Beschreibung
For a global operational satellite agency, Eurocity is looking for a Software Build and Deployment Engineer (Copernicus) for a two years contract with possibility of extension.
ROLE:
The role of the key person is to provide consultancy to the TSS (Technical and Scientific Support) Departments - GSI (Generic Systems and Infrastructure) Division, supporting all Copernicus Ground Segment Commissioning and Routine Operations. The activity is assumed, as a baseline, to require the Full time participation of one Consultant for the duration of the contract. The tasks of the Key person will be carried out mainly in Darmstadt, but travel within Europe may be required for certain activities.
As support to the CSM Software Librarian team, the consultant shall do maintenance of all current and future operational ground segments. The main duty is the maintenance of the asbuilt software build environments and the building, packaging and distribution of any software that can be built on-site.
Furthermore the duties include a range of tasks, from support to the operation of the UNIX and Windows-based ground segment facilities, to the analysis, evolution, testing and maintenance of software items. They also include the setting-up and implementation of maintenance policies and procedures as well as the co-ordination with external providers of
maintenance services.
MANDATORY SKILLS:
The consultant shall have a university degree (or equivalent) in a relevant discipline and shall have proven experience in the following skills and experiences for at least 5 years:
- Essential knowledge and experience in using Unix/Linux command line tools
- Software build environments and tools (like Ant, Maven, autoconf/automake, make)
- Version control systems (like SVN, CVS, ClearCase, git)
- Various software packaging formats (like RPM, PKG, LPP, tgz)
- Scripting languages (eg bash, ksh, csh, Perl, Python)
- Networking, distributed applications, and TCP/IP services
- Basic UNIX/Linux System Administration
- C/C++ programming languages
- Java programming language
- Change Management processes
Knowledge and experience with the following is considered an advantage:
- Experience in unattended, centralized software installation mechanisms (PXE/TFTP, NIM, AutoYast, kickstart etc.)
- Serena Dimensions CM
- Basic Windows System Administration;
- MySQL and Oracle Databases
- ECLIPSE or a similar IDE;
- Formalised Software Testing;
TASKS:
The Key person will perform system engineering activities such as:
- Maintenance and development of the as-built software build environments;
- Building, packaging and distribution of software releases and patches;
- Support to programmers with respect to software build and development strategies;
- Support the delivery of software externally developed; its installation, configuration and testing;
- Investigation into anomalies, their documentation and classification; follow up of the delivery of S/W corrections;
- Participation in technical meetings and formal reviews;
- Analysis of the maintenance requirements and identification, procurement or implementation of the tools to fulfil them; writing of maintenance procedures;
- Interfacing with external suppliers who are providing maintenance services for ground segment facilities;