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VN 24/22 Configuration Management Engineer

In the EUMETSAT matrix organisation, the Process Assurance and Management Support (PRS) division of the Technical and Scientific Support (TSS) department provides management support services to the full organisation.

The PRS division provides in particular Configuration Management services to the development, commissioning and operations of end-to-end satellite systems.

As part of the Configuration Management Competence Area of the PRS Division, the Configuration Management Engineer provides Configuration Management support to the development, commissioning and operations of the ground systems component of satellite systems.

Duties

The main duties will be as follows:

  • Define, maintain and improve working practices implementing EUMETSAT Change and Configuration Management (CM) processes applicable to ground systems “as designed”, during the development, and “as built”, during the commissioning and operations phase;
  • Implement these CM working practices on day-to-day basis;
  • Ensure that the software, hardware and documentation configurations baselines are properly set and maintained, performing regular configuration audits on the systems under configuration;
  • Manage day-to-day activities related to the development, maintenance, testing and administration of the CM tools and database;
  • Ensure regular CM reporting, including the relevant metrics and key performance indicators;
  • Control changes to configuration items and organise and manage meeting of Change Control Boards and as relevant, Anomaly Review Boards;
  • Contribute to the continuous improvement of the EUMETSAT CM Policy, related implementation framework and specifications.
 

LOCATION

Darmstadt, Germany

QUALIFICATIONS

A university degree (master or equivalent) in Computer Science or Software Engineering.

LANGUAGES

The official languages of EUMETSAT are English and French. Candidates must be able to work effectively in English and have some knowledge of French.

DEADLINE

20 August 2024

Duties

The main duties will be as follows:

  • Define, maintain and improve working practices implementing EUMETSAT Change and Configuration Management (CM) processes applicable to ground systems “as designed”, during the development, and “as built”, during the commissioning and operations phase;
  • Implement these CM working practices on day-to-day basis;
  • Ensure that the software, hardware and documentation configurations baselines are properly set and maintained, performing regular configuration audits on the systems under configuration;
  • Manage day-to-day activities related to the development, maintenance, testing and administration of the CM tools and database;
  • Ensure regular CM reporting, including the relevant metrics and key performance indicators;
  • Control changes to configuration items and organise and manage meeting of Change Control Boards and as relevant, Anomaly Review Boards;
  • Contribute to the continuous improvement of the EUMETSAT CM Policy, related implementation framework and specifications.

Skills and Experience

  • Proven experience in establishing, implementing and conducting Configuration Management of large scale, software-intensive systems in an operational environment, preferably for high-availability (24h/7d) systems, either as CM engineer or as Quality Assurance engineer;
  • Very good understanding and significant practical experience of software development standards covering fundamental Software Configuration Management principles, relevant IT technology (e.g. virtualisation, COMMs, IT security) and practices (S/W build, packaging, deployment, testing; SW repositories, GitLab, RPMs, Docker containers, DevOps…);
  • Proven experience in Process Modelling for complex technical or engineering processes;
  • Professional knowledge of Configuration Management tools (e.g. OpenText Dimensions CM, Clearcase/Clearquest...). Administration of a CM tool will be considered as a specific asset;
  • Exposure to Software Development with Object-Oriented Programming languages such as Java or C++, use of Relational Databases (e.g. ORACLE, SYBASE), testing methodology and supporting tools, and quality standards and models related to Change and Configuration management processes (e.g. ITIL, ISO, ANSI, ECSS, CMMI);
  • Very good interpersonal skills and experience of project and team management, with the ability to organise the work of others, ensuring timely deliverables, with a proven ability to apply these to working within, and across, teams.

Employment Conditions

Please be advised that due to the upcoming holiday period, the recruitment process may take longer with the interviews planned for October 2024.

The initial contract will be of 4 years’ duration, with subsequent 5 year contracts being awarded thereafter, subject to individual performance and organisation requirements. There is no limit to the amount of follow-up contracts a staff member can receive up to the EUMETSAT retirement age of 63 and there are certainly opportunities to establish a long career perspective at EUMETSAT.
This post is graded A2/A4 on the EUMETSAT salary scales. The minimum basic salary for this post is EURO 7146 per month (net of internal tax but excluding pension contribution and insurances) which may be negotiable on the basis of skills and experience. The salary scale provides for increments on the anniversary of taking up employment, and scales are reviewed by the EUMETSAT Council with effect from 1 January each year. In addition to basic salary, EUMETSAT offers attractive benefits. Further information, including salary details, is available on the EUMETSAT web site.

EUMETSAT is committed to providing an equal opportunities work environment for men and women.
Please note that only nationals of EUMETSAT Member States may apply. The EUMETSAT Convention requires that Staff shall be recruited on the basis of their qualifications, account being taken of the international character of EUMETSAT. Applicants are required to disclose all nationalities they have held and currently hold in order to determine whether they can exercise the role as advertised in compliance with applicable export control regulations.

About EUMETSAT

EUMETSAT is Europe’s meteorological satellite agency. Its role is to establish and operate meteorological satellites to monitor the weather and climate from space - 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. This information is supplied to the National Meteorological Services of the organisation's Member States in Europe, as well as other users worldwide.

EUMETSAT also operates several Copernicus missions on behalf of the European Union and provide data services to the Copernicus marine and atmospheric services and their users.

As an intergovernmental European Organisation, EUMETSAT has 30 Member States (Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom.)

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