Senior Solution Engineer

Essential Qualifications/Experience:

·       University degree in Systems Engineering, Telecommunications Engineering, Computer Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Computer Science or another relevant discipline

·       10 years of relevant professional engineering experience, including significant experience with complex ICT/CIS, defence, aerospace, telecommunications or other highly integrated technical systems. Experience in Systems Engineering and/or Solution Architecture applied to complex systems

·       Professional working proficiency in English, including the ability to produce and review complex technical documentation

·       Complex Systems Engineering

ü  Significant experience in the architecture, design, integration, verification or lifecycle management of complex systems involving multiple technical domains

ü  Demonstrated ability to translate operational or business needs into system requirements, architectures and implementable technical solutions

ü  Experience defining and managing system boundaries; functional decomposition; interfaces; dependencies; constraints; non-functional requirements; system-level performance

·       Technical Leadership

ü  Experience as a Technical Lead, Lead Systems Engineer, Solution Architect, System Architect or equivalent senior engineering role. Experience technically coordinating multidisciplinary engineering teams and SMEs

ü  Ability to provide clear technical direction

ü  Experience resolving technical disagreements and driving engineering decisions across organizational and technical boundaries

·       System Integration

ü  Significant experience integrating systems composed of multiple technologies, products or engineering disciplines

ü  Strong understanding of system interfaces, dependencies and emergent behaviour

ü  Experience identifying and resolving integration problems spanning multiple technical domains

ü  Experience planning or supporting system integration, verification, validation and acceptance activities

ü  Demonstrated ability to perform structured root-cause analysis Lifecycle Engineering / Product Ownership

ü  Experience supporting complex systems after their transition into operational service

·       Understanding of the relationship between:

ü  design authority; configuration management; change management; obsolescence; technology refresh; technical debt; operational support; system evolution

·       Experience assessing the system-level impact of changes to individual components, subsystems or services

·       Broad technical understanding across ICT/CIS domains, rather than being specialists exclusively within one technology. Strong knowledge of several of the following areas is expected:

ü  IP networking and routing; LAN/WAN architectures; network security and firewalls; compute and server infrastructure; virtualization and hyperconverged infrastructure; storage technologies; identity and access management; cybersecurity architectures; enterprise and infrastructure services; cloud and hybrid-cloud technologies; automation and orchestration; monitoring and management systems; telecommunications; SATCOM and/or radio communications; deployable or mobile ICT infrastructure.

ü  The candidate is not expected to be the SME in all these domains. However, they must have sufficient technical breadth to understand how these technologies interact

·       Strong understanding of requirements engineering, including functional and non-functional requirements

·       Ability to decompose complex systems into manageable subsystems and components while preserving understanding of the complete system

·       Strong understanding of interfaces and Interface Control. Experience with requirements traceability from operational need through implementation and verification

·       Understanding of architecture versus detailed design & the appropriate allocation of responsibilities between system-level & domain engineers

·       Experience performing engineering trade-off analyses

DUTIES/ROLE:

·       System and Solution Engineering

ü  Analyse operational, functional & project requirements & translate them into implementable DCIS solutions

ü  Define the overall technical solution and system architecture using the established DCIS Node, Module & Service taxonomies

ü  Ensure that the resulting system delivers the required end-to-end functionality & emergent behaviour

ü  Perform technical trade-off analyses considering performance, interoperability, security, deployability, resilience, maintainability, cost, schedule & technological maturity

·       Model Based Systems Engineering

ü  Apply MBSE throughout the engineering lifecycle

ü  Map project requirements against existing Requirement Models, Implementation Guidelines & Implementation Constraints. Maximise reuse of approved Modules, Services, architectures & engineering patterns

ü  Identify gaps where existing Requirement Models or standardized building blocks cannot satisfy project requirements

·       Complex Systems Product Ownership – Operational Nodes

ü  For designated Nodes already introduced into operational service, act as the Complex Systems Product Owner

ü  Maintain technical ownership and system-level design responsibility for assigned operational Nodes throughout their lifecycle

ü  Maintain an authoritative understanding of the Node architecture, configuration, interfaces, dependencies, capabilities & design constraints

ü  Ensure that modifications to individual Modules or Services do not compromise the overall coherence, interoperability, performance, security or operational capability of the Node

ü  Assess operational technical issues from an end-to-end system perspective & coordinate their resolution with the appropriate SMEs, Model Custodians & service organizations

ü  Analyse requests for change, obsolescence issues, technology refreshes, security changes & evolving operational requirements to determine their impact on the complete Node

ü  Define & maintain the technical evolution path & Node roadmap, aligned with Module & Service roadmaps & the wider DCIS Target Architecture

ü  Identify technical debt, architectural divergence, lifecycle risks & emerging obsolescence before they become operational constraints.Initiate or recommend engineering activities required to maintain the technical viability of the Node

ü  Provide system-level technical guidance to operations, maintenance & service-management organizations where issues require design-level knowledge

ü  Ensure that operational experience & lessons identified are fed back into the Modularity Framework, Requirement Models & future system designs

ü  Maintain consistency between the as-designed, as-built and as-operated technical baselines of the Node

ü  Support configuration & change-control processes by assessing the system-level impact of proposed changes

·       Multi-Domain Technical Integration

ü  Integrate engineering contributions across DCIS technical domains, including as applicable

ü  Network & Communication Access; WAN/LAN and network services; SATCOM & tactical communications; Radio systems; Infrastructure & Platform services; compute, virtualization & cloud technologies; storage & data services; cybersecurity & security services; identity & access management; Business Support Services; automation, orchestration & Infrastructure-as-Code; physical deployable infrastructure & associated supporting systems

·       Technical Coordination

ü  Act as the primary technical focal point for assigned projects & operational Nodes

ü  Coordinate the engineering contributions required from the different technical domains

ü  Translate system-level requirements & operational issues into clear engineering tasks & technical questions for the appropriate SMEs & Model Custodians

ü  Integrate the outputs produced by the different engineering disciplines into a single coherent solution

ü  Identify conflicting requirements, assumptions or design decisions & drive their technical resolution