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Operations Support Engineer for Science Operations SCJ2872
2015-04-28 14:06:40| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
Summary An experienced and knowledgeable engineer required to to support ESA in developing the Gaia missions Science Operations Centre at ESAC. Objective ESAs Gaia mission is designed to create an accurate and complete astrometric catalogue which will serve for decades to come. The data processing and catalogue creation is carried out by the Gaia Data Processing and Analysis Consortium DPAC formed by around 400 individuals and six main data processing centres distributed across Europe. The Gaia SOC at ESAC is an integral part of DPAC and plays a key role in designing the overall system architecture and developing and operating parts of the Core Processing systems viz. Initial Data Treatment IDT, First Look FL, and the Astrometric Global Iterative Solution. ESAC will also form the hub for data exchange via the Main Database MDB. This MDB will form the input for all processing and will be augmented with the output of all processing to arrive at a new version. Responsibilities Duties Contribute to procedure writing and the implementation of procedures Follow procedures and operate Gaia SOC systems Test SOC systems for the daily processing of raw Gaia data Test SOC systems for the generation of payload operations request Further test and scale SOC products such as MDB Participate in the optimisation of software processing Gather operational constraints for software running at SOC Interact appropriately with and support the providers of all software SOC systems Interact appropriately with the users of DPCE data products and other Data Processing Centres Assist in automation of SOC procedures nominally Gaia SOC will only be manned normal working hours. Contribute to the maintenance of the overall system, including configuration control and versioning Provide support for testing, particularly for EndtoEnd E2E and operational rehearsal campaigns. Report on operational activities including the gathering and presentation of processing summary statistics Interactions with general international community of astronomersusers are also expected via workshops and the helpdesk. Qualifications Experience University graduate degree Masters or Ph.D. a relevant subject area. Experience in interacting with the science community would be an advantage. Essential Skills Past astronomical instrument or spacecraft support with a major international space or groundbased observatory Support to the professional astronomical community for a spacebased mission Experience in operating large and distributed data processing systems Use of spacebased scientific data in support of science research. ECSS standards for software development Database interaction using JDBC Subversion Large Databasesdata processing 1TB LaTeX Qualities The engineer must be willing operate in a team environment and to travel. Heshe should display good interpersonal and communication skills. The engineer should be comfortable in an international working environment and be fluent in English. Further Details All roles within Telespazio VEGA have a defined closing date, however if a successful candidate is found before the advert expires the role will be closed early. We would therefore advise any candidate to apply as early as possible to avoid disappointment. Closing Date for applications is 1st May 2015 Location of the position is ESAC, near Madrid, Spain Benefits Salary plus a benefits package are offered to the successful candidate Security In line with Asylum Immigration Legislation, all applicants must be eligible to live and work in the EU. Documented evidence of eligibility will be required from candidates as part of the recruitment process. Furthermore, in view of the nature of the work the company is in, all potential employees will undergo stringent reference and identity checks.
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