Storage Systems Team Leader

Storage Systems Team Leader

EUMETSAT - European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites

Darmstadt, Germany

EUMETSAT is Europe’s meteorological satellite agency - monitoring the weather and climate from space - 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

Working for EUMETSAT, you can make a world of difference and be a part of something that makes a positive impact on society. You will be at the cutting edge of satellite technology, with a meaningful role in an organisation focused on space-based observations of the Earth’s weather and climate.

Within the Infrastructure for IT and Data Division (I2D), the Storage Systems Team Leader will be responsible for very modern storage subsystems and will coordinate the provision of storage, data protection and archive services for all current satellites ground segments and future programmes. The Storage Systems Team Leader will plan and design innovative solutions for the future of EUMETSAT’s storage infrastructure, to preserve hundreds petabytes of satellites data and improve data recovery capabilities. Following the evolutions in the data storage industry, the post holder will assess and implement cloud technologies to improve overall efficiency of the storage and data protection infrastructure.

What you’ll be doing

• Lead a team of storage system administrators dealing with the day-to-day maintenance of the operational storage, data protection and archive systems;
• Ensure delivery of Storage, Data Protection and Long-Term Archive services to the Programmes, Operations and Services to Users Department (OPS) fulfilling the established service level agreement (SLA);
• Contribute to the development of future EUMETSAT missions by supporting the definition, integration and preparation of storage services as a Multi-Mission Element (MME);
• Manage relevant hardware, software and maintenance service procurements to deliver Storage, Data Protection and Archive services;
• Lead evolutions and improvements on storage, data protection and archive infrastructure in line with the I2D strategy, roadmap and architecture;
• Coordinate storage upgrade activities; maintain the infrastructure with respect to hardware, COTS and software, including support to anomaly processing and configuration control;
• Deputise for the Computer and Storage Management Competence Area Manager (CSM CAM) as required.

What we offer

• Excellent salary, of up to Euro 7,500 NET (after tax) based on skills and experience;
• Flexible working time including additional flexi-leave;
• Full medical coverage for employee and family;
• Attractive pension;
• 30 days of annual leave + 14.5 days public holidays;
• Training and development support;
• Relocation allowance and support (if applicable).

Requirements

Qualifications:

• A university degree in Computer Science or a relevant discipline.

Skills and Experience Requirements:

• Excellent knowledge and demonstrated experience in maintaining large scale storage infrastructure systems in an operational, highly available environment;
• Experience of team leadership, including management of performance and maintenance of key skills and knowledge;
• Demonstrated experience in delivering IT services to customers, preferably in a 24/7 environment;
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills with a pro-active attitude and ability to work autonomously under pressure with a minimum of supervision;
• Critical thinking, methodical and organized approach to work combined with an aptitude for detail and accuracy;
• Problem solving, customer focus and continual service improvement behaviour.

APPLICATIONS MUST BE SUBMITTED IN ENGLISH. WE WILL BE UNABLE TO CONSIDER APPLICATIONS SUBMITTED IN OTHER LANGUAGES.

EUMETSAT is an international organisation employing staff from across all 30 member states and this role is being advertised on multiple international job boards, but please note that this role would be based in Darmstadt, Germany and would require international applicants to relocate if successful. Teleworking will not be possible.

More about us

EUMETSAT’s 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 and Cooperating 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 can recruit nationals only from the 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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