Data Archiving Support Engineer, Noordwijk-Binnen

Telespazio Belgium is looking for a highly skilled Data Archiving Support Engineer to work at ESTEC in the Netherlands.

Candidates must be eligible for a security personal clearance from an EU Member State national security administration.

What is expected from you:

Actively monitor the activities of the HRE Science Data Centre (SDC).

Coordinate the interaction with SDC and ESAC for bi-weekly HREDA Technical Meetings

Support the HRE interactions with other archiving systems (e.g. NASA Genelab, etc.).

Technically assess the HREDA IT capabilities and their evolution towards Agency-to Agency, Agency-to-ESA Member State(s),

AgencyDirectorate-to-Directorate cooperations and needs.

Foster the IT evolution of the HREDA IT environment (e.g. ESA Datalabs initiative), such that HRE offers an accessible, easy-to-use and powerful dissemination platform.

Liaise with the Artificial Intelligence / software development team (HRE-FI), to leverage the datasets hosted in HREDA.

Maintain an up-to-date technical dossier about the HRE Archiving IT environment, and its related processes (e.g. Data Ingestion, Digital Object Identifiers (DOI’s) management, etc.

In cooperation with the ESAC team, consolidate the HRE reporting needs from the HREDA IT environment, via the definition of dedicated web-based dashboards.

Assist the user communities and the ESA teams in facilitating their use of the HREDA IT environment.

Maintain a good understanding and consolidate an overview of the data valorisation initiatives / efforts supported by other space research entities (e.g. thematic research databanks).

Contribute to the HRE archiving reporting in the frame of the Long-Term Data Heritage (i.e. Heritage Space Data) programme.

Support the HRE Archiving Panel activities (virtual meetings on a bi-monthly basis)

What you offer:

Master's degree in the relevant field

5 years of experience in aerospace sector

A master’s degree level in relevant STEM discipline

Knowledge and experience of ECSS

Experience in space projects/ operations

A high capacity to interact and communicate effectively with international teams from engineering, technical and business domains.

What we offer:

A competitive salary

1 year contract

30 days of paid annual leave, plus the days ESTEC is closed including public holidays (~12 days) based on a 40-hour working week;

Hybrid working scheme (3 days in the office and 2 days remote in the Netherlands)

Flexible working hours; you are in charge of your own agenda respecting core working hours

Fully paid collective extensive health insurance scheme;

A good pension scheme with no personal contribution;

A career development (Coursera membership + training budget);

Travel allowance;

Extensive relocation package

Where: You will be working within ESTEC, the European Space Agency’s offices in the Netherlands as a contractor for Telespazio Belgium. We don’t expect the employees to be on-site full time however you will still have to relocate to the Netherlands for this position.

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