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SAF Operations Engineer
2014-10-06 18:40:23| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
Thorns SDS is seeking an SAF Operations Engineer to provide support to various departments, coordinating and monitoring routine operations. All applicants must have a University degree or equivalent in a relevant discipline along with a minimum of 3 years of experience within operations of space related ground segments providing near real time services. The key candidate shall have experience in the following Engineering, testing, operations and maintenance of real time systems Monitoring of near real time data flows in large computer networks Earth Observation ground segment systems Cooperation with external entities Participation in the organisation and conduction of engineering reviews Formalised hardwaresoftwaresystem testing Scripting Languages e.g. Perl, Python, shell Knowledge and experience in the following areas would be considered to be advantageous. Imaging and sounding instruments for remote sensing spacecrafts Provision of real time data services in a high availability environment Development and validation of operational ground segment associated operations procedures UNIX operating systems Knowledge of some SW Development Standard used in Ground Segment Development, i.e ECSS Standards System evolutions and validation processes. The language for this position is English, therefore, candidates must have a good working knowledge of both spoken and written English. Typical tasks and responsibilities include Daytoday activities for new products and overall planning. The candidate be the prime interface with the SAFs for all relevant Operational issues as well as being the interface for the coordination of the implementation of new and updated SAF Operational Services and all related operational issues. To support the intended Climate SAF level 2 product generation and the follow up of the Climate SAF Metadata Implementation into the Data Centre in coordination with the climate experts in TSS. The maintenance and evolution of the operational procedures and documents for the concerned services To support to SAF Operational Readiness Reviews for validation of new SAF services andor products added to the existing services and systems To support the yearly SAF Operation Review, including monitoring of the swap to new operational satellite when available, in order to ensure continuity of the SAF operations. To provide support to other External Data Services team members in their activities related to other missions.
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