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Computer Support Operations Engineer at ESAC
2015-08-26 13:05:38| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
Aurora is an established supplier of skilled manpower to ESA and in particular at ESTEC and ESAC. Aurora has 4 IT engineers in the Computer Support Group CSG and requires an engineer to cover for a maternity leave period of circa 5 6 months. Overview This work is to provide a number of specialised services to support ESA in Computer System Engineering at ESAC for the missions science operations centres. The SREO Computer Support Group CSG 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. Specific tasks would include installation, configuration, deployment, integration, monitoring, administration and maintenance of these computer systems, scientific and commercial software installation and administration, data backup and retrieval, interface with IT vendors for quotation, installation and maintenance agreements, users IT support, defining and operating computers operational procedures, hardware inventory tracking. It specifically excludes ESA corporate informatics infrastructure services office automation, network, terminal servers, Lotus Notes, LAN and communications, which are provided and subject to separate Service Level Agreements SLA. Specific Service Tasks The following tasks are the most important for the position Symantec Netbackup administration Netbackup server infrastructure troubleshooting master server, media servers, NDMP configuration, Sun Storagetec library Netbackup client agents troubleshooting Daily maintenance tasks design policies, monitoring backups using activity monitor, configuration of new storage devices, restore tasks, etc VMWare administration Deployment and maintenance of virtual servers and templates resource management, restore tasks. Infrastructure troubleshooting ESXi, VirtualCenter, etc Solaris linux administration Oracle VM Server for SPARC administration LDoms, Oracle Solaris 8 containers These tasks are also very desirable to be performed Zimbra mail server Mailman administration Infrastructure troubleshooting Creation of new users, mailing lists, etc LDAP DS administration Infrastructure troubleshooting Creation of new users, etc Specific qualification requirements At least a graduate degree preferably Masters in a relevant subject area Relevant professional experience in the most important tasks You must be able to work in English The selected provider must be willing to render the service in a team environment. Good interpersonal and communication skills, together with a proactive attitude to problem solving and customer focus are required. 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 citizens 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 The work will be performed at the ESAC, the European Space Astronomy Centre, at Villafranca del Castillo, near Madrid, Spain. Contract Start date early October 2015 to allow for a handover You will be registered for both social security and tax in Spain. The standard working hours are 40 per week including sometimes support in the evenings and weekends. 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. Aurora can assist financially and provide recent experience information for relocation. To be considered for this Position Provide prior to 23 September 2015 a summary of why you are a good candidate for the position together with a detailed CV to Mr. Alex Jeanes, at email alexjeanesaurora.nl quoting reference SRECSG.
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