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SCC Engineer
Job Description
Wiltshire
Role
The SCC Engineer will be a key member of a 24/7 support team for the Spacecraft Control Centres to provide a high system availability to the operations centre. The SCC Engineer will also assist in the development of the system to meet new emerging requirements.
Duties
Re-start subsystems to recover from failures
Add, delete and configure user accounts on the system
Investigation and rectification of issues and system problems raised.
Offline development and implementation (in a specific test environment) of robust test procedures and scripts to evaluate system changes, fixes, and supplier delivered upgrades prior to operational deployment
Planning and development of deployment and roll out plans for system upgrades enhancements and fixes.
Perform routine data and software backup and archiving activities
Perform equipment swap-out, reconfiguration and restoration where spares are available
Perform general PC and server configuration and maintenance activities
Ensure all changes to the system are implemented in accordance with software configuration management procedures.
Skills & Experience
The ideal candidate should have 3 5 years experience of working in a system administration, support or development role where high availability is a key operational driver.
Key skill areas include the following:
Operating Systems:
Solaris 8 (and higher) (Essential)
Windows 2000 (+ 2003 Server) (Desirable)
Hardware (Administration & Maintenance)
Software:
Exceed 8 (Desirable)
Windows SE (Desirable)
The candidate should have good oral and written presentation skills as well as the ability to develop comprehensive test scripts and procedures for the validation and verification of software changes and upgrades prior to operational development and post deployment regression testing.
Qualifications
Degree qualification (or equivalent) in IT or software related discipline.
Operating Systems:
Solaris 8 (and higher) (Essential)
Windows 2000 (+ 2003 Server) (Desirable)
Hardware (Administration & Maintenance)
Software:
Exceed 8 (Desirable)
Windows SE (Desirable)
The candidate should have good oral and written presentation skills as well as the ability to develop comprehensive test scripts and procedures for the validation and verification of software changes and upgrades prior to operational development and post deployment regression testing.
Qualifications
Degree qualification (or equivalent) in IT or software related discipline.
Run by space professionals, Spacelinks provide specialist recruitment in the space and defence industry. Spacelinks are acting as a Recruitment Agency with regards to this position. When applying, please make sure to include the vacancy number SL-16613 in the subject line as we use email filtering.
Contact information
Toulouse
France
31000
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