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Company Description The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development ( OECD ) is an international organisation comprised of 38 member countries, that works to build better policies for better lives. Our mission is to promote policies that will improve the economic and social well-being of people around the world. Together with governments, policy makers and citizens, we work on establishing evidence-based international standards, and finding solutions to a range of social, economic and environmental challenges.
From improving economic performance and creating jobs to fostering strong education and fighting international tax evasion, we provide a unique forum and knowledge hub for data and analysis, exchange of experiences, best-practice sharing, and advice on public policies and international standard-setting. The Nuclear Energy Agency ( NEA ) is an intergovernmental agency which operates under the framework of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).
It facilitates co-operation among countries with advanced nuclear technology infrastructures to seek excellence in nuclear safety, technology, science, related environmental and economic matters and law. The mission of the NEA is to assist its 34 member countries in maintaining and further developing, through international cooperation, the scientific, technological and legal bases required for a safe, environmentally sound and economical use of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes.
It strives to provide authoritative assessments and to forge common understandings on key issues as input to government decisions on nuclear technology policies. The Data Bank operates as an international centre of reference for its member countries with respect to basic nuclear tools, such as computer codes and nuclear data, used for the analysis and prediction of phenomena in the nuclear field. It provides a direct service to its users by acquiring, developing, improving and validating these tools and making them available as requested.
  We are looking for a skilled Software Engineer to develop and deploy a modern database and software infrastructure for the NEA Data Bank’s services, particularly its Computer Program Service (CPS) which is responsible for the secure and accountable acquisition, testing and distribution of nuclear simulation codes. The selected candidate will have strong DevOps, programming and data management skills and will work with Data Bank staff to develop robust, maintainable, production-quality software intended for long-term use, deployment, and support.
S/he will work under the supervision of the Head of the Data Bank. Job Description Main Responsibilities Software Infrastructure Development Modernise the CPS Workflow: develop a secure, efficient software and database infrastructure to streamline code and benchmark distribution. Work with NEA colleagues to ensure the effective integration of new software into broader NEA IT infrastructure and facilitate logging and reporting of CPS distribution activities.
Maintain and monitor relevant Data Bank digital services, interfaces and associated infrastructure, applying modern best practices in all areas of your work, including the re-implementation of functionality from legacy codebases to other programming languages while ensuring consistency of business logic and system behaviour. Assist senior staff with the implementation and maintenance of new API-enabled frameworks for the management of nuclear physics data, nuclear energy experimental data, and other data, as required.
Communication and Liaison Develop good working relationships and close contacts across the Agency and Data Bank to understand software and database needs across the business and act as a contact point for scientific software solutions. Work closely with Data Bank staff to understand user needs and advise on software and DevOps solutions. Report on and present the work of the NEA Data Bank in your area of work to