Job
- Level
- Experienced
- Job Field
- IT, DevOps, Test/QA
- Employment Type
- Full Time
- Contract Type
- Temporary employment
- Location
- Garching bei München
- Working Model
- Onsite
Job Summary
In this role, you will develop test environments for ALMA data projects, optimize CI/CD pipelines, and implement automated quality assurance processes for efficient software delivery.
Job Technologies
Your role in the team
- The primary assignment of the successful candidate will be the development and test environment for the ALMA Dataflow development projects.
- The environment supports software configuration management, continuous integration, regression testing, and the production of release packages for science operations and the scientific users of ESO observatories.
- Finally, s/he will contribute to the Data Flow System application support activities, software configuration management issues, and to the continuous improvement of SCSEQ's development and test infrastructure.
- Enable and optimize CI/CD practices to ensure reliable, automated software delivery.
- Own and maintain development and test environments, ensuring stability, scalability, and reproducibility.
- Drive automation across build, test, deployment, and release processes.
- Embed quality controls and validation mechanisms into the delivery lifecycle.
- Establish monitoring and observability practices to ensure system transparency and operational insight.
- Implement fast feedback mechanisms that quickly surface build failures, performance degradation, and production risks.
- Improve system reliability, performance, and operational efficiency.
- Promote DevOps culture and best practices across development and QA teams.
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Our expectations of you
Qualifications
- Strong expertise in CI/CD pipeline design and maintenance using tools such as Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, GitHub Actions, or Azure DevOps, including pipeline-as-code practices.
- Proficiency in designing integration and regression testing strategies for CI pipelines
- Proficiency in implementing DevOps quality gates (static code analysis, security scanning, artifact versioning, test coverage enforcement).
- Proficiency in scripting and automation (e.g., Shell, Python).
- Proficiency with programming languages like Java or Python.
- Strong understanding of DevSecOps principles, including security testing, vulnerability management, and secure CI/CD practices.
- Familiarity with virtualization and cloud-native environments, including VMware and container-based infrastructure.
Experience
- Proven experience as a Software Engineer, with a focus on QA and DevOps.
- Proven experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) for environment provisioning and configuration management.
- Hands-on experience with configuration management and automated deployment tools, such as Ansible.
- Solid experience with containerization and orchestration technologies, including Docker and Kubernetes
- Experience designing and maintaining automated test frameworks, including: API testing (e.g., REST, Postman, Karate, REST Assured), UI test automation (e.g., Selenium, Cypress, Playwright), Performance and load testing (e.g., JMeter, Gatling)
- Experience in software release management, versioning strategies and artifact repositories (e.g., Nexus, Artifactory).
- Experience with relational databases (Oracle, Sybase, PostgreSQL, or equivalent), including basic performance tuning and schema management.
- Experience working in Agile/Scrum or SAFe environments, with iterative delivery and continuous testing practices.
- Experience working with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud), including networking, IAM, monitoring, and cost-aware architecture design.
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What we offer
- We offer an attractive remuneration package including a competitive salary (tax-free for applicants from ESO member states), comprehensive pension scheme, medical, educational, and other social benefits, as well as financial assistance for relocating your family and support in placing your child/children in daycare.
- ESO aims to support members of personnel in maintaining a good work-life balance between their professional and private life.
- ESO is also committed to offering family-friendly support, creating a work environment and policies which allow staff to balance their professional and private responsibilities through flexible working arrangements and financial support for families.
- The contract is for a fixed term duration of three years and is subject to successful completion of the probation period.
- There may be a possibility of extension(s) subject to individual performance and organisational requirements, in particular for the ELT Programme, and as defined in the applicable policies and staff rules and regulations.
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Job Locations
This is your employer
European Southern Observatory (ESO)
ESO, das European Southern Observatory, ist die führende zwischenstaatliche Astronomieorganisation in Europa und das produktivste astronomische Observatorium der Welt. Die ESO bietet Astronomen hochmoderne Forschungseinrichtungen und wird von Österreich, Belgien, der Tschechischen Republik, Dänemark, Finnland, Frankreich, Deutschland, Irland, Italien, den Niederlanden, Polen, Portugal, Spanien, Schweden, der Schweiz und den USA unterstützt.
Description
- Founding year
- 1962
- Company Type
- Established Company
- Working Model
- Onsite
- Industry
- Science, Research
Software Quality and DevOps Engineer
- Location
- Garching bei München
- Working Model
- Onsite
- Diversity
- Open for all genders
- English Only
- English only required
