, in a Quest for greater knowledge and deeper understanding.

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