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Archive and Data Services Engineer 1313045
2013-06-27 12:37:10| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
Solenix is specialized in the provision of highquality software engineering, technical consulting and operations services in the aerospace domain. This vacancy note concerns an onsite consulting position at EUMETSAT in Darmstadt, Germany. Archive and Data Services Engineer 1313045 Job Description As a member of the Data Centre Operations Team in the User Support and Climate Services Division, the general task of the Consultant will be the provision of advice and engineering support to the Data Centre Operations Manager in all aspects of work associated with the MTG Meteosat Third Generation Programme related to the Operation of the EUMETSAT Data Centre Archive and associated data services. Major tasks of the Consultant will be to provide requirements, documentation and support which are necessary for the required evolutions of the Archive and the related ondemand data access services. The Consultant shall be responsible for the following tasks Support MTG programme reviews with the view to assess their impact on the ondemand Data Access System, which comprises the EUMETSAT Data Centre Archive and other related ondemand User data services where archived data is provided. Support the translation of the MTG Programme user requirements into detail system requirements of the ondemand data access services. Provide support to the MTG Development Programme covering all aspects of the User Support and Climate Services Division. Contribute to the preparation of the MTG Validation and Verification VV activities and commissioning in respect to the data access system. This includes validation of Output formats and performance assessments of the system. Contribute to the definition and enhancement of the end user interfaces for the ondemand data access services, e.g. data access interfaces, delivery mechanisms, product visualisation. Enhance and automate the reporting of the Data Centre usage to provide regular and configurable reports of current and future data holdings. Support the Climate Data Processing and Satellite Intercalibration activities of the Division and in EUMETSAT by extracting relevant and available metadata from the Archive and making them accessible to users via Web Technologies. Represent the User Support and Climate Services Division in relevant meetings and workshops. Liaise with the EUMETSAT Format Advisory Group on proposed MTG related delivery formats. Required Skills and Experience University degree or equivalent in a relevant Engineering, Computer Science or Science discipline. Demonstrated experience of at least three years in the field of Meteorological Satellite product handling with exposure to UserSystem requirements definition and validation in a satellite data environment. A minimum of three years in the field of Earth Observation EO data or metadata handling. A minimum of three years experience working with Web Technologies e.g. Java GWT, JQuery etc. Handson experience in shell scripting. Experience in the definition validation of system and user requirements. Experience in writing test plans and related documentation for validation of the developed systems for operations. Ability to translate EO Data Access related requirements into detail system requirements. The variety of tasks to be supported require a high degree of autonomy, good analytical skills and good communication skills. Fluency in English. Desirable Skills and Experience Experience with the Meteorological Climate Research User Community Experience of EO data formats e.g., NetCDF, HDF5, BUFR, etc and visualisation of these formats. Knowledge of OGC standards and Web Map Services Geographical Information Systems. Knowledge of XML technologies for the definition of data format representation. Knowledge of meta data standards. Knowledge of SQL for extracting Database Information. Experience of software testing tools. Knowledge of the requirements management tool DOORS. Presentation skills for presenting proposed concepts, development status, and results to expert and nonexpert audiences. Work Location Darmstadt, Germany Dates Application Deadline 09 August 2013 Start of Work 01 January 2014 Important Notes Before applying to this position, please read the page Notes to Applicants on the Solenix website under Career. Applicants must be EU citizens or have a valid work and residence permit in Germany. Security, identity and reference checks on the candidates are part of the recruitment process. Job Application Please send your applications electronically to careersolenix.ch before the application deadline 09 August 2013
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