Date Posted: 2026-06-04 • Country: United Kingdom • Location: Warminster, Wiltshire • Role Type: Onsite
About the role
Systems Engineer – Command and Staff Trainer (CAST) team – support British Army exercises using ABACUS simulation and Communication & Information Systems (CIS).
Responsibilities
- Configure the ABACUS software for exercise use.
- Provide MOD customer with ABACUS data for use during military exercises.
- Configure and/or integrate individual systems to match military training requirements.
- Conduct appropriate system training to ensure military users are competent to conduct their exercises.
- Provide coverage to support CAST activities at relevant UK sites.
- Support day‑to‑day IT operations activities at the site.
- Carry out engineering, operational and administrative duties associated with the CAST site.
- Support remotely networked CIS exercises at Warminster, Sennelager and other offsite locations.
- Support CAST activity at all sites, using primarily ABACUS/CIS/VBS3.
- Liaise with the military customer and build scenarios to fit their requirements.
- Establish consistent and measurable processes for support & administration activities.
- Comply with configuration and control procedures.
- Attend further training when required.
- Comply with company procedures.
- Be willing to work at night and do shift work.
- Champion and foster a culture of Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) compliance and continuous improvement.
- Perform any other duties required to complete the CAST service.
Essential Qualifications
- UK SC Security Clearance.
- Good working knowledge of Windows OS, LAN technology and Windows Server 2012/2016.
- Experience as a trainer and good presentation & training skills.
- Knowledge of IT systems and associated support.
- Experience with VMware.
- Physically fit (lifting is part of the role).
- Willingness to travel internationally and nationwide on short notice.
Desirable Qualifications
- Cisco routing, switching & VOIP.
- Leadership of small teams.
- Windows Server administration.
- Fibre/copper LAN installation & PC repair.
- Knowledge of DII, DIS & HLA.
- Up‑to‑date knowledge of battlefield terminology and doctrine.
- Ex–HM Forces.
- A team player, also capable of working unsupervised.
- Understanding of ISTAR visualization and its applications.
- Knowledge of VBS3 and associated terrain generation.
- Provision of terrain databases, models and scripting within a VBS environment.
Benefits and Work Culture
- Competitive salaries.
- Paid overtime.
- 25 days holiday + statutory public holidays, with the option to buy or sell up to 5 days (37 hr).
- Contributory pension scheme (up to 10.5% company contribution).
- Company bonus scheme (4% discretionary) and 6× salary life assurance with pension.
- Flexible benefits scheme with salary sacrifice options (Health Cashplan, Dental, Cycle to Work etc.).
- Enhanced sick pay and family‑friendly policies (enhanced maternity, paternity & shared parental leave).
- 37‑hour working week (hours may vary by role/site).
- Remote, hybrid and site‑based working opportunities depending on role requirements.
- Up to 5 paid volunteering days per year.
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
RTX adheres to the principles of equal employment. All qualified applications will be given careful consideration without regard to ethnicity, colour, religion, gender, sexual orientation or identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.
