Key Tasks and Responsibilities                 

As part of the Team, you will have the following responsibilities:

• Dissemination operations and engineering for EUMETSAT missions;
• Scheduling and coordination of daily operations of the dissemination systems;
• Monitoring the dissemination and encryption functions within the EUMETSAT Ground Segments, including performance monitoring and in the case of anomalies, the identification and application of first-line corrective actions;
• Perform anomaly investigations;
• Provision of support, as required, to critical and/or special operations;
• Contribute to the design, development, documentation, and maintenance of specific tools/scripts identified from operational needs;
• Generation, maintenance, and update of dissemination operations-related design, user documentation, procedures, or operations guides, for example as a result of a system update or a validation activity, in accordance with the established EUMETSAT Operations Department configuration management and quality assurance practices, and corporate working practices;
• Acquire and maintain an operational view of the dissemination and encryption functions of the ground segment, as well as a system-wide understanding of its interfaces with multi-mission elements (MMEs) and external interfaces;
• Support the analysis and resolution of user inquiries related to dissemination services, in particular, but not limited to EUMETCast end-users;
• Respond to calls by telephone outside normal working hours, and provide remote support to Operations.

Skills & Experience

You will have the following qualifications and relevant experience:

• University degree (or equivalent) in a related field of space, spacecraft engineering;
• 3 years experience of basic system administration, i.e. configuration, installation and shell scripting for Linux and Windows;
• be familiar with satellite system ground segment operations;
• Experience in major Linux distributions and Windows (Windows 10 or later) as a user;
• Computer analysis skills, including analysis of events and logs, and be familiar with Excel, MS PowerPoint, and Word;
• Be familiar with configuration control;
• Able to communicate effectively in English (verbally and written);
• Conduct all activities in an orderly and disciplined manner, shall be able to work under pressure and with a minimum of supervision;
• Providing near real-time data services in a high-availability environment (24/7);
• Experience in interaction with external partners;
• Experience in coordinating of system changes or interfaces with external organizations;
• Experience in Data Integration, i.e. using tools for designing and implementing complex data flows which interface with external systems using various file transfer protocols (ftp, ftp-s, sftp, ssh, http(s), etc.);
• Experience in interaction with end-users via email, phone, remote terminal access, or other online tools;
• Experience in supporting end users in application software upgrades and application software configuration changes under Windows and Linux;
• Experience in preparing user guides, FAQs, and other documentation in a user-friendly style;
• Have excellent document writing skills;
• Be familiar with DVB satellite communications and IP multicast over DVB and WANs;
• DVB based receive-only earth stations for satellite communications.