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Space Debris Database Engineer
2015-08-13 13:04:50| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
About us SCISYS Deutschland GmbH provides professional engineering and consultancy services supporting space programmes and missions. We have a strong presence at ESOC and EUMETSAT, as well as serving all ESA sites and spacecraft primes. Our team is composed of university graduates and experienced professionals, comprising some of the most knowledgeable, dedicated and talented engineers across Europe. Our services cover the whole life cycle of space programmes from early concepts to operations. Our Space Division provides a dynamic, supportive and friendly atmosphere in which you are encouraged to lead with initiative. We support new ideas from our colleagues and are focused on innovation. Moreover, we actively manage your professional development, training and career progression. For the location in Darmstadt Germany we are looking for a Space Debris Database Engineer at ESOC. Tasks ESAs Space Debris Office maintains a database containing information on the physical properties, orbital elements, results of dedicated analyses, etc., of manmade objects in outer space. This database, Database and Information System Characterising Objects in Space DISCOS, has been under continuous development and expansion since the early 90ies. It is deeply embedded in the operational activities from the Space Debris Office, e.g. the collision avoidance process for ESA satellites, and serves as a backbone for space debris studies undertaken within ESA or by industry and academia worldwide. The Space Debris Office is seeking engineering support for tasks related to migrating DISCOS from its current implementation on an Oracle 10.2 database to a recent version of a PostgreSQL database. This migration is not limited to a content migration, but requires the migration of all related software interface for data ingestion and extraction, as well as an architectural redesign to circumvent known drawbacks of the current implementations. The scope of the service covers the following activities and is to be carried out by a Space Debris Application Engineer SDAE Review of the current DISCOS database implementation and all related software programs and libraries for facilitating data ingestion and extraction from the database. Definition of a software architecture for a new relational database, based on PostgreSQL, maintaining all functionality of the current implementation of DISCOS, possibly including the use of a nonrelational database for the storage of files. Implementation of the new database architecture, and migration and updating of the data. Harmonisation and upgrade of all the database related software and interface libraries to use the newly developed database architecture. Test and validation of the newly developed database architecture and peripheral software. Essential requirements Good expertise of Linux, network services and protocols. Solid demonstrated experience with database administration. Proficient in shell scripting languages, SQL, Python, and Perl. Proficiency with relational databases, preferably Oracle and PostgreSQL Demonstrated background in software engineering, the integration of software systems, and ESAs software engineering processes and related ECSS standards. Desirable requirements Space Debris Matters Observation, Modelling, Mitigation Orbital Mechanics Coordinate Systems Other Information Start date is 1st October 2015 Fluency in English is mandatory The candidate must have a valid German work and residence permit or be an EU Citizen To apply online please visit httpwww.scisys.dewowirarbeitenspacekarrierespacejobs.html
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