UK Research and Innovation - STFC

UK SBS IT18136 UK Research and innovation -STFC ESS Data Streaming Developer

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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

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

Address where the work will take place: Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 0QX

Some travel to international sites including ESS (Copenhagen, Denmark and Lund, Sweden) may be required
Working arrangements: 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)

Buyers will use the essential and nice-to-have skills and experience to help them evaluate suppliers’ technical competence.

Essential skills and experience: 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: 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 many specialists to evaluate

Cultural fit criteria

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

Evaluation weighting

Technical competence

70%

Cultural fit

10%

Price

20%

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