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Field and Operations Engineer (286jc) vacancy in Saffron Walden ()

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Location: Saffron Walden
Salary: Excellent
Vacancy type: Permanent
Sectors: Electronics, Engineering, IT/Telecoms
Placed by: Ex-Mil Recruitment
My client is looking to recruit a field engineer to join them with their new venture company who are now emerging as one of the leading providers of Street Lighting Remote Control and Monitoring systems.

Their system uses radio communications to link street lights back to a central database and web server in order to allow street lighting to be managed in a sophisticated and energy efficient way. Their systems are either hosted by our customers or by them (mostly using outsourced hosting facilities).

The role is a combination of system installation, commissioning and customer support, for both customer and my clients operated networks together with operations and support of our thier hosted networks. It will be both field and office based. There may also be opportunities to assist the development team with system test.

The role will be broad and will need someone who is prepared to get involved in a wide range of different engineering disciplines from radio system deployment to database and web software, and from practical hands on engineering in the field to providing customers with training and support or defining and writing operations documentation. It will involve some weekend 'on-call' support.

You are likely to have all, or at least many, of the following skills and experience:
• An engineering degree
Experience of design, management or test of large IT systems
Experience of design or deployment of communication infrastructure
Customer support of IT or communications systems

Specific technical experience of the following area will be considered an advantage:
• Linux network management
Database and web based systems (we use Firebird and apache)
Radio systems design, planning or deployment

You will be:
• An enthusiastic team player, but be able to work independently
Prepared to do what is required in a small start up company environment
Be prepared to learn new skills as necessary
Have good communications skills, and be prepared to work in customer facing roles
Have good organisation skills

The job will involve visits to customer sites and may include international travel.

This role would suit someone who has been out of the military for a while, in a role where he/she is heavily involved in the design of systems and networks, which can involved both the hardware and software aspects.
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