Job Description
For its IT Department in the IT Group in Garching, within the Directorate of Engineering, ESO is opening an International Staff Member position of IT Specialist.
Database Management Systems form the central component of the ESO and ALMA Science Operations that utilise OLAP, OLTP, Replication and Document DBMS from SAP, Oracle, Microsoft and Couchbase. After finishing your university degree in computer science or equivalent, you have gained several years of general IT experience: understanding operating systems, storage, backup and recovery, networking; and will have specialized in Database Management Systems.
You will have experience in the administration of primarily SAP ASE, and secondarily in another database management system such as Oracle or Microsoft. You may have configured and administered bi-directional database replication across a WAN and have assisted development teams in the engineering of software using this technology, and database transaction conflict resolution. You may also have knowledge of other relational and NoSQL database technologies and their implementation.
You will know how to install, configure and maintain database servers; tune them and carry out backup and recovery. You will have a sound understanding of SQL; can analyse queries; and provide support and advice to users on queries and application development. You are a proficient script developer and have experience in Python or other scripting languages. You can take responsibility to establish, measure, enhance and fulfil IT operational level agreements in planning and follow up on execution and KPI performance with IT Service stakeholders, IT User support management and IT suppliers.
Initially you will be made responsible for the SAP DBMS infrastructure providing support to the current SAP DBMS Subject Matter Expert and your peers; and depending on your profile and skillset, additional responsibility will follow, as your knowledge and experience of the ESO technologies and environment increases. Ultimately you will control the evolution of the IT Services, considering changes, improvements, upgrades or obsolescence. You define and agree the regular reviews of the IT Services and document this in the operational level agreements with internal stakeholders.
Finally, you will also have an independent and autonomous way of working paired with team spirit and initial project coordination experience. This position requires an element of on-call in support of ESO Science Operations, shared within the database administration team.
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Qualifications:
A first level University degree (Bachelor) in any IT discipline (e.g. Computing) or equivalent degree.
Language Skills:
An excellent command of the English language - oral, reading and writing - is essential. A working knowledge of German and/or Spanish would be an advantage.
Remuneration and Contract:
We offer an attractive remuneration package including a competitive salary, comprehensive pension scheme and medical, educational and other social benefits, as well as financial help in relocating your family and support to place your child/children in daycare.
Our Salary and career structure:
ESO's salary structure is based upon a range of career paths which reflect the nature and level of our roles. Each career path is made up of two or three grades which are used to further reflect experience and performance. The role of IT Specialist is in Career Path V. Please follow this link for more details https://www.eso.org/public/jobs/conditions/intstaff/salary-structure/
ESO aims to support members of personnel in maintaining a good work-life balance (https://www.eso.org/public/jobs/conditions/intstaff/#work-life-balance) between their professional and private life. ESO is also committed to offering family-friendly support (https://www.eso.org/public/jobs/conditions/intstaff/#family-friendly-support), creating a work environment and policies which allow staff to balance their professional and private responsibilities through flexible working arrangements and financial support for families.
The contract is for a fixed term duration of three years, and is subject to successful completion of the probation period. There may be a possibility of extension(s) subject to individual performance and organisational requirements.
For any further information, please visit ESO's conditions of employment (https://www.eso.org/public/jobs/conditions/). Please note that the contract policy and in particular the regulations concerning fixed-term and indefinite contracts are currently under review which may lead to changes in the contractual conditions applicable to this position.
Duty Station:
Garching near Munich, Germany with occasional duty trips to Chile.
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