About this role
Salary: £114,400 - 114,400 per year
Requirements
- Proven experience supporting or engineering within complex IT systems, ideally in a defence or MOD environment
- Knowledge of systems engineering, technical assurance, configuration management, vulnerability remediation, and service support
- Experience with JAMES or similar engineering IT systems is highly desirable
- SC security clearance is required
- Excellent record-keeping skills, with a focus on auditable change management and incident resolution
Responsibilities
- Undertake technical maintenance, system enhancements, and assurance tasks under senior guidance
- Monitor system performance, implement technical changes, and lead security vulnerability remediation efforts
- Manage and maintain records of changes, configurations, testing, vulnerabilities, and incidents
- Support the application of systems engineering principles and lifecycle management best practices
- Ensure actions support the systems safety, security, stability, and optimal performance
Technologies
- Support
- Security
More
We are a leading defence-focused organisation offering an opportunity to join our knowledgeable, collaborative team as a JAMES Systems Support Engineer. The role supports the technical maintenance, enhancement, and assurance of the JAMES application, contributing to critical national security projects. It is based in Warminster, Wiltshire, with a hybrid working model requiring two days onsite per week. The contract runs until 31 March 2027, with scope to extend. The day rate is up to £440 (ex VAT), the role is inside IR35, and working hours are 7.5 hours per day.
last updated 46 week of 2026