Introduction of a testing phase for MCSimulation productions within LHCbDirac

The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is the world's largest particle accelerator. Experiments at the LHC need to store and process an unprecedented amount of data. The only way to achieve such goal is using state of the art distributed computing technologies, like Grids and Clouds. LHCb, the LHC "beauty" experiment, is one of those experiments. The physics data are processed and distributed using software solutions developed mostly by members of the LHCb collaboration. The LHCbDirac interware is one of them. LHCbDirac is a complex, very actively developed software, whose roles range from the submission of jobs, the management of the data produced, to the orchestration of the LHCb distributed resources, while providing active monitoring and key information for the whole LHCb collaboration. A successful candidate will participate in the development of LHCbDirac. An important part of LHCb distributed computing activities is simulation. Simulations are done using Monte Carlo methods. Monte Carlo computations can take a large amount of resources, and need to be tested beforehand. The tests are used to determine functional and non-functional results, like performances, and to produce a limited amount of physics results. A successful candidate will develop the necessary software for such tests.