Network Build Engineer

at  Leidos

WHAT WE DO FOR YOU:

At Leidos we are PASSIONATE about customer success, UNITED as a team and INSPIRED to make a difference. We offer meaningful and engaging careers, a collaborative culture, and support for your career goals, all while nurturing a healthy work-life balance.

We provide an employment package that attracts, develops and retains only the best in talent. Our reward scheme includes:

• Contributory Pension Scheme
• Private Medical Insurance
• 33 days Annual Leave (including public and privilege holidays)
• Access to Flexible benefits (including life assurance, health schemes, gym memberships, annual buy and sell holidays and a cycle to work scheme)
• Dynamic Working

WHO WE ARE:

Leidos UK & EUROPE – we work to make the world safer, healthier, and more efficient through technology, engineering and science.
Leidos is a growing company delivering innovative technology and solutions focused on safeguarding critical capabilities and transformation in frontline services, our work in the United Kingdom includes addressing some of the most complex problems in defence, healthcare, government, safety and security, and transportation.

Your primary responsibility will be to build testing of spoke network devices and high grade cryptographic devices for a MOD system in support of UK National Security. The role involves occasional visits to locations to perform technical health checks and equipment installations and locally performed upgrades.
Out of hours support. The on-call commitment will be based on a 1-in-9 rota of 7 day periods. This begins at 08.00 on Monday and ends at 08.00 the following Monday. It is a call-out service with obligation to return to site within 3 hours. On-call engineers are free to leave site at the end of their working day and await call out.
The successful candidate must attend and pass a 1 week funded course prior to becoming fully effective within the role.