Junior Data Storage Engineer (Darmstadt / Germany)

Short company description

About EUMETSAT – Trusted in Space. Essential on Earth.

Since 1986, EUMETSAT, Europe’s meteorological satellite agency, has monitored weather and climate from space. From its headquarters in Darmstadt, Germany, it operates fleets of satellites observing the Earth system and delivers real-time, 24/7 data and imagery to its 30 member states to help protect communities and support critical sectors of their economies.

As it marks its 40th anniversary in 2026, EUMETSAT looks back on four decades of achievements in Earth observation for weather and climate. Today, it plays a central role in the international meteorological satellite system, contributing observations that support forecasting and climate monitoring in its member states and beyond.

Requirements

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
- Strong motivation to develop in storage systems engineering in a 24/7 operational environment.
- Knowledge of block, file and object storage solutions.
- Openness to learning and growing expertise, alongside great teamwork and communication skills.
- Focus on reliable IT services by understanding user requirements and responding professionally to service requests.
- Awareness of system engineering standards.

Practical work experience with some of the following topics would be advantageous:
- Data protection (Backup and archive), data security.
- Linux fundamentals and scripting languages, e.g. Python.
- Virtualization, containerization, networking and cloud technologies.

QUALIFICATIONS
- A university degree in a relevant engineering discipline, e.g. Computer Science, software engineering or other relevant discipline.

LANGUAGES
- Candidates must be able to work effectively in English.

Responsibilities

Ready to launch your career with Europe’s meteorological satellite agency? At EUMETSAT, we are not just monitoring the weather and climate from space—we are shaping the future of weather and climate science, 24/7, 365 days a year.

Be part of a dynamic team where your efforts contribute to a greater purpose. As a Junior Data Storage Engineer, within the IT and Data Infrastructures Division (I2D), you will have the opportunity to work on a multi-hundreds-of-petabytes–scale data storage infrastructure, delivering storage, backup, and archival services in support of satellite operations, data services, and corporate IT.

While working across complex, large-scale environments, you will collaborate with experts to maintain and enhance the services running on the data infrastructure. Whether you are harnessing object storage technology to support a reliable data lake or fine-tuning the storage area network to enable low-latency transactions, you will be at the forefront of delivering mission-critical data storage services to users.

With EUMETSAT, your work isn't just a job—it's a mission to empower decision-makers, protect communities, and safeguard our planet.

DUTIES
- Design, prototype and develop small to medium size storage systems in support of multi-mission elements of the EUMETSAT ground segment;
- Support maintenance and evolutions of operational systems and services related to data storage;
- Contribute to requirements engineering, service specifications, architecture and design of storage systems and their technical documentation;
- Provide support to operations and implementation activities of related storage systems and services and support engineering change proposals, configuration control and quality assurance activities;
- Support technical interactions with service providers, vendors and industrial partners.

Other info

EMPLOYMENT CONDITIONS
The initial contract will be of 2 years’ duration, with subsequent 5 year contracts being awarded thereafter, subject to individual performance and organisation requirements. There is no limit to the amount of follow-up contracts a staff member can receive up to the EUMETSAT retirement age of 63 and there are certainly opportunities to establish a long career perspective at EUMETSAT.
This post is graded A1 on the EUMETSAT salary scales. The minimum basic salary for this post is EURO 5,912 per month (net of internal tax but excluding pension contribution and insurances) which may be negotiable on the basis of skills and experience. The salary scale provides for increments on the anniversary of taking up employment, and scales are reviewed by the EUMETSAT Council with effect from 1 January each year. In addition to basic salary, EUMETSAT offers attractive benefits. Further information, including salary details, is available on the EUMETSAT web site.

Benefits

• Medical subscription
• Dental subscription
• Medical insurance
• Life insurance
• Gym membership
• Private pension