IRISA and the University of Rennes 1 (France) have an open position for an Engineer in the domain of cloud computing.
Note: this position is now filled. However, a similar position is available here.
Title: Technical lead of the ConPaaS multi-cloud Platform-as-a-Service environment
Description:
ConPaaS is an open-source runtime environment for hosting applications in the cloud. It aims at offering the full power of the cloud to application developers while shielding them from the associated complexity of the cloud. ConPaaS is designed to host both high-performance scientific applications and online Web applications. It automates the entire life-cycle of an application, including collaborative development, deployment, performance monitoring, and automatic scaling. It runs on a variety of public and private clouds, and it is currently the only PaaS system capable of executing applications across multiple clouds simultaneously.
ConPaaS was initially developed in the Contrail European project. It is now a mature and stable platform, with new features being added on a regular basis. ConPaaS developers are distributed across several teams in Europe (France, Netherlands, Germany, U.K., etc.).
We are looking for a full-time engineer who will act as the main technical lead of the ConPaaS community. This job includes the following tasks:
- Develop extensions to the current system. The planned extensions in the near future are: (i) improve the support of multi-cloud deployments; (ii) reduce the overall footprint of the system by redesigning parts of the internal architecture.
- Coordinate developments realized by our partners in other European universities.
- Review and validate patches submitted by our partners in other European universities.
- Handle the release process of ConPaaS.
- Provide support to ConPaaS users. In particular we are planning an ambitious experimentation of ConPaaS as a support for running smartphone application backends inside the network of a major European mobile phone operator.
- Occasionally give presentations about ConPaaS at relevant technical conferences.
Required qualifications:
- A Master degree in computer science or a closely related field.
- Excellent knowledge of large-scale distributed systems and cloud computing.
- Provable programming skills in Linux environments.
- Good communication and writing skills.
- Good command of English.
- Knowledge of the following technologies is not mandatory but will be considered as a plus:
- Python and shell scripting
- Commercial cloud systems: Amazon EC2 and EBS, Heroku, etc.
- Open-source cloud systems: OpenNebula, OpenStack.
- Revision control systems: GIT, svn
- Linux distributions: Debian, Ubuntu
- Note that knowledge of French is not required for this position.
Start date: January 1st 2014. The position is offered for a period of 1 year. The contract may be extended further, depending on funding availability.
Location: Rennes is the capital city of Britanny, in the western part of France. It is easy to reach thanks to the high-speed train line to Paris. Rennes is a lively city and a major center for higher education and research. The job will take place within the INRIA/IRISA research center, which is internationally recognized for its research in the domain of information and communication sciences.
Applications: A first selection of candidates will take place on September 9th 2013. To maximize your chances of success, please send your application before this date. The position will however remain open until a suitable candidate is found. To apply, please send the following documents to Guillaume Pierre (guillaume.pierre@irisa.fr):
- CV
- Motivation letter highlighting your previous achievements in similar projects
- Two recommendation letters
Contact: For any additional information please contact Guillaume Pierre (guillaume.pierre@irisa.fr).
