Job Title: Technical Design Authority - IT Infrastructure
Location: Ashton Vale, Bristol + Hybrid Working Arrangement
Compensation: Competitive Salary + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF
At Babcock we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Technical Design Authority - IT Infrastructure at our Ashton House site.
The role
As a Technical Design Authority - IT Infrastructure, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You will work collaboratively in a team of multi discipline engineers, subject matter experts (SMEs) and the customer to mature and develop creative solutions for our current and future clients.
Day to day, you’ll:
1. Lead a design team, accountable for the creation of compliant system architectures and solution designs, working together under the direction of the Programme System Engineering Manager
2. Provide in-depth technical expertise and system design ownership, collaborating with other SMEs
3. Oversee engineers producing detailed specifications, designs and other key engineering deliverables
4. Manage engineering change to systems, deconflicting priorities as necessary
5. Work with the supply chain to lead technical interactions with suppliers
This role is full time, 37-hours per week and is based at Ashton House with hybrid working from home arrangements. There is a requirement to travel within the UK and overseas as part of the role.
Essential experience of the Technical Design Authority - IT Infrastructure
6. A highly experienced networks, storage and compute platform professional
7. Have a proven track record of delivering systems into the UK MoD
8. Engineering expertise across the engineering lifecycle V-Model or equivalent from initial concepts, requirements, design, implementation, integration, verification, validation, maintenance and supportability
9. WAN, LAN, IP, TDM, Network security, VMWare, SAN, serial RS/
10. Demonstrable delivery of networks into a military context, JSP,
Qualifications for the Technical Design Authority - IT Infrastructure
11. Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP)
12. Degree or equivalent in Telecommunications or Electronic Engineering. HNC/HND with equivalent, relevant experience is valued and welcomed
13. Incorporated / Chartered Engineer or working towards
Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be a sole UK national who is able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.
Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held. Further details are available at
What we offer
14. Generous holiday allowance
15. Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
16. Employee share scheme
17. Employee shopping savings portal
18. Payment of Professional Fees
19. Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
20. Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows the majority of employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement
21. ‘Be Kind Day’ enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity