IT/DC and Databackbone Senior Engineer - IRIS2

Hispasat, as part of the SpaceRISE consortium, is responsible for the technical implementation and ensuring the success of the IRIS² project, leveraging its extensive experience in satellite communications. This collaboration is essential to provide secure and reliable high-performance communication solutions to the European Union and its member states.

To be part of this project, we are looking for a IT/DC and Databackbone Senior Engineer, whose responsibilities will be as follows:

• Define the IT, Network, Datacenter and virtualization requirements for a multiorbit satellite Ground Segment
• Define the high-level software architecture for IT, Network, Datacenter
• Define implementation and test plans for proposed Subsystems
• Technical follow-up of subcontractors activities related to design, requirements compliance, development and validation of the subsys-tems.
• Support to higher level integration of the subcontractor subsystems in the system

Minimum requirements

• Master’s Degree in either Telecommunications Engineering, Electrical Engineering or related field
• 3 to 5 years of experience in the telecom industry Infrastructure expertise, particularly in hardware and network infrastructure
• Experience in switch configuration, network configuration, and virtualization environment management
• Knowledge about virtualisation and cloud platforms
• Experienced in managing technology projects
• Knowledge of satellite communications
• Native to an EU member state and willing to undergo an EU secret clearance process.
• Fluency in English, both written and spoken, any other European language is considered as an asset
• Location: Madrid