In the EUMETSAT matrix organisation, the Process Assurance and Management Support (PRS) division of the Technical and Scientific Support (TSS) department provides management support services to the full organisation.

The PRS division provides in particular Configuration Management services to the development, commissioning and operations of end-to-end satellite systems.

The Configuration Management Engineer provides Configuration Management support to the development, commissioning and operations of the ground systems component of satellite systems. The postholder of this position will provide CM support to EUM Programmes in development.

The main duties will be as follows:

• Responsible for defining, maintaining and improving working practices implementing EUMETSAT Change and Configuration Management (CM) processes applicable to ground systems “as designed”, during the development phase, and “as built”, during the commissioning and operations phase;
• Take responsibility for CM working implementation practices on day-to-day basis;
• Ensure that the software, hardware and documentation configuration baselines are properly set and maintained, performing regular configuration audits on the systems under configuration management;

• Manage day-to-day activities related to the development, maintenance, testing and administration of the CM tools and database;
• Ensure regular CM reporting, including relevant metrics and key performance indicators;
• Control changes to configuration items and organise and manage meetings of Change Control Boards and as relevant, Anomaly Review Boards;
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of the EUMETSAT CM Policy, related implementation frameworks and specifications.

• Proven experience in establishing, implementing and conducting Configuration Management of large scale, software and hardware oriented systems in development and operational phases, as CM engineer;
• Practical experience in managing multi-segment product configurations, with specific focus on identifying and maintaining product breakdown architecture (As-specified, As-designed, As-built, …), and change lifecycle;
• Very good understanding and significant practical experience of software development life cycle standards covering fundamental Software Configuration Management principles, relevant IT technologies (e.g. virtualisation, COMMs, IT security) and practices (S/W build, packaging, deployment, testing; SW repositories, GitLab, RPMs, Docker containers, DevOps, …);
• Exposure to Programme Development lifecycles, eg. maturity milestones approach with associated CM deliverables in line with quality standards and models related to Change and Configuration management processes (e.g. ITIL, ISO, ANSI, ECSS, CMMI);
• Very good interpersonal skills and experience of project management, with a high ability of activities/deliverables planning, organization, ensuring timely and qualitative delivery;
• Proven ability of being a team player supporting interactions across the organization.