Technical Solutions Engineer – Space Earth Observation F/M

Position Description:

CGI globally is a leading ICT company with 90,000 professionals working in 40 countries. We have the presence, expertise and complete IT services to meet clients’ business needs anywhere, anytime and to offer our professionals challenging and rewarding careers.

From our office in the town of Frascati (Rome), CGI Italy helps scientists and entrepreneurs in processing Space Earth Observation data using cutting edge IT technologies to streamline big data analytics. Thanks to Space application and services, we can extract information from satellite data offering solution in several domains including weather, geographical survey bringing value in different sectors like health, transportation, government, agriculture, maritime, oil and gas, trading, finance and insurance.

Earth Observation gives us the possibility to monitor our Planet Earth and to investigate several challenges the humanity is facing like climate change, the Earth’s natural resources and you, can be part of our team as a technical Solutions Engineer.

Your future duties and responsibilities:

• Coordinate and support the technical team to identify technical solutions for large scale big data processing in EO domain by: analyzing the requirements, designing SW architectural components, defining product release, identifying HW and SW solutions for products release, researching emerging technologies solutions to address products evolution
• Coordinate the design implementation by: ensuring a proper sharing and maintenance of technical knowledge, acting as escalation point for technical decision, supporting the technical assessment definition for a proper planning, being responsible for the quality of the deliverable by defining internal review process
• Act as a Team Member by: participating to code reviews, performing deployments to Kubernetes, implementing proof-of-concepts, leading troubleshooting sessions, producing demonstration and training scripts (e.g., in Python), writing user documentation.
• Be the technical contact point for the client
• Ensure proper implementation of modern software practices such as TDD, CI/CD.
• Support the definition of technical proposals for new business development: identifying possible technical solutions, providing assessment of implementation effort.
• Team coaching,
• Provide accurate feedback to your management and corporate stakeholders
• Taking a keen interest in our journey, not just tasks executions.

Required qualifications to be successful in this role:

• Minimum 3 years of working experience in this role
• Technical competence in the IT Big Data and Cloud domain, e.g. parallel and distributed processing, containers and container orchestration
• Proven experience with different Cloud providers (e.g. AWS, GCP, Azure )
• Fluent spoken and written English.

Desirable qualifications

• EO competence, including source data, data processing techniques, applications
• Knowledge of data catalogues and OGC standards
• Degree and / or Master in Computer Science or Computer Engineering,

This is a permanent contract position with the possibility to do part of the work activity in smart working.

You will have the opportunity to work in challenging international projects on space technologies.

CGI is an inclusive employer that is attentive to applications from people with disabilities, to the career development of men and women and to the well-being of our LGBT+ employees. For accessibility and clarity, the midpoint is not used in this announcement. All the terms used refer to both the feminine and masculine genders.

Skills:

• Big Data
• Cloud Computing
• Earth Observation
• Kubernetes
• Project Management

What you can expect from us:

Together, as owners, let’s turn meaningful insights into action.

Life at CGI is rooted in ownership, teamwork, respect and belonging. Here, you’ll reach your full potential because…

You are invited to be an owner from day 1 as we work together to bring our Dream to life. That’s why we call ourselves CGI Partners rather than employees. We benefit from our collective success and actively shape our company’s strategy and direction.

Your work creates value. You’ll develop innovative solutions and build relationships with teammates and clients while accessing global capabilities to scale your ideas, embrace new opportunities, and benefit from expansive industry and technology expertise.

You’ll shape your career by joining a company built to grow and last. You’ll be supported by leaders who care about your health and well-being and provide you with opportunities to deepen your skills and broaden your horizons.

Come join our team—one of the largest IT and business consulting services firms in the world.

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