Overview
Application Engineer Lead
Location: Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire UK
Security Clearance: High - DV 'Developed Vetting'
Responsibilities
* Allocate and prioritise the applications team’s workload in order to manage and maintain the Application Baseline across multiple domains.
* Producing and maintaining Workflow Processes for the Applications Team, considering improvement throughout the team\'s development.
* Attend Daily Operational Update Meetings.
* Producing and Presenting a Core Services Weekly Report on Tasking within the Application Team and relaying that Report to Management on a Weekly basis.
* Coordinate the priority of tasking to achieve larger elements of work to be completed.
* Provide support to Core Services and Agile Change Teams ensuring the application baseline is maintained and ensuring the operational users have the most up to date applications to meet mission requirements.
* Liaise with all appropriate teams to ensure a seamless flow of information not just with 2nd and 3rd Line engineers but across the wider organisation, including sub-contractor SMEs and customer Resolver groups;
* Under the direction of the Operations Technical Lead coordinate the maintenance and delivery small and large application upgrades for a fixed and deployed environment.
* Provide clients with technical support as needed and relay information to our development teams for ongoing maintenance and update needs.
* Integrate with ITAM and obsolescence who will provide the vendor information on software lifecycles and maintenance agreements.
* Optimize applications by integrating new technologies and performing upgrades
* Perform diagnostic tests and debugging procedures while improving code and re-designing tasks
* Generate ideas for software innovation based on market trends
* Document and develop processes, procedures and application version histories
* Keep up with advancements in application engineering and new technologies
* Enhance and development Leidos’s relationship with MOD, Military and other Contractors;
* Support the Investigation and resolution of problems relating to Application Deployment
* Review and awareness of any Hardware or Software changes to the systems that we support to ensure impacts are understood and are managed through to deployment;
* Support the deployment of any software Application or patch that ensures the system maintains accreditation by managing MODCERT Alerts and Directives, ensuring that all those that are relevant are applied. If the MODCERT is not applied, then a Risk is raised and placed on the MOD Risk Register with good reasoning as to why the MODCERT was not applied;
* Ensure the FSR is managed and maintained. (or ensure information to the FSR is accurate)
What we do for you
* At Leidos we are PASSIONATE about customer success, UNITED as a team and INSPIRED to make a difference. We offer meaningful and engaging careers, a collaborative culture, and support for your career goals, all while nurturing a healthy work-life balance.
* We provide an employment package that attracts, develops and retains only the best in talent. Our reward scheme includes:
* Contributory Pension Scheme
* Private Medical Insurance
* 33 days Annual Leave (including public and privilege holidays)
* Access to Flexible benefits (including life assurance, health schemes, gym memberships, annual buy and sell holidays and a cycle to work scheme)
* Access to Flexi-time benefits
Commitment to Diversity
We welcome applications from every part of the community and are committed to a truly diverse and inclusive culture. We foster a sense of belonging, welcoming all perspectives and contributions, and providing equal access to opportunities and resources for everyone. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages please let us know, and we will respond in a way that best fits your needs.
Who We Are
Leidos UK & EUROPE – we work to make the world safer, healthier, and more efficient through technology, engineering and science.
Leidos is a growing company delivering innovative technology and solutions focused on safeguarding critical capabilities and transformation in frontline services, our work in the United Kingdom includes addressing some of the most complex problems in defence, healthcare, government, safety and security, and transportation.
Pay Range
£47,500.00-£60,900.00
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