[4778] Senior Technician (Digital Communications Services)

Start date: March 2025
Clearance: Cosmic Top Secret (CTS)
Location: Sigonella, Italy

Duties and Role:

Systems design
• Follows standard approaches and established design patterns to create new designs for simple systems or system components.
• Identifies and resolves minor design issues.
• Identifies alternative design options and seeks guidance when deviating from established design patterns.
Network design
• Specifies the technical configurations and components required for a small network or a network segment in a more complex infrastructure.
• Follows organisational architectures and standards.
Network support
• Carries out agreed network maintenance tasks and specified operational configuration of network components.
• Establish and diagnose network problems/faults using the required troubleshooting methodology and tools.
• Uses network management software and tools to collect agreed performance and traffic statistics.
Systems integration and build
• Defines the software modules needed for an integration build and produces a build definition for each generation of the software.
• Accepts completed software modules, ensuring that they meet defined criteria.
• Produces software builds from software source code for loading onto target hardware.
• Configures the hardware and software environment as required by the system being integrated.
• Produces integration test specifications, conducts tests and records and reports on outcomes.
• Diagnoses faults and records and reports on the results of tests.
• Produces system integration reports.

Requirements
Skill, Knowledge & Experience:

• The candidate must have a currently active NATO COSMIC TOP SECRET security clearance
• Higher vocational training in a relevant discipline with 2 years post-related experience. Or a secondary educational qualification with 4 years post-related experience.
• At least 2 years hands-on experience with the designing, implementing, and maintaining the core network architecture for large organizations.
• Experience configuring, troubleshooting and optimizing routers, switches, firewalls, and other hardware/software networking elements.
• Relevant communication and interpersonal skills.
• Good analytical skills and problem-solving attitude.
• Formal training in encrypted voice, video and data technologies