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> -- View this message in context: http://python.6.x6.nabble.com/JOB-Programmer-in-Groningen-to-work-on-Dark-Matter-mission-tp5065660.html Sent from the Nederlands mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ Python-nl mailing list Python-nl@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-nl
