BTW: qualsiasi suggerimento su dove altro postare questa Job Offer per raggiungere efficacemente la community python italiana e' piu che benvenuto.

BTW, qualsiasi suggerimento su dove altro postare questa Job Offer per raggiungere efficacemente la comunita Python italiana e' piu che benvenuto.




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Ref. DS-DIR-20-02

Context
EGO is looking to recruit a talented and innovative developer to work within its IT Department and in close relationship with the Director’s European Programmes office.

Assignment
The successful candidate will be a key contributor to the ESCAPE (European Science Cluster of Astronomy & Particle physics ESFRI research infrastructures) (https://indico.in2p3.fr/event/18323/overview) project. ESCAPE is an EU-funded project in the context of the Horizon 2020 Work Program. The chief objective of ESCAPE is to establish a single collaborative cluster of next generation ESFRI facilities in the area of astronomy- and accelerator-based particle hysics, in order to implement a functional link between the concerned ESFRI projects and the European Open Science
Cloud (EOSC).

In parallel, the successful candidate will also work within the AHEAD2020 project (https://ahead.iaps.inaf.it), which aims to integrate the high-energy astrophysics community, including gravitational waves (GW), into a coherently acting multi-messenger consortium. On the GW side, the main enabler for having the GW observatories participating in Multi-Messenger Astronomy (MMA) is the low-latency detection of GW signals and the prompt distribution of alerts. MMA is inherently a distributed task requiring low-latency computation and communication and quality of data from the gravitational-wave detectors; along with the exchange of candidate-event descriptions and validation.

The successful candidate will also work on customised processing and workflows, interfacing with the underlying distributed, large-scale computing infrastructure tuned to the needs of the Gravitational Waves observatory Network (IGWN) (EGO/Virgo, LIGO, KAGRA, etc).

In particular, the successful candidate will contribute: as part of the ESCAPE project focus will be on software deployment and virtualisation, a key component will be the availability of readily accessible versions of the codes, tools, scripts, and packages developed by the IGWN community. It will include work on the standardisation of build/packaging procedures and containerisation of software. as part of AHEAD2020, focus will be on improving the existing infrastructure and reducing the latency of trigger production by:
1. improving and accelerating (via code refactoring, compiler optimisation and hardware-acceleration techniques) the software applications used to characterise and reduce the noise
2. improving speed, scalability and reliability of the low-latency data distribution software using well established, robust and industry proven protocols, such as APACHE Kafka.

Qualifications and experience
- Software-development expertise, with a minimum 3-year academic title (bachelor’s degree)
- Strong expertise in Python development
- Knowledge of Containerization technologies (such as Docker and Singularity)

Experience with some of those technologies will be highly beneficial
- The CMake and/or Meson build tools
- The Conda package and environment manager
- The GitLab collaborative toolchain, including Continuous Integration (CI)
- Experience with platforms for real-time data streaming
- Distributed platform enabling high-availability deployments of services via orchestration technologies (such as Kubernets)
- Expertise on Python performance monitoring and optimization is a plus.
- Good knowledge of the English language; basic knowledge of Italian and/or French.

Personal skills
Ability to work in a team within an international and multidisciplinary environment.

General requirements
No criminal convictions
Driving license

Place of work
EGO – European Gravitational Observatory – via E. Amaldi 56021 Loc. S.Stefano a Macerata – Cascina (Pisa) ITALY.

Type of contract
One-year (renewable for one year) contract as “Tecnologo” (Technologist), according to the “Contratto Collettivo di Lavoro del Personale EGO” (EGO personnel collective bargaining agreement). Upon satisfactory working performances, at the end of the 2-year period, the possibility of a permanent contact will be considered.

Selection procedure
The selection will be made considering candidate qualifications and experience. The first phase of the selection will be based on the examination of the CVs and Application Forms. The best candidates will be admitted to the final phase, which will consist of an interview.

How to apply?
Candidates can send their CV and the EGO Application Form (to be found here), to jobs@ego-gw.it quoting the reference number of this vacancy notice.

Closing date for applications
September 15th, 2020

Start of contract
The earliest possible after October, 1st 2020

About EGO
EGO, the European Gravitational Observatory, located in the countryside near Pisa in the Commune of Cascina, was created 20 years ago (11 December 2000) by the “Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique” (CNRS), a French public, scientific and technological institution, and the Italian “Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare” (INFN). The NIKHEF Laboratory (Netherlands) joined in 2007 with an observer status.

The Consortium has as its purpose the promotion of research in the field of gravitation in Europe. In this context, and in particular, the Consortium pursues the following objectives: ensures the functioning of the VIRGO antenna, its maintenance, its operation and the improvements to be made;ensures the maintenance of the related infrastructures, including a computer centre and promotes an open co-operation in R&D;ensures the maintenance of the site;carries out any other research in the field of gravitation of common interest for the Members;promotes the co-operation in the field of the experimental and theoretical gravitational waves research in Europe;promotes contacts among scientists and engineers, the dissemination of information and the provision of advanced training for young researchers.
The scientific responsibility of the Virgo detector is assumed by the Virgo collaboration.