Online Data Services Expert

Online Data Services Expert

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.

We are currently looking for an experienced Online Data Services Expert to join our international team of young and inspiring engineers and industry professionals, tasked with driving innovation within the Space, Satellite and Earth Observation sector.

This role is rooted in the mission of EUMETSAT and will provide the opportunity to work with leading IT, Space and Earth Observation organisations and domain experts to make a positive impact on society!

BACKGROUND

EUMETSAT is evolving towards a “data-centric” approach using cloud data technologies and solutions for providing Earth observation Data as a Service (DaaS). These online data access services include data discovery, download, tailoring and viewing using web map, content and feature services compliant with Open Geospatial Consortium standards.

Within the EUMETSAT User Support and Climate Services Division, reporting to the Online Data Service Coordinator, the Online Data Services Expert will play a key role in supporting effective metadata and data utilisation. He/she will contribute to an optimal online data access user experience and data management encompassing all EUMETSAT’s current and future satellite missions. This includes also all future EUMETSAT mandatory missions (MTG, EPS-SG) as well as Copernicus satellite missions operated by EUMETSAT (e.g. Sentinel-4, Sentinel-5, CO2M).

What you’ll be doing

• Design and coordinate long-term metadata management strategies to ensure metadata accuracy, consistency, availability and harmonisation across all mission satellite data. This includes defining and enforcing data format and metadata standards and guidelines across the organisation, improving current processes to maintain data integrity, improve decision-making, ensure interoperability and support Analysis-Ready-Data initiatives;
• Contribute to new mission product integration, including products from the EUMETSAT Satellite Application Facilities (SAF) into the online data services by analysing and collecting quality controlled related metadata information and coordinating their operational implementation;
• Support data management activities by gathering and consolidating bulk data storage needs for the EUMETSAT data repositories (Online Data Lake, Long Term Archive) to ensure an efficient storage planning and capacity management;
• Support the user feedback processes and contribute to developments of tools to analyse and extract changing user needs for the online data services;
• Collaborate in the development of online data access tools to improve the overall user experience of data web services (API clients, Data Cubes, etc.);
• Collect, analyse and document evolving use cases in support of data services evolution, e.g. in the area of AI/ML.

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 (or equivalent) in Computer Science, Data Science, Mathematics, Physics, Software or Systems Engineering or other relevant subject.

Skills and Experience:

• Strong experience in environmental data and metadata management;
• Proven experience in working with Earth Observation data and formats (e.g. netCDF, HDF, BUFR, GRIB);
• Proven experience in the following:
  • Working in Unix/Linux environments;
  • Programming in Python.
• Knowledge of Web Service technologies (e.g. APIs, OGC standards);
• Excellent organisational, communication and presentation skills.

Experience in the following would be advantageous:

• Experience in the domain of Satellite Remote Sensing;
• Experience in working in an operational environment;
• Specification of user requirements;
• Experience in working with Relational Databases (e.g PostgreSQL).

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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