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Data Centre Test and Products Operations Engineer
2016-02-25 19:08:51| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
Serco is a FTSE 250 international service company that improves the quality and efficiency of essential services that matter to millions of people around the world. The work we do for national and local governments involves us in the most important areas of public services, including science and defence. Sercos space heritage over the last 40 years has placed us in the Space News Top 50 Space Industry Manufacturing and Services Companies. With over 1500 staff in the space business covering a wide spectrum of experience and skills, we convey best practice, expertise and innovation in our business. For our activities in EUMETSAT, we are currently looking for a Data Centre Test and Products Operations Engineer. Tasks and Responsibilities As Data Centre Test and Products Operations Engineer you will support the Data Centre Operations team and will report to the Data Centre Operations Team Leader. You main tasks will be Provision of support to the daily monitoring and first line support 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 Support to the development of Data Centre tools for monitoring and reporting Provision of support to prototyping concepts for evolving the Data Centre services to support current and future EUMETSAT programmes Provision of support to the test automation of the Data Centre evolutions Provision of support to the development of new formats for the Archive data Provision of support to metadata content and their specification in the new formats Preparation and maintenance of Data Centre documentation such as operational procedures and service guides for users Preparation of material to support the usage of Data Centre services. Requirements Essentials In addition to having a university degree or equivalent in a relevant engineering science discipline, you must have excellent team working skills, be able to work autonomously and have good analytical skills. The variety of the tasks and the scope of the systems to be supported require also very good communication, presentation skills combined with the ability to perform under high workloads. You should have skills and experience in the following mandatory areas minimum 3 years for each Working in an operations environment supporting the analysis of system and user support issues Good knowledge of the testing and test automation for a complex hardware and software system Experience of working with Earth Observation data formats, their visualisation and processing Programming experience in Java language, UNIX environment, scripting in Shell and Perl Technical knowledge for specification, validation and transformation using XMLXSDXLT and their associated tools Experience in using SQL to access relational databases such as Oracle Experience of handling and manipulating binary data. Fluency in English is mandatory and a working knowledge of French would be an advantage, together with good communication skills. Desirables Practical knowledge of the following will be a distinct advantage Experience in the development of the product formats, ideally netCDF and HDF Good knowledge of standards, conventions and guidelines for the specification of metadata for Earth Observation data, for example Climate and Forecast Conventions Experience with Meteorological data formats such as McIDAS, GeoTiff, BUFR and GRIB Experience with using Data Access tools such as IDV, MATLAB, IDL and THREDDS Knowledge of the SubVersion source code control systems Knowledge of Software Development Environments such as the Eclipse Knowledge of the QFS Test automation software. Application procedure Important All applicants must hold a current valid work permit for Germany or be EU nationals. Important Due to the high interest these roles generate, Serco reserves the right to commence, alter or conclude the recruitment process prior to the closing date. If shortlisted, a recruiter will contact you directly. You can also login at any time to apply to additional positions. Data Protection By submitting a job application you agree to the storage of any personal data provided by you directly or collected from generally accessible sources in particular professional and other social media throughout the entire application process CV, references, letter of application, interviews as applicable. To facilitate subsequent contact for professional purposes only, you agree to your data being saved after the application process has ended. You may revoke your consent to this agreement at any time. The same shall also apply if you are contacted by SERCO GROUP regarding vacancies that match your existing profile. If you are interested in this vacancy, and think you have the skills and experience required, please apply via the relevant link available in Serco Europes Careers Hub httpscareershub.serco.eu If you have any question regarding this position please email space.careersserco.com Position Data Centre Test and Products Operations Engineer Reference G016EUM180 Application closing date 08042016 Start date 01082016 For additional information about Serco Group please consult our website www.serco.com For additional information about Serco Europe please consult our website httpswww.serco.eu For additional information about EUMETSAT, please consult httpwww.eumetsat.int
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