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Data Flow System Engineer
2018-09-04 20:27:02| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
Serco is a specialist at delivering vital services on behalf of European, National and Local Governments. Serco Europe employs a large workforce in Belgium, Luxembourg, France, Switzerland, Germany, Holland, Spain, Italy and the UK. Our European operations have ca. 2,000 employees delivering critical services to public institutions throughout Europe. Sercos space heritage over the last 40 years has placed us in the Space News Top 50 Space Industry Manufacturing and Services Companies We work alongside EUMETSAT and the European Space Agency, where we are the largest onsite service provider with ca. 300 staff. What connects the ever growing Serco workforce is a passion for delivering great service To keep ahead we have to constantly evolve and enhance the way we deliver our services and everyone in Serco has a role to play here. Serco provide the right environment to encourage ideas and a comprehensive Best Practice support network that enables them to put their ideas into action. If you share our values then join with over 60,000 colleagues globally who are equally as passionate about delivering great service as you. We are looking for an experienced Data Handling Systems Engineer to work in large volume project team for a prestigious European customer. The role is focused on open source based technologies used for operating systems, database, and software development technologies. Package description Full details on application The position is a permanent contract. Main responsibilities The Data Handling Systems Engineer is responsible of the following activities Definition of processes and scenarios for the management of large EarthObservation datasets. Characterisation of User Access Scenarios. Monitoring and optimization of data retrieval and ingestion performances. Forecast of the data volumes and analysis of trends. Support to Capacity Planning for data storage and computing services. Support to Change Management for what regards evolution of the data offer and analysis of potential evolutions necessary to satisfy evolving requirements. Analysis of possible optimizations wrt. the data sources interfaces. Support to data handling operations engineering. Definition of processes and scenarios for the retrieval of large EarthObservation datasets, from different data sources. Routinely manage data access services servers operating systems and database applications and relevant aspects related to performance, integrity and security. Monitoring and optimization of data retrieval and ingestion performances. Forecast of the data volumes and analysis of trends. Support to the preparation of the Capacity Planning for data storage services. Analysis of the impacts of the introduction of new EO datasets. Identification of system evolutions, in terms of data handling functions. Support to data handling operations engineering. Contribute to the planning and development of the database layout. Work on resolving incidents. Ensure data consistency, users access management, data security and recoverability, efficient performance. Execute monitoring and control of the data flows and associated servers and database infrastructure resources to proactively handle capacity, performance and availability issues. Continuously plan for data access components tuning tasks. Support the translation into data modelling of logical design. Support the information security monitoring and proactive tasks. Owns technical documentation and drives for its adoption. Regular interaction with technical, applications and operational staff to ensure data systems integrity and security. Ideal candidate Apart from a University degree in a relevant technical discipline, the ideal candidate should bring the following experience Proven experience in the EarthObservation domain Knowledge of Copernicus Ground Segment and Copernicus Data Access Technical documentation writing English Good problem solving and analytical skills Ability to work to deadlines Excellent Interpersonal and team working capabilities Systems integration e.g. sys admin mainly in a GNULinux environment with network security experience Experience in GNULinux based systems administration Proven working experience database management MariaDB, PostgreSQL, MongoDB Technical Reporting Problem solving and analytical skills Familiarity with data manipulation languages and database design Skills to work under pressure and willingness to keep up to date with new technology Important Any offer of employment is contingent upon you providing documents to verify your identity and employment eligibility, as required by law. Applicants are reminded that they will be requested to produce such documentation during the recruitment process. Please contact a member of the recruitment team if you require further details of acceptable types of documentation required for verification of identity and work authorization. For positions located within the Darmstadt Support Office please note that only applicants with no family affiliation within the Company will be considered. Data Protection When creating a profile on the Serco Career Centre you agreed to the Data Protection policy, a copy is available upon request. You may submit a written request revoking your consent to this agreement at any time. About the company Serco SpA part of the Serco group, A FTSE250, Multinational Service Provider with over 50,000 employees worldwide.
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