Overview

Role: Telephony Engineer

Rate: Inside IR35

Base Location: Corsham - 3 days per week on site on average with work from home

Duration: Initially until the end of March 2026 with scope for further extensions

SC clearance required

Responsibilities

• Installation, configuration, maintenance, administration, and support of NATO VoIP telephony systems and the delivery and codes of connection for both.
• Working in an Agile delivery model and operating in a fast-moving, developing environment with operational priorities.
• Experience with voice implementation that conforms to both JSP and NATO STANAG standards.
• Experience with QoS implementation that conforms to both JSP and NATO STANAG standards.
• Experience working with NATO to deliver NATO NS voice and video (if required) services.
• Have obtained a CISCO CCNP Networking qualification within the last five years and be highly skilled and conversant with:
  • CISCO Switches
  • CISCO Routers
  • VLANS
  • QoS
  • OSPF
  • BGP
  • VOIP
  • MCU (Multi Point Conference Unit)
  • Session Border Controllers
  • CISCO CUBE
• Have excellent communication skills with diverse and adverse audiences.
• Have excellent critical thinking and analytical skills.
• Hold a current SC clearance and be prepared to undergo DV clearance.
• Competent in MS Office Suite.

Desirable skills, qualifications, and experience

• Experience of:
• Working within the public sector, preferably Defence, and ideally with Defence Digital (formerly ISS).
• Poly Clarity Real Presence
• SKYPE
• Cisco Call Manager
• Unified Communications
• IP Crypto
• The Atlassian Toolset - JIRA, Confluence and BitBucket for delivering Agile based projects.
• Delivering in Agile and Waterfall project management environments

EDP Role Description

Tasking Order ref: EDP Arrangement Contract Issue no: 2 Contract no: JFC/ISS/NSoIT(D)/00874-M3

• o Unified Communications
• o IP Crypto
• o The Atlassian Toolset - JIRA, Confluence and BitBucket for delivering Agile based projects.
• o Delivering in Agile and Waterfall project management environments

Security clearance and application process

Due to the nature and urgency of this post, candidates holding or who have held high level security clearance in the past are most welcome to apply. Please note successful applicants will be required to be security cleared prior to appointment which can take up to a minimum 10 weeks.

LA International is a HMG approved ICT Recruitment and Project Solutions Consultancy, operating globally from the largest single site in the UK as an IT Consultancy or as an Employment Business & Agency depending upon the precise nature of the work, for security cleared jobs or non-clearance vacancies, LA International welcome applications from all sections of the community and from people with diverse experience and backgrounds.

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