As support to a European space company we are looking for a Dissemination Operations Engineer

Activities

Our customer is a European organisation providing weather and climate-related satellite data, images and products for its users. You will be working onsite as part of the Control Centre Division to support the following tasks/areas:

• Routine operations of the dissemination and encryption functions within the Ground Segments;
• Control, population and operation of dissemination related databases and configuration files for both in-house and remote systems;
• Preparation, validation and verification of ground segment operational procedures;
• Dissemination services related training of the Control Centre Team;
• Analysis and resolution of user enquiries related to dissemination services;
• Validation, verification and roll-out of new releases of software;
• Investigation into system anomalies on the data dissemination services;
• Generation of Engineering Change Proposals;
• Design, implementation and verification testing of corrections and improvements;
• Coordination of the operational validation of releases and changes;
• Definition and implementation of dissemination service monitoring and reporting tools, and generation of related reports;
• H/W and S/W configuration as well as validation and roll-out of new releases.

Skills

You ideally have the following qualifications and experience:

• University degree in a relevant discipline;
• Several years of experience in operations or software maintenance of real-time data dissemination systems;
• Experience in configuration, installation and scripting for Linux and Windows as well as in the evaluation/analysis of system/application events;
• Familiarity with the monitoring of near real-time data flows in large computer networks as well as the provision of near real-time data services in a high- availability environment;
• Knowledge of first and second level support in data services, formalised hardware/software/system testing and configuration control;
• Ability to work independently as well as good communication skills;
• Fluency in English is mandatory; French would be an asset.

Deadline for application: 17 May 2011

Please note: Due to work permit restrictions for this position, please apply only if you are citizen of a European Union state or if you already hold a work permit for Germany.

HE Space Operations is a growing international space company. For over 25 years we have provided our customers with consultancy services in Engineering and Business Administration.