Rees Williams
2014-07-29 13:06:34 UTC
Scientific Programmer at the Kapteyn Astronomical Institute
The Kapteyn Astronomical Institute of the University of Groningen seeks a
scientific programmer for the Euclid Netherlands Science Data Centre
(SDC-NL).
The SDC-NL will be operated as a partnership between the Kapteyn
Astronomical Institute and the Donald Smits Centre of Information
Technology. The Euclid mission has been selected for the Cosmic Visions
Program of the European Space Agency. The primary goal of the mission is to
investigate the nature of dark energy and dark matter by measuring the
accelerated expansion of the universe using different independent methods.
The Euclid satellite is expected to be launched in 2019 and has a mission
lifetime of five years. The SDC-NL is one of seven national data centres
which will share the Euclid processing.
The SDC-NL is responsible for the development (in cooperation with the
European Space Astronomy Centre in Madrid) of the Euclid Archive System
(EAS). This is a core component of the distributed Euclid Science Ground
System and underpins all the Euclid processing. We seek a scientific
programmer to take a major role in the development of the EAS. An EAS
prototype has already been developed and is being used to support data
simulations. The prototype draws heavily on the technologies used in the
successful Astro-WISE system, which was developed for the processing of data
from the OmegaCAM instrument on the Very-large Survey Telescope (VST) as
part of the Target project.
The Kapteyn Astronomical Institute is also the co-lead of the organisation
unit responsible for processing the large quantity of ground-based data
required by the Euclid mission. Depending on their experience, it is also
possible that the scientific programmer will play a role in this task.
Experience
The successful candidate will have experience with Python, SQL, and data
modeling. Experience with any of the following would be considered an
advantage: Grid/Cloud computing, Workflow management systems, XML, XSD, UML,
SysML, ER, RDBMS (HTM, Healpix). A relevant degree (e.g. Astronomy, Computer
Science) is required. The initial appointment is for 2 years, with the
possibility of extension.
Useful Links
Vacancy announcement -
www.rug.nl/science-and-society/target/banner_info/job_vacancies
<http://www.rug.nl/science-and-society/target/banner_info/job_vacancies>
Euclid consortium - http://www.euclid-ec.org/ <http://www.euclid-ec.org>
Target project - www.rug.nl/target <http://www.rug.nl/target>
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The Kapteyn Astronomical Institute of the University of Groningen seeks a
scientific programmer for the Euclid Netherlands Science Data Centre
(SDC-NL).
The SDC-NL will be operated as a partnership between the Kapteyn
Astronomical Institute and the Donald Smits Centre of Information
Technology. The Euclid mission has been selected for the Cosmic Visions
Program of the European Space Agency. The primary goal of the mission is to
investigate the nature of dark energy and dark matter by measuring the
accelerated expansion of the universe using different independent methods.
The Euclid satellite is expected to be launched in 2019 and has a mission
lifetime of five years. The SDC-NL is one of seven national data centres
which will share the Euclid processing.
The SDC-NL is responsible for the development (in cooperation with the
European Space Astronomy Centre in Madrid) of the Euclid Archive System
(EAS). This is a core component of the distributed Euclid Science Ground
System and underpins all the Euclid processing. We seek a scientific
programmer to take a major role in the development of the EAS. An EAS
prototype has already been developed and is being used to support data
simulations. The prototype draws heavily on the technologies used in the
successful Astro-WISE system, which was developed for the processing of data
from the OmegaCAM instrument on the Very-large Survey Telescope (VST) as
part of the Target project.
The Kapteyn Astronomical Institute is also the co-lead of the organisation
unit responsible for processing the large quantity of ground-based data
required by the Euclid mission. Depending on their experience, it is also
possible that the scientific programmer will play a role in this task.
Experience
The successful candidate will have experience with Python, SQL, and data
modeling. Experience with any of the following would be considered an
advantage: Grid/Cloud computing, Workflow management systems, XML, XSD, UML,
SysML, ER, RDBMS (HTM, Healpix). A relevant degree (e.g. Astronomy, Computer
Science) is required. The initial appointment is for 2 years, with the
possibility of extension.
Useful Links
Vacancy announcement -
www.rug.nl/science-and-society/target/banner_info/job_vacancies
<http://www.rug.nl/science-and-society/target/banner_info/job_vacancies>
Euclid consortium - http://www.euclid-ec.org/ <http://www.euclid-ec.org>
Target project - www.rug.nl/target <http://www.rug.nl/target>
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