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Data Centre Operations Engineer
2015-04-02 13:05:34| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
ACS is looking for the key person to support the operations and service enhancements of the EUMETSATs multimission Data Centre. ACS has more than 30 years experience in delivering solutions for Earth Observation satellites Ground Segments. Based in Rome, Italy and in Darmstadt, Germany, we delivered systems currently in operation in 20 countries worldwide and have a long record of successful projects carried out for ESA, EUMETSAT, EMSA and many other Space Agencies and Research Centres. ACS recently established German subsidiary ACSD aims at better serving our customers based in Darmstadt area. ACS offers pleasant, international working environment at customer site very competitive salary attractive benefit package tailored on specific exigencies training and personal growth within ACS group, full support from a high technology company for relocation to Darmstadt. The main tasks of the key person are Provision of support to the daily monitoring of the Data Centre, and analysis and reporting of operational anomalies. Provision of support to the user queries received by the user service helpdesk regarding Data Centre services. Provision of support to the test automation of the Data Centre upgrades. Support to the development of Data Centre tools for monitoring, for reporting and to improve the usability of Data Centre services. Provision of support to prototyping concepts for evolving the Data Centre services to support current and future EUMETSAT programmes. Provision of support to the coordination of reprocessing activities. Provision of support to metadata content and their specification in Data Centre products. Preparation and maintenance of Data Centre documentation such as operational procedures and service guides for users. SKILLS University degree or equivalent in Software Engineering or a relevant engineering science discipline with a focus on data processing and handling Mandatory areas minimum 3 years for each Working in an operations environment supporting the analysis of system and user support issues Experience with working with Earth Observation data, and their visualisation and processing Experience in designing and developing software components and applications in an operational and web environment Programming experience in CC, Java languages, UNIX environment, scripting in Shell and Perl Extensive knowledge for specification, validation and transformation using XMLXSDXLT and their associated tools Experience of handling and manipulating binary data Good knowledge of the testing process for a complex hardware and software system Fluency in English is mandatory and a working knowledge of French would be an advantage Practical knowledge of the following will be a distinct advantage Experience with Meteorological data formats such as NetCDF, HDF, BUFR, GRIB. Good knowledge of standards, conventions and guidelines for the specification of metadata for Earth Observation data. Experience with using tools such as IDV, McIDASV, IDL, THREDDS. Experience in geospatial data formats such as GeoTiff, McIDAS. Knowledge of the SubVersion source code control systems. Knowledge of Software Development Environments such as the Eclipse. Knowledge of Google Web Toolkit GWT Development and usage experience in Big Data Technologies such as Hadoop. ADDITIONALLy EU national or valid work permit for Germany CV in Europass editable format
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