UK Research and Innovation - STFC
UK SBS IT18136 UK Research and innovation -STFC ESS Data Streaming Developer
4 Incomplete applications
4 SME, 0 large
4 Completed applications
2 SME, 2 large
Important dates
- Published
- Friday 1 June 2018
- Deadline for asking questions
- Tuesday 5 June 2018 at 11:59pm GMT
- Closing date for applications
- Friday 8 June 2018 at 11:59pm GMT
Overview
- Specialist role
- Developer
- Summary of the work
- STFC’s ISIS Neutron and Muon Facility is delivering data streaming software for the European Spallation Source as part of the UKs in-kind contribution. The developer will be responsible for developing high performance scientific data streaming systems for ESS and ISIS as part of the international team developing software for ESS
- Latest start date
- Monday 9 July 2018
- Expected contract length
- Up to 2 years
- Location
- South West England
- Organisation the work is for
- UK Research and Innovation - STFC
- Maximum day rate
- £650 excluding VAT
About the work
- Early market engagement
- Who the specialist will work with
- You will be working with the ISIS instrument control and data acquisition team (developers), the international ESS team (developers and scientists), and to report to the local project manager
- What the specialist will work on
- STFC’s ISIS Neutron and Muon Facility is delivering data streaming software for the European Spallation Source as part of the UKs in-kind contribution. The developer will be responsible for developing high performance scientific data streaming systems for ESS and ISIS as part of the international team developing software for ESS
Work setup
- Address where the work will take place
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Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 0QX
Some travel to international sites including ESS (Copenhagen, Denmark and Lund, Sweden) may be required - Working arrangements
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Monday to Friday 8:30 start, to fit in with the international team meetings
7.5 hours day + lunch
Expenses for travelling to other sites will be in line with public sector restrictions and expectations and UK Research and Innovation / STFC Policies - Security clearance
- Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS)
Additional information
- Additional terms and conditions
Skills and experience
Buyers will use the essential and nice-to-have skills and experience to help them evaluate suppliers’ technical competence.
- Essential skills and experience
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- Demonstrate how you will apply your skills and expertise to the following, to develop data reduction software for the ESS
- of modern C++(>C++11) development on Linux, Windows and OS X
- of software development using Apache Kafka
- of developing against hdf5, specifically the NeXuS format
- of Python scripting
- of Bash and Batch scripting
- of Unit, integration and performance testing
- of using Ansible or equivalent
- of using CI tools (ideally Jenkins)
- of using Distributed version control tools (ideally git)
- of using Docker or equivalent - creating images and using docker-compose
- Nice-to-have skills and experience
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- Demonstrate how you will apply your skills and expertise to the following, to develop data reduction software for the ESS
- with cross platform native build generators (CMake or equivalent)
- using Conan C++ package manager or equivalent
- of developing and testing distributed systems
- of Managing CI tools (ideally Jenkins or equivalent)
- of Log and metrics monitoring and management
- Understanding of data handling requirements at large scientific facilities
How suppliers will be evaluated
- How many specialists to evaluate
- 4
- Cultural fit criteria
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- Demonstrate how you will apply your skills and expertise to the following, to develop data reduction software for the ESS
- of developing software in a scientific environment
- of developing software in an internationally distributed team
- Assessment methods
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- Work history
- Interview
- Evaluation weighting
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Technical competence
70%Cultural fit
10%Price
20%
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