Database on Demand Service Operator (IT-DA-DBGRAE)
Database on Demand Service Operator (IT-DA-DBGRAE)
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Job Description
Your responsibilities
The selected candidate will join the Database on Demand service team supporting several types of rapidly provisioned databases for use by various CERN communities including WLCG Experiments or Accelerator systems.
Your main functions will include:
- Administer MySQL PostgreSQL InfluxDB or other open-source time series database like TimescaleDB through multiple product lifecycle environments from development to mission-critical production systems.
- Maintain and support the current solution for providing MySQL high availability already in use by several critical services at CERN.
- Configure and support database platforms: architecture evolution migration upgrades and patches including monitoring of system health and performance to ensure high levels of performance availability and security.
- Assist and advise end users as well as support with database design.
Your profile
Skills:
- MySQL PostgreSQL InfluxDB or TimescaleDB databases.
- Large-scale & HA DB environments.
- SQL shell script Python.
- Linux OS health & performance.
- Service administration Puppet configuration Git.
- 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 Computer Science (or a related field) and your highest educational qualification is either a Bachelors or Masters 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: 14.09.2025 at 23:59 CEST.
Contract duration: 24 months with a possible extension up to 36 months maximum.
Working hours: 40 hours per week
Target start date: 01-October-2025
Job reference: IT-DA-DBGRAE
Field of work: Software Engineering and IT
What we offer
- A monthly stipend ranging between 5196 and 5716 Swiss Francs (net of tax).
- Coverage by CERNs 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 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
Employment Type
Full-time
