VN 23/45 Archive and Online Data Access Operations Engineer
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VN 23/45 Archive and Online Data Access Operations Engineer
Within the User Support and Climate Services Division of the EUMETSAT Operations and Services to Users Department, the Data Centre Operations Team operates the EUMETSAT Data Centre Archive and the online EUMETSAT data access services. These services provide the permanent storage (Long Term Data Preservation) of EUMETSAT’s satellite data and the discovery, search and access of this data by the user community.
In preparation of EUMETSAT’s future satellite missions, with a focus on the Second Generation Polar Orbiting Satellite programme (EPS-SG), the Archive and Online Data Access Operations Engineer will play a key role in ensuring the successful and complete routine archiving as well as the optimal online on- demand user access of data and products from these satellites.
The successful candidate will join a motivated and busy Operations team. This position will contribute to the coordination of the routine tasks of the team as well as leading evolutions and validation of updates to the archive and the online data access services. A close cooperation with the engineering teams responsible for these upgrades is essential.
Duties
The main duties for this vacancy are:
- Contribute to ground segment development activities in the area of Long Term Data Preservation and the online data access services, including programme reviews, coordinating and conducting end-to-end testing, and contributing to the documentation for operating the archive and the online data access services for new missions;
- Provision of user preparation support in providing the information for users to query, retrieve and use the satellite products from the EUMETSAT online data access services;
- Upon a mission becoming operational, provision of support to operations monitoring & coordination of the archive and the online data access ground segment;
- Evolve, maintain and configure monitoring scripts & tools, and user utilities for the mission’s archive and the online data access services;
- Analyse and document archive and data access service anomalies and follow up their resolution using existing configuration management processes;
- Define, set-up and automate test cases to validate all mission updates to new archive and the online data access service releases;
- Support user enquiries related to the archive and the online data access services;
- Specify and maintain the services operations documentation including training material;
- Support the specification of new user requirements for the evolution of the archive and the online data access services;
- Contribute towards the delivery of evolutions of the archive and the online data access services into operations;
- Coordinate and support mission activities with the relevant teams.
LOCATION
QUALIFICATIONS
An IT professional with a university degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or another relevant discipline.
LANGUAGES
The official languages of EUMETSAT are English and French. Candidates must be able to work effectively in English and have some knowledge of French.
DEADLINE
8 November 2023
Duties
The main duties for this vacancy are:
- Contribute to ground segment development activities in the area of Long Term Data Preservation and the online data access services, including programme reviews, coordinating and conducting end-to-end testing, and contributing to the documentation for operating the archive and the online data access services for new missions;
- Provision of user preparation support in providing the information for users to query, retrieve and use the satellite products from the EUMETSAT online data access services;
- Upon a mission becoming operational, provision of support to operations monitoring & coordination of the archive and the online data access ground segment;
- Evolve, maintain and configure monitoring scripts & tools, and user utilities for the mission’s archive and the online data access services;
- Analyse and document archive and data access service anomalies and follow up their resolution using existing configuration management processes;
- Define, set-up and automate test cases to validate all mission updates to new archive and the online data access service releases;
- Support user enquiries related to the archive and the online data access services;
- Specify and maintain the services operations documentation including training material;
- Support the specification of new user requirements for the evolution of the archive and the online data access services;
- Contribute towards the delivery of evolutions of the archive and the online data access services into operations;
- Coordinate and support mission activities with the relevant teams.
Skills and Experience
- Minimum two years of recent practical experience in the following:
- Working in Unix / Linux environments
- Scripting (Python, Perl, Bash) and/or Programming (Java, C++)
- Working with Relational Databases (e.g. PostgreSQL)
- Working with Git, GitLab and Harbor
- Working knowledge of Agile and Devops practises & tools;
- Web Service development experience (XML, REST-API, JavaScript, etc.);
- Experience in software engineering with good knowledge in development including integration verification and validation test methods;
- Good knowledge of Docker, Kubernetes and general cloud technologies;
- Experience in the specification of testable user requirements;
- Excellent problem-solving, communication and coordination skills, a pro-active and positive attitude and the ability to work in a team as well as autonomously with a minimum of supervision under high workloads.
Experience in the following would be advantageous:
- Hands-on experience with Earth Observation data and formats (e.g. NetCDF, HDF, BUFR, GRIB);
- Experience in the definition of meta-data, specification of configuration files, and data format representation, ideally using XML;
- Use of automated Software Test Tools for regression testing of new software releases (e.g. JUnit, QF Test, Cypress);
- Experience in development using elastic search and Kibana technologies;
- Working in an operational environment.
Employment Conditions
The initial contract will be of 4 years’ duration, with subsequent 5 year contracts being awarded thereafter, subject to individual performance and organisation requirements. There is no limit to the amount of follow-up contracts a staff member can receive up to the EUMETSAT retirement age of 63 and there are certainly opportunities to establish a long career perspective at EUMETSAT.
This post is graded A2/A4 on the EUMETSAT salary scales. The minimum basic salary for this post is EURO 6903 per month (net of internal tax but excluding pension contribution and insurances) which may be negotiable on the basis of skills and experience. The salary scale provides for increments on the anniversary of taking up employment, and scales are reviewed by the EUMETSAT Council with effect from 1 January each year. In addition to basic salary, EUMETSAT offers attractive benefits. Further information, including salary details, is available on the EUMETSAT web site.
EUMETSAT is committed to providing an equal opportunities work environment for men and women.
Please note that only nationals of EUMETSAT Member States may apply. The EUMETSAT Convention requires that Staff shall be recruited on the basis of their qualifications, account being taken of the international character of EUMETSAT.
About EUMETSAT
EUMETSAT is Europe’s meteorological satellite agency. Its role is to establish and operate meteorological satellites to monitor the weather and climate from space – 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. This information is supplied to the National Meteorological Services of the organisation’s Member States in Europe, as well as other users worldwide.
EUMETSAT also operates several Copernicus missions on behalf of the European Union and provide data services to the Copernicus marine and atmospheric services and their users.
As an intergovernmental European Organisation, EUMETSAT has 30 Member States (Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom.)
