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Data Processing Systems and Applications Engineer
2016-10-25 17:03:28| 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. Package description Full details on application Relocation assistance provided, if applicable. Main responsibilities You should provide engineering support to followup the industrial procurement, testing and verification of the payload data processing component of the EPSSG Ground Segment. You will primarily focus on the data processing infrastructure and framework applications responsible for orchestrating and monitoring the data processing for different instruments. The processing infrastructure typically includes the following elements Framework applications controlling the logic for data ingestion, handling, processing and distribution to external entities Resource management to optimise allocation of computing resources Monitoring control applications including displays for interacting with the system Highperformance data access and storage e.g. SAN, distributed file systems Highperformance communication networks. In the detail, support will be provided for the following tasks Provide technical support to the development of the EPSSG data processing infrastructure and framework applications Advise on the design and feasibility of technical solutions proposed by Industry including assessment of proposed technologies and COTS products Review design, interfaces, technical budgets and testing documentation of the processing infrastructure such as Design Documents, Interface Control Documents ICDs, Testing and Verification documents e.g. VV plans, Verification Control Documents, Testing procedures and test cases, etc. Participate to formal reviews, workshops and technical meetings with Industry as required during the procurement of the EPSSG processing infrastructure Support interactions with Industry and EUMETSAT teams responsible for integration of the processing infrastructure with the EPSSG Ground Segment Support definition and consolidation of interfaces between the processing infrastructure and the instrumentspecific L1 L2 processing software. In addition, there will be regular involvement in the following tasks requiring interaction and coordination with other teams at System and Ground Segment level Review of System and Ground Segment documentation dealing with requirements, concepts, algorithms and technical analyses of relevance for data processing Review of documentation dealing with technical evolutions of the EUMETSAT infrastructure. Ideal candidate Essentials In addition to having a University degree or equivalent, including experience in the engineering, physics, or software or similar domains, you should bring the following mandatory attributes, skills and experience Relevant experience in preparation of requirements, design, interfaces and testing documentation for data processing systems considering the systems engineering aspects of data processing management and data provision experience of data processing for high data rate missions and or Earth Observation missions is an asset but is not mandatory Relevant experience in monitoring and implementation of designs against requirement baselines and IVV, including testing and formal acceptance The ability to maintain a system overview is essential. This ability shall be exercised within a multidisciplinary context in cooperation with other teams, covering several different data processing levels and instruments Ability to learn and develop the needed skills and knowledge to contribute to the development of EPSSG. This includes the ability to rapidly absorb, and make use of, information presented in written and oral communications in a dynamic context Systematic approach to work, including the ability to plan the work and to cope with tight schedules and multiple tasks Ability to write accurate and consistent technical documentation. The working language for the position is English and therefore you must be able to work effectively in this language. Desirables Previous experience and knowledge in any of the following areas will be considered an additional asset Relevant experience of data processing software and hardware systems performing data ingestion, processing, distribution, monitoring control and resource management experience can be in one or more of the specification, design, implementation or testing phases experience of more phases is desirable Experience with Big Data technologies such as Distributed file systems e.g. Lustre, GPFS, HDFS, etc. NoSQL databases e.g. MongoDB, Apache Cassandra, Apache HBase, etc. Distributed massaging systems e.g. ActiveMQ, ZeroMQ, etc. Distributed data processing frameworks e.g. Apache Hadoop, Spark, etc. Deployment and configuration of distributed applications e.g. Apache Zookeeper, Docker, etc.. Experience in Java programming Experience with highavailability, highrate, lowlatency, data processing systems in the Earth Observation EO domain. 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 Services GmbH, part of the Serco group, A FTSE250, Multinational Service Provider with over 80,000 employees worldwide. 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 100,000 colleagues globally who are equally as passionate about delivering great service as you
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