Deployed Engineer

Role Specification

Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA) Deployed Capability Engineer

This role is an opportunity to become part of a growing team, containing System/Network Engineers and Software Developers who are responsible for providing solutions to Maritime Situational Awareness problem sets.

The suitable candidate must be capable of:

Self-initiating work that meets technical and project objectives, establishing and working to milestones to achieve outcomes.
Communicating clearly, both formally and informally, to build appropriate and effective relationships with users, customers, and suppliers.
Analysing, designing, planning, executing, and evaluating work to time, cost, and quality, including Agile practices in support of project goals.
Making decisions that influence the success of programme/project objectives.
Collaborating with team members, users, customers, and suppliers to ensure needs are met throughout.
Performing a range and variety of complex technical and/or professional work activities including, but not limited to:
System/Solution support and operation that can meet Government Assurance/ Compliance and security standards, including installation reports, system/equipment specifications, safety cases, trial schedules, schematics, installation guidance.
Provision of technical detail for Business Cases.
Develop, deliver, build, commission, test, and present capability to acceptance authority.
Stakeholder engagement in support of MDA activity, providing technical guidance, asset management and alignment of schedules.
Organise and conduct surveys of MOD and cross-Government installations for provision of MDA capability.
Provision of Second and Third-Line support for MDA Programme deployed products and services.
Undertaking work requiring application of fundamental principles in a wide and unpredictable range of contexts including, but not limited to:
Site and afloat infrastructure installations.
Network infrastructure (Cisco/Juniper).
Installation of desktop client and collaborative working environments.
Provision of products and services for enduring contribution to the Recognised Maritime Picture (RMP) and MOD partners.
RF Data propagation in the VHF/SHF spectrums encompassing end to end transmission of positional data.
Familiarity with recognised industry bodies and standards both generic and specific, ensuring compliance with relevant legislation and standards including, but not limited to:
MOD JSP440/JSP604, BR 9274, SCIDA, DEFSTAN, relevant ISOs and NIST/CIS Benchmark.
Ability to actively seek to improve knowledge for professional development and to mentor/coach others including, but not limited to:
Equipment familiarization to first line support engineers and users of newly deployed Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA) systems and capabilities.
Upskilling Junior Engineers within the MDA Engineering team.
Demonstrating a wide breadth of knowledge across MOD operational fixed/deployable CIS and C5ISTAR environments and industry/business areas. Represent Navy Digital as Technical Authority with international collaborative initiatives
Understanding and communicating the role and impact of applied technology in the deploying organisation.
Assessing, evaluating, articulating, and escalating programme and project risk.
Contributing to the security culture of the organisation by proactively ensuring security is appropriately addressed within business area.
Domestic and international travel in support of MDA objectives.

Role specifics

Start date - ASAP
End date - Initial 12 month contract period
220 days over a 12-month period (pro rata in line with start date). A standard day is assumed to be 7.5 hours.
There may be an element of providing out of hours support (on-call) as required.
An additional 20 contingency days are available for emergency/un-forecasted tasking, or tasking delivered outside of core business hours per 12-month period (40 pre-authorised contingency days for the duration of the contract).
Candidate will need to be able to attain a minimum SC clearance.
Consultancy/support services CONDO compliant iaw DEFSTAN 05129.
Rate - dependent on experience and interview.Guidant, Carbon60, Lorien & SRG - The Impellam Group Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy