Oracle Database Administrator and Storage Networking Engineer

VEGA Group PLC, posted 10 days ago in Engineering.

Description

Experienced in UNIX and MS Windows as well as Storage Area Networks (SAN) and backup & archive technologies.  To work in the maintenance and engineering team supporting Meteosat Routine Operations.

Responsibilities / Duties

The Consultant shall work in the Operations Department as a member of the Maintenance and Engineering team. The Consultant shall provide support to the development and maintenance of Storage Networking Infrastructure (SNI) as well as Oracle database support to operational facilities. The duties range from the support to the operations, to the analysis, design, development, testing and maintenance of application software and hardware storage related platforms. This includes the setting-up and implementation of maintenance policies and procedures, the support to the procurement, and the co-ordination with external providers of maintenance services.

The Consultant shall perform the following tasks:

·         monitoring of the storage performance, investigation into H/W and S/W problems and performance of the relevant corrective actions

·         ensuring that in case of H/W or S/W failures the operational configuration can be restored, including the definition, maintenance, performance of backup procedures;

·         liaison with the external providers of H/W and S/W maintenance for the request and follow up of maintenance interventions

·         installation and configuration of application software, tuning of operating systems parameters to optimize performance

·         administration of Oracle databases, tuning of database configuration parameters to optimize database performance, monitoring and growth

·         support to Oracle databases design (schema generation, analysis)

·         analysis, planning and performance of H/W and S/W upgrades or reconfigurations, taking care of compatibility issues between subsystems

·         support to S/W development and maintenance in relation to the utilization of system resources

·         implementation and maintenance of scripts and/or procedures where applicable for the automated and/or controlled execution of the above activities, generation or update of technical documentation

Requirements

Qualifications / Experience

·         University degree (or equivalent) in a relevant discipline

·         Experience in the administration and troubleshooting of distributed systems. The experience should have been made in an operational or production environment, characterized by custom applications in addition to standard software, running both on the client and server side, and by high availability requirements

Essential Skills

The Consultant shall have an expert knowledge and an extensive work experience in the UNIX operating system, Storage Area Networks (SAN), backup/archive technologies and administration of ORACLE databases, and should be familiar, to the extent required by the performance of the above tasks, with as many as possible of the following system and software environments:

·         Oracle database administration under MS Windows and UNIX operating systems

·         Oracle database administration on highly available, cluster environments

·         Oracle PL/SQL

·         On Sun/Solaris 10 operating system

·         Highly available environments under SUN cluster or equivalent

·         SAN topologies, managing Brocade (or equivalent) switches, EMC Clariion serving many different types of storage client platforms

·         SAN management software concepts and practical experience

·         Data Protection solutions under Symantec Veritas NetBackup or equivalent

·         Hierarchical Storage Management (HSM) systems (SAM-FS)

·         Disaster Recovery Strategies

·         Scripting under UNIX

Desirable Skills

Experience in the administration and troubleshooting on the following:

·         SAN Fabric security

·         EMC Navisphere Manager software

·         Robotic Tape Library management (Overland NEO series, Storagetek SL8000 series)

·         Sybase database administration

·         TOAD Data modeller

·         TCP/IP internetworking and the related network protocols and applications, e.g NIS, NFS, DNS, SNMP, FTP

·         System/Service Monitoring using Nagios framework, Perl

·         Setting up and maintaining security systems, on host, network and storage level (e.g. firewalls, SSL, encryption)

Additional Information

Qualities

·         High degree of Autonomy

·         Good analytical skills

·         Ability to work calmly and correctly under stress

Further Details

Travel within Europe may be required for certain activities.

Security

In line with Asylum & Immigration Legislation, all applicants must be eligible to live and work in the EU. Documented evidence of eligibility will be required from candidates as part of the recruitment process. Furthermore, in view of the nature of the work VEGA is in, all potential employees will undergo stringent reference and identity checks.

About VEGA Group PLC

About VEGA

VEGA is an independent consulting, technology and managed solutions company that specialises in Programme and System Assurance. Established in 1978, we work closely with clients in Space, Defence and Government throughout Europe.

VEGA is also one of Europe's largest and most established space consulting and technology companies. We support Earth observation, scientific, commercial and military satellites programmes worldwide.

Capabilities

VEGA has a team of over 300 space domain experts that can provide consulting and technology services across the full mission lifecycle as well as multiple programme lines. Our capabilities include :

Spacecraft and payload operations

Systems engineering and procurement

Simulations development

Ground station systems development

Mission control and planning

Payload data systems and user tools

Space training services

Information security

Expertise born out of experience

VEGA has been involved in almost every European Space Agency mission and many other European and International missions for the past three decades. Our services and solutions are targeted at delivering sustainable performance improvements for our clients. They are based on the practical application of in-depth domain knowledge and technical excellence, born out of near 30 year’s hands-on experience.

Our people combine a pragmatic engineering ethos with enthusiasm for the domains in which they work. Their skills and dedication ensure VEGA is highly valued as an expert adviser and partner of choice – a trusted pair of hands for both consulting and implementing technology.

Offices

VEGA has offices in the UK, Germany and France, with clients and operations worldwide.

Space Industry Clients

Our clients include:

ESA - European Space Agency

ESOC - European Space Operations Centre

ESRIN - European Space Research Institute

ESTEC - European Space Research and Technology

INMARSAT - The International Mobile Satellite Organisation

BNSC - British National Space Centre

NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration

EUMETSAT

EUTELSAT

For more information about VEGA, please contact:

E-Mail: careers@vega.co.uk

Address: VEGA GROUP PLC, 2 Falcon Way, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, AL7 1TW United Kingdom

Telephone: +44 (0)1707 391999

Facsimile: +44 (0)1707 393909

Visit our web site at: http://www.vega-group.com

Please reference SPACE JOBS on all correspondence.

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