Senior System Engineer

Important

All applicants must be able to obtain Security Clearance and be a sole British national.

Working: This role is mostly remote, with an average of 1 day per month in the Reading area

Job summary

The Integration Manager is responsible for overseeing and managing the process for integrating systems, operations and services within the project area.

This project requires the managed integration and delivery of complex devices, consisting of hardware, software and courseware components, interacting with multiple stakeholders from suppliers to the customer and end-users within UK MOD and is key to the success of the integration activity.

The Installation & Acceptance Manager must, understand integration management principles, Secure by Design principles as well as Configuration Management, must be able to work in an area of constant change, and be able to build relationships with the organisations supplying the devices, as well as internal and down-stream users.

Main duties will include:

• Defining the Integration Strategy, including priorities, timelines, and milestones aligned with the overall project's Integrated Management Schedule (IMS).
• Creating and executing comprehensive Integration Plans, ensuring clearly defined and agreed deliverables, timely delivery, adherence to budget, and management of risk and opportunities.
• Oversee the integration of the devices from early within the development life cycle through delivery to finally Hand Over, ensuring environmental and security requirements (such as Secure by Design, facilities, security classification and handling) are considered and appropriately addressed with all internal and external stakeholders.
• Act as the project's subject matter expert and point of contact on the integration, delivery and hand over of the devices to support project requirements.
• Ensure successful Hand Over through in depth understanding of the acceptance criteria and delivery of all required artefacts including but not limited to Transition to Service Plans, Operation Manuals, Training Guides etc.
• Ensure systems are in place to demand and manage the integration constraints ahead of fruition, including checks of accuracy and consistency
• Form exceptional working relationships with all stakeholders including suppliers, invested teams and the UK MOD and its contractors (including stakeholders specific to both installation site and installation buildings) to enable the most efficient possible integration and delivery of devices.
• Work closely with the Training Equipment Manager to ensure that all external requirements of training device teams, both current and future, are met.
• Work closely with the Information Assurance and Safety & Environmental Engineering Leads to ensure that all requirements of the devices, both current and future, are met.
• Work closely with the Head of Courseware and Media Development to ensure that all external requirements of the courseware development team, both current and future, are met.
• Work closely with the Configuration Management team to ensure that existing processes are adhered to.
• Work closely with the project Security representatives (physical and electronic) to ensure compliance with existing regulations on handling and storage of protected materials.
• Provide regular reporting against developed metrics to ensure confidence in the integration activities and successful hand over to the customer and end-users

Essential Skills:

• Background experience of working in a hardware development and/or ITEA, with more recent experience in a managerial or Project Management type role.
• A knowledge and understanding of the systems engineering lifecycle & ITIL functions, principles and processes.
• Proven track record in the implementation, delivery, handover and maintenance of complex IT systems in secure environments.
• Recent practical experience of successfully integrating complex COTS products.
• Experience implementing integration projects.
• Problem analysis and resolution in a secure environment.
• Experience working across all security classifications and delivery of solutions delivered through the Secure by design principles.
• Ability to quickly form effective working relationships with all stakeholders required.
• Configuration management processes and systems.

Desired Skills:

• An understanding of the Defence system approach to training (DSAT) and/or the integration of training systems.
• Managing projects, tasks and deliverables with protective markings or other special handling restrictions.
• Knowledge of or experience with Site Co-ordinating Installation Design Authority (SCIDA)
• Experience with Atlassian suite, working with Jira and Confluence.
• Experience of working in an Agile/SCRUM/DevOps delivery model.
• Awareness of NAFv4 and/or TOGAF.
• Experience of training devices.

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