Christchurch

3/4 days on site

12 months

70.66p/h Inside IR35

You MUST already hold SC to be considered for this role

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Senior Systems Engineer to work on our future projects; developing and delivering military and commercial technologies in the secure defence area.

Do you want to design and build systems to provide a secure mobile communication networks for our armed forces? Could you create systems that can allow a user to securely browse the Internet from a secret network? Want to work on the next generation of Military IT systems? Would you like to be part of a team, integrating leading edge technologies to provide our military services with competitive advantage?

How would you like to work for a business that is committed to making the workplace agile and flexible to meet the diverse needs of our customers? Where high standards of work are expected and encouraged? Where people are understood and valued? Where you can develop and enhance your skills and knowledge, with potential to become a leader in a global business?

Your main responsibilities as a Senior Systems Engineer will involve:

Design of technical solutions, integrating COTS hardware and software
Production of system integration, verification and validation documentation.
Lead/provide support to system level investigations.
Escalate risks and opportunities that may have a direct/indirect effect on the technical delivery of the system life cycle or product.
Ensuring compliance with systems engineering practices
Reporting on progress and providing feedback to team members and leadership
Planning and Estimating development activities
Supporting the improvement of the team competencies and skills.
Management of technical risk
Working with customers to support delivered systems and resolve issues

As part of the engineering team you will work closely with team members, and support the team and/or project leadership in daily activities. You may also be asked to lead teams.

Your skills and qualifications as a Senior Systems Engineer:

Competence in:
VMware vSphere infrastructure and implementation
Defining and managing interfaces between systems
System integration, verification and validation across defence, including acceptance activities
Requirements Engineering
Configuration management
System Engineering tools and processes

Understanding of
C2 Systems
Communications and Networking
Security Architectures
Engineering Lifecycle
Physical and Electrical Safety, Security and Environmental compliance
MOD and industry standard acceptance processes