The Earth Observation Data Centre GmbH (EODC) is active in the field of earth observation, providing services to international customers from the private and public sector. As data centre, the EODC operates a multi-tier and multi-petabyte storage system, connected to various compute environments including Austria's most powerful super-computer, the Vienna Scientific Cluster 3 (VSC-3). To strengthen our software services team, we are looking for a
Geoinformatics scientist / Software developer full-time, place of employment: Vienna, Austria
You will be responsible for the implementation of a data cube for higher-level earth observation data.
Your responsibilities include • • • • • • • •
evaluation of existing open source and commercial data cube solutions implementation of a data cube system on the EODC cloud infrastructure implementation and integration of RESTful APIs and other web services on top of the data cube integration of the data cube system into the existing spatial data infrastructure ingestion of existing datasets into the data cube documentation of the system collaborate with other teams to incorporate best practices and innovations into our services follow technology trends and constantly strive to learn new technology stacks
We work with i.a. Python, Git, Ansible, Docker, Terraform, Jenkins, GitLab Runner, OpenShift, Kubernetes, OpenStack, OpenNebula, PostgreSQL/PostGIS
Your qualifications • • • • • • • • •
profound knowledge of relational databases and/or array database management systems profound knowledge of geospatial data formats and standards (GeoTIFF, HDF5, NetCDF, JP2, …) experience with geospatial software libraries and tools (GDAL, GeoTrellis, ...) good knowledge of OGC standards and services (WMS, WFS, CSW, ...) expertise in at least one programming or scripting language (preferably Python) experience in usage (and implementation) of RESTful APIs good knowledge of Unix/Linux environments and related application layer commands passion for free and open-source solutions fluent written and spoken English
We offer • • • • • •
exciting range of activities, collaborations and projects with national and international partners in the area of earth observation insights in the processing of data acquired by European and international satellite missions a crucial role in a highly motivated, talented team hands-on experience with cutting-edge technology stacks a minimum wage of 2600,- Euro gross salary per month for a full-time position (38,5 hours per week) with overpayment depending on qualification collective agreement: „Dienstleistungen in der automatischen Datenverarbeitung und Informationstechnik, KV Gruppe: Spezielle Tätigkeiten 1“
Up for a challenge? Please submit your application documents (application letter, detailed CV and relevant references) via e-mail until 19th April 2018, 09:00 AM, to:
[email protected]
Earth Observation Data Centre GmbH Gusshausstrasse 27-29/CA0206 1040 Vienna Austria Web: www.eodc.eu
