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IT Support Engineer Grid Cloud Expert
2018-01-05 13:17:04| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
Aurora is an established supplier of skilled manpower to ESA and in particular at ESTEC and ESAC. Aurora has the opportunity to expand our support within ESAC. Overview This work package is intended to provide a number of specialised services to support ESA in Computer System Engineering at ESAC for the missions science operations centres. The SCIIT Unit SITU is providing computer support to all science operations centres and science ground segments located at ESAC, either in development or in operational phase. Under this work package, service shall be provided to support ESA in system administration activities for those computer systems used for science operations and research activities. These computers are general servers or workstations mainly based on Linux and Oracle Solaris, Macintoshes, Technical PCs and for Office Automation activities. The environment also includes Disk Storage infrastructure, Virtual infrastructure as well as GRID and Cloud computing infrastructures. Systems can be physical machines or provided through virtual infrastructure. These systems are connected to networks organized by functions operational, office and development, external services, GRID, Cloud and administration networks. Core Areatasks would include F5 load balancers Review and modify cyphers in order toimprovesecurity Investigate some disconnections reported by the users Grid Install and configure new SciGrid7 infrastructure based on the new version of Univa Grid Engine using cobblerandpuppet tools Migration of resources from the old SciGrid6 infrastructure to the new one Grid and Cloud evolution Configuration of SCIGRID3 chassis Configure Dell IO Aggregators as standaloneswitches not stacked and remove 40G cables connected between them Upgrade firmware of all the elements of the chassis 16 idracs, IO Aggregators, CMC Reinstall 16 physical hostwithCentOS 7 and the corresponding software to be included in the new hyper convergedinfrastructure using oVirt andGluster Create a CentOS 7 VM template inoVirt manager Deploy 16 VMs from this template for SciGrid infrastructure Configure these VMs to be added as execution hosts to the Univa Grid Engine cluster Use puppet configuration tool for thecustomizationof these VMs Run the properUniva Grid Engine commands to include them as execution hosts Memory cards have been purchased at the end of 2017, so we will have to install them as soon as they arrive to ESAC and complete the corresponding configuration changes A new Dell M1000e chassis has beenpurchased at the end of 2017, when this chassis arrive to ESAC some tasks have to be performed Fill the needed datacenter request forms for the installation of the chassis and all its connections power and network ports DefineIP addresses and names needed for all the elements of this chassis Configuration ofDell IO Aggregators switches Installation and configuration of the servers, according tothe new hyper convergedinfrastructure using oVirt andGluster SciCloud Fix some issues about reporting and dashboards Review and check some issues in CloudForms that appeared after last update to CloudForms 4.5 version. Update templates in SciCloud Nexus repository Migration from the Nexus community to the Nexus Professional version Migrate SOCCI Nexus repository to SCIO one Furthermore, the candidate would have the following duties on listed Missions and Projects CLUSTER Coordinate the migration of Cluster Active Archive CAA from ESTEC to ESAC project Updateall the information related to this projectinthe SITUWiki EUCLID Migration of servers to RHEL7 Install and configure new5 VMs withRHEL7 and when working, power off the RHEL6 ones Reinstall2 physical servers with RHEL7 Review proxy web configuration for an Euclid service accesible from outside ESAC Configure new eucares7 VM to replace the one provided by ESOC eucares Check its connectivity to the ESAC ClouderatestCluster Configure it as gateway in the ESAC Cloudera test Cluster Updateall the information related to this project inthe SITUWiki HUBBLE Addall the information related to this project tothe SITUWiki JWST Addall the information related to this project tothe SITUWiki GALILEO Coordinate this project Install and configure Wordpress and enable the external access to this tool by an external company Review the synchronisation of the required data fromdifferent external FTP servers to the one located at ESAC PLAAAVI georeturn project Configure Zabbix alerts for the PLAAVI servers Update PLAAVI VM template in SciCloud Add all the information related to this project to the SITUWiki SOBDC SCIO Backup Data Centre georeturn project Provide detailed hardware information for the physical hosts included in this project Review documentationduring the following phases of the project, usingConfluence and Jira tools Attend to the regular meetings of this project TITISO SCIO Technical IT Infrastructure Security Optimisation Review SCIO ESAC infrastructure security assessment andAgreed security zonesdocuments Discussions about management networks and monitoring Create SciCloud Infrastructure documentfor this project Attend to the regular meetings of this project Specific qualification requirements At least a University degree or equivalent in computer science or related fields. GRID Cloud proven Experience. IT security methodology. IT forensic analysis. Intrusion Prevention and Detection systems. Storage SANNAS technologies. Solaris System management. Linux RedHat system management. Virtualization technologies. Backup technologies. PC Windows and Macintosh system management. Good interpersonal and communication skills, together with a proactive attitude to problem solving and customer focus are required. The candidateshould be comfortable in an international working environment and be fluent in written and spoken English, one of the official language of ESA. A high level of written and spokenEnglishis essential. Legal and Security Requirements All applicants must be legally allowed to work in Spain without the need to obtain a work visa. Only European Union EU, European Economic Area EEA and SWISScitizens can be employed by Aurora in Spain. Applicants are required to provide a copy of their passport and degree certificate. Aurora will validate the Degree with the issuing University and provide evidence to ESA. In line with ESAs security requirements, prior to issuing a letter of employment the applicant shall provide to Aurora a recent official document declaring that they are of good conduct from the country where currently resident, and Aurora will validate your employment history. Location It is expected that the work will be performed at the ESAC, the European Space Astronomy Centre at Villafranca del Castillo, near Madrid Spain. Contract This position is to cover our engineer who shall be on maternity leave. Duration of the contract will be 5 months. You will be registered for both social security and tax in Spain. The standard working hours are 40 per week. There are 12 public holidays and an additional 30 annual days holiday. In addition to public health services Aurora provides private medical insurance in Spain. Training to improve efficiency and provide strength for future career are of course included. Aurora can assist financially and provide recent experience information for relocation. To be considered for this Position Provide a summary of why you are a good candidate for the position together with a complete and detailedCandidate Proposal Formor CV and Motivation Letter toMr. Davide Starnone, at emaildavide.starnoneaurora.nlquoting referenceSCOVMR. Aurora will agree conditional employment terms and conditions with candidates before presenting them to ESA. As soon as a good candidate will be identified, the vacancy will be closed. Starting date at ESAC will be approximately1March 2018.
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Liquid Telecom wins deal to manage KETRACO grid, plans East African expansion
2017-10-18 10:52:00| Telecompaper Headlines
(Telecompaper) Liquid Telecom Kenya has announced a ten-year partnership with Kenya Electricity Transmission Company (KETRACO) to operate KETRACO's Optical Ground Wire (OPGW) fibre cable and expand the internet network across East Africa. The partnership will begin by upgrading fibre connections to Kenyan areas already connected to the national grid with high voltage lines of 132kV and above. They include Garissa, Isiolo, Garsen, Lamu, Rabai, Namanga, Meru, Machakos, Makueni, Wote, Sultan Hamud, Mwingi, Konza, Kitale, Eldoret, Kisii and Kisumu.
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