Technical Expert

ETSI; Valbonne; Sur place; EUR 50 000 - 70 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

ETSI seeks a highly motivated SNS Technical Expert based in Sophia-Antipolis, French Riviera. The role involves providing technical expertise and project management for Software Development Groups, and requires a master’s degree in engineering or computer science. Candidates should have experience in Open-Source initiatives along with user-level knowledge of Linux and Kubernetes. Strong communication and presentation skills in English are necessary. The position may require international travel.

Qualifications

• Experience in participating in Open‑Source projects and/or standardisation groups.
• Good general knowledge of standardised networking architectures and technologies.
• Ability to work autonomously and prioritise tasks effectively.

Responsabilités

• Support and manage software development activities in the SDG.
• Set up and manage SDG infrastructure, tools, and processes.
• Organise and facilitate SDG meetings and developer events.

Connaissances

Project leadership skills

Excellent oral and written English

Good communication and presentation skills

Formation

Master’s degree in engineering or computer science

Outils

Linux

OpenStack

Proxmox

Kubernetes

Description du poste

Based in Sophia-Antipolis, French Riviera

We are seeking a highly motivated engineer to join ETSI’s Software and Standards group (SNS) within the Standardisation Services Division. The SNS team focuses on building, driving, and promoting Software Development Groups (SDG), which are highly strategic collaborative software development initiatives in support of standardisation, following open‑source best practices. Each SDG has its own community of representatives, developers and decision makers, from 20-25 different organisations.

Missions

The SNS Technical Expert provides technical expertise, community and project management to several ETSI Software Development Groups working in collaborative software development and open‑source initiatives.

The SNS Technical Expert assumes the following key responsibilities:

• Support and manage software development activities in the SDG.
• Set up and manage SDG infrastructure, tools, and processes.
• Organise and facilitate SDG meetings and developer events.
• Support collaboration and regular feedback across SDGs and standardisation groups at ETSI.
• Foster synergies with European research initiatives.
• Build technical competence for open‑source development methodologies and best practices.
• Disseminate and promote SDG work, to foster global community growth.

The SNS Technical Expert reports to the Director of Software and Standards. The position requires international travel.

Profile

Candidatures are particularly welcome from candidates having the following profile:

• Master’s degree in engineering or computer science.
• Experience in participating in Open‑Source projects and/or standardisation groups and/or Funded EU Research projects.
• Good general knowledge of standardised networking architectures, technologies, and APIs: 5G, NFV, SDN, Cloud, Edge, Data, AI …
• User‑level knowledge of Linux, OpenStack, Proxmox, and/or Kubernetes.
• Project leadership skills.
• Ability to work autonomously, organise and prioritise tasks effectively.
• Excellent oral and written English.
• Good communication and presentation skills.

The post will be based at our headquarters located in Sophia‑Antipolis, a lung of greenery between Cannes and Nice.