Project Lead Engineer
Bristol and Andover travel to these 2 days a week.
SC Cleared candidates.
Responsibilities
* Provide engineering leadership and oversight across engineering disciplines being delivered by another supplier.
* Support the programme Chief Engineer in developing the required standards and governance for the programme
* Work closely with the programme integration office Chief Architect and Engineer to support the creation of standards and governance structures for the ISTAR portfolio and the programme.
* Support and lead the design, integration, and testing of the programmes solution ensuring scalability, reliability, and security.
* Ensure all engineering designs meet operational, technical, and regulatory requirements.
* Act as the working level technical interface between the supplier and internal Defence Digital and Army teams, senior stakeholders, and external partners.
* Support the development of the software factory roadmap and development requirements for current and future contracts, and integration into other DD Service Executive capabilities
* Oversee the documentation of engineering processes, designs, and outcomes for audit and review purposes.
* Manage Risk by identifying and mitigating engineering risks, ensuring the resilience and reliability of deployed systems.
* Ensure robust contingency plans are in place for technology solution.
* Support the development of current and future requirements for the capability through existing and future contracts.
* Support the production of outline and full business cases through contribution and architectural artefacts
* Stay abreast of emerging technologies and methodologies to enhance project outcomes.
* Promote a culture of innovation and continuous improvement within the supplier engineering teams.
* Ability to travel to customer sites 1-2 days per week
Experience
* Experience in lead engineer roles within Defence, Aerospace, or similarly complex environments.
* Proven track record of delivering large-scale, mission-critical systems in secure environments.
* Familiarity with defence-specific standards and frameworks, such as DEF STAN, MIL-STD, or NATO standards.
* Deep understanding of Defence deployed technologies, including secure communications, data analytics, mission-critical applications and integrations
* Proficiency in cloud architectures, cybersecurity, software development methodologies, and system integration.
* Understanding of on-premise and deployable technologies.
* Deep knowledge of systems engineering, software development, hardware integration, and testing methodologies.
* Understanding of ISR or ISTAR capabilities advantageous
* Proficiency in engineering tools and technologies relevant to Defence Digital projects.
* Understanding of integrated sensor architecture (ISA) advantageous
* Deep Understanding of MongoDB, VMWare technologies, API integration, KAFKA, and Systematic applications desirable
* Experience of applications built with Java / JRE / Maven / SpringBoot frameworks.
* Develop robust, secure and efficient CI pipelines GitLab / GitHub Actions to enable rapid and reliable software delivery
* Manage and scale containerized environments using Kubernetes (RH OpenShift)
* Maintain integration with monitoring and logging tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack)
* Work with a software development team to troubleshoot, build and deploy to environmental issues.
* Integrate security best practice into DevOps lifecycle including vulnerability scanning, secrets management and code quality
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