As a Compute Services Engineer in the Compute and Devices (CD) group, your main activities will be to:

• Administer, troubleshoot and ensure the evolution of the Puppet-based Configuration Management Service
• Maintain, improve and ensure the testing of the core configuration of CERN's 15k Puppet managed servers
• Define the Configuration Management part of the evolving Linux strategy

• As part of the wider Compute and Configuration section:
  • participate in the ongoing service automation, monitoring and scaling activities for the scientific computing and interactive services.
  • Work on the scientific computing evolution strategy which aims to re-architect and co-develop a set of supportable solutions for the future
• Provide technical expertise and consulting to users of the section's services

We are looking for someone with the following demonstrated experience/skills:

• Operating and optimizing large-scale, mission-critical production services.
• Knowledge of systems administration, in particular Linux environments.
• Knowledge of Puppet configuration management tools and monitoring of distributed systems.
• Programming techniques and languages, in particular Python or Go programming.
• Dealing with user relations, user support, and user requirements definition.
• Familiarity with Agile/Scrum methodologies and DevOps practices.

Additional experience/skills in the following areas would be an asset:

• Technical and troubleshooting skills with relational databases running on PostgreSQL and/or MySQL.

SL: Gavin McCance