Space Data Archive Software Engineer

hace 3 semanas


Madrid, España Starion Group A tiempo completo

Location:Madrid , Spain Application deadline: 10 January 2025 Reference number: 0135

Are you looking for a new opportunity to take your career to a higher orbit? To join an international group with a successful track record in Space Engineering? A job adapted to your career ambitions and in which you could have an impact for the years to come?

We are looking for a Space Data Archive Software Engineer to join our team at ESA’s ESAC premises in Madrid, Spain.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to contribute to the software engineering service that supports the development and maintenance of the Science Archives at the ESDC (ESAC Science Data Centre) for various space missions across the sub-areas of Planetary, Astronomy, Survey, Heliophysics, Human, Robotics, and Exploration.

About the client and location

The European Space Astronomy Centre (ESAC) is the European Space Agency’s (ESA) base in Villanueva de la Canada, Madrid, Spain. ESAC is responsible for all of ESA’s research into astronomy and solar system exploration, as well as being the location of ESA’s space telescope. It is from here that archives are stored on ESA’s science missions, which are then made accessible for researchers all around the world.

Tasks and activities

The scope of work will include:

  • Design, develop, deploy, operate and maintain any of the ESDC Science Archives and Virtual Observatory (VO) subsystems:
    • Archive Data ingestion and metadata extraction systems;
    • Archive application servers and middle tier services;
    • Archive Web applications;
    • Archive Data distribution systems;
    • Archive interoperability systems, or programmatic access, supported by VO standards;
    • Archive administration services (monitoring, statistics, reporting, user management…);
    • Archive data products on-line visualization (images, spectra) and analysis services;
    • VO tools and services;
    • Integration in and across all the ESDC archives of common infrastructure, tools and science data visualization, enabling the maximum exploitation of the data.
  • Software configuration control activities associated with archive development.
  • Assist in preparing and maintaining essential documentation in accordance with engineering standards such as ECSS.
  • Engagement in working groups, workshops, conferences, and meetings focused on discussing science archives and virtual observatory standards and practices.
  • Provide technical support to archives and VO services usage.
  • Interaction with the broader international community of astronomers and users through workshops and the helpdesk.
  • Interactions with ESA partners (such as Canadian and NASA teams, JAXA, etc.).
Skills and experience

The following skills and experience are mandatory:

  • Master’s degree in a relevant field, with at least 4 years of proven experience.
  • Familiarity with Web technologies (http, Apache, tomcat, Web services, etc.).
  • Experience in relational databases (mainly PostgreSQL and Oracle), DB management software (DB Administration).
  • Competence in SQL and XML.
  • Experience in Unit, Integration, System and End to End testing (such as Junit, Jasmine, Cucumber, Selenium, Cypress).
  • Desire to work both autonomously and as part of a team, in an international multicultural environment.
  • Solution oriented mindset, with a customer focused communication skill.
  • Fluent in English, both written and spoken.

The following skills and experience would be highly desirable:

  • Proficiency in Python.
  • Experience in Distributed Databases.
  • Competence in virtualisation technologies.
  • Experience with Agile software development and continuous integration practices.
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