Junior Distributed Storage Engineer (IT-SD-PDS-2026-246-GRAE)

Description

You will help develop the data storage systems that support experiments at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC).

You will join the IT storage and data management group, which builds and runs services and technology that help researchers make scientific progress.

You will work in the storage development and operations team, which delivers large, reliable, high-performance storage. The infrastructure currently holds over 1 Exabyte of disk storage and supplies roughly 10 Exabytes of data a year to researchers and computing sites around the world.

The role is a chance to learn and contribute while running and evolving an open-source storage platform. You will work with developers and service managers to make automation, observability, reliability and performance better.

Responsibilities

• Run and maintain large-scale distributed storage services that support the organization's scientific programmes.
• Integrate, troubleshoot and tune distributed storage at exabyte scale, across software, hardware and networking.
• Help build, test, deploy and automate new platform features and operational tools.
• Work with users, developers, service managers and external collaborators to shape the future of the storage services.

Requirements

• Solid knowledge of Linux, networking and storage technologies.
• Software development skills in modern languages such as C++ or Python, along with Git and CI/CD.
• Linux administration, troubleshooting and performance tuning.
• Experience with automation, configuration management and operational tooling.
• Understanding of replication, fault tolerance, caching, scheduling and data consistency.
• Interest in distributed storage, data management platforms and large-scale scientific computing, as well as in storage performance, scalability and reliability.
• Good collaboration skills and experience working in diverse teams.
• Fluent spoken and written English, and a commitment to learning French.
• You must be a national of a Member or Associate Member State of the organization.
• You can have at most two years of professional experience since graduating in software engineering or a related field, measured at the application deadline.
• Your highest qualification must be a Bachelor's or Master's degree. Applicants without a university degree or with a PhD are not eligible.
• You must never have held a fellow or graduate contract with the organization.

Conditions

Applications close on 06.11.2026 at 23:59 CET.

The contract lasts 24 months and can be extended to a maximum of 36 months.

The job is 40 hours per week, fully onsite, with a target start date of 01 January 2027.

You may be asked to take stand-by duty when the organization needs it.

You may be asked to work nights, Sundays and official holidays when the organization needs it.

Job reference: IT-SD-PDS-2026-246-GRAE. Field of work: Information Technologies. Benchmark job: 200020 - Computing Engineer.

The organization values diversity and welcomes applicants from all backgrounds.

Benefits

• A monthly net stipend of 5266 or 5793 Swiss Francs, depending on your degree.
• 30 days of paid leave per year, plus a 2-week annual closure.
• Comprehensive health insurance covering you, your spouse and your children, and membership of the staff pension fund.
• Monthly family, child and infant allowances, depending on your circumstances.
• A relocation package with an installation grant and travel expenses, depending on your circumstances.
• On-the-job and formal training, including language classes.