Senior Communications Engineer

The Cyber & Specialist Operations Command (CSOC) ensures our Armed Forces remain among the most technologically advanced in the world. We do this by putting innovative and effective technology into the hands of over 200,000 users, from the boardroom to front line.

We lead on cutting-edge data science, automation, and cybersecurity at scale. Our mission goes beyond the battlefield by leading humanitarian efforts and driving digital innovation that impact lives across the globe.

CSOC manages the MOD's joint capabilities for the Army, RAF, and Royal Navy.

Passionate about using your skills to make critical difference? Your next career move could be here.

This position is advertised at 37 hours per week.

Our Technical Surveillance Counter Measures (TSCM) Team is part of the Defence Electromagnetic Authority (DEMA), who deliver crucial Defence enterprise-wide services to enable military capability to use the electromagnetic spectrum globally.

As a Communications Engineer, working in our TSCM Team, you'll lead TSCM assessments. These assessments are technical and physical counter surveillance assessments, using highly sophisticated test equipment, for the detection of concealed devices and identification of security vulnerabilities within offices, building infrastructure, furniture and office equipment, reducing the MOD's exposure to eavesdropping and information exploitation.

Using a range of test equipment, you'll conduct assurance on various Defence assets both in the UK and overseas, analysing the data collected, to produce reports for customers, advising them of their level of compliance against policy and suggesting any remedial actions, where appropriate.

In addition to carrying out inspections, you'll support a range of projects, such as capability research, development and testing.

As a Line manager you will be responsible for the day-to-day management of Team members assigned to you, this includes the writing of Mid-Year and End of Year reports.

This job will involve significant travel away from home, at locations both in the UK and Overseas, but is expected to be no more than 2 weeks at a time, and in most cases not expected to exceed 16 weeks per year. The only exception to this is in first year when you would be expected to complete a 4-week training course in the UK.

This is a customer-facing role, working closely with our MOD customers and partners across government. You'll need good interpersonal skills and the ability to explain complex technical data in a clear way.

Hybrid working is limited (Occasionally possible) owing to the need to access secure IT systems.

Responsibilities:

• Conduct Technical Surveillance Countermeasures (TSCM) Assessments of areas as directed.
• Scoping and planning of Tasks to ensure they are conducted effectively.
• Completion and delivery of Task reports, identifying activities undertaken and any recommendation made.
• Manage equipment holdings of the Team, ensuring they are functioning correctly, calibrated (if required) and ready to deploy at short notice.
• Fulfil your duties as a Line manager.
• Provide technical advice and guidance to MOD and Government customers.
• Interact with industry, international experts and policy teams, ensuring you are up to date with technical and policy changes.

Open to UK nationals only.

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours and Experience.

To apply please complete the CV template provided on the CS Jobs dashboard. You will be assessed against your relevant, skills, knowledge and experience which demonstrates the essential criteria listed within this advert.

You will need to provide a statement of suitability in no more than 1250 words detailing the essential criteria.

At sift, you will be assessed against your CV, Statement of suitability and the following Success Profile Behaviours:

• Leadership
• Making Effective Decisions
• Communicating and Influencing

At interview, you will be assessed against the following Behaviours:

• Leadership
• Making Effective Decisions
• Communicating and Influencing

Further information:

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

As a result of the changes to the UK immigration rules which came into effect on 1 January 2021, the Ministry of Defence will only offer sponsorship for a skilled worker visa under the points-based system, where a role has been deemed to be business critical. This role does not meet that category, and we will not sponsor a visa. It is therefore NOT open to applications from those who will require sponsorship under the points-based system.

Should you apply for this role and be found to require sponsorship, your application will be rejected and any provisional offer of employment withdrawn.

The Ministry of Defence requires all candidates who are successful at interview to declare any outside interests. These declarations will be discussed with successful candidates following the interview process and before a formal offer of employment is made, as some outside interests may not be compatible with MOD civilian roles. This will not, in the majority of cases, prevent employment in MOD, but it is a measure that must be taken to ensure that appropriate mitigations can be put in place to manage any potential, perceived or actual conflicts of interest from the first day of employment.

The Ministry of Defence adopts a zero-tolerance approach to unacceptable behaviours, which includes bullying, harassment, sexual harassment, discrimination, and victimisation. You will not be eligible and will not be considered for this post if you have been dismissed from a role for such unacceptable behaviours within the last five years. This will also apply if you resign or otherwise leave a role but, because of an adverse decision, would have been dismissed for gross misconduct had you continued in that employment. Pre-employment checks will be carried out.

Cyber & Specialist Operations Command (CSOC) generates and operates specialist capabilities, ready to fight across all domains to make the UK secure at home and strong abroad.

Always on, we are across every UK operation, delivering the capabilities you don’t usually see - or those you can’t.

From cyber warriors and medics to intelligence analysts, special forces, educators, and Defence attachés, our collective expertise delivers the warfighting edge Defence needs to deter threats and secure the nation today and prepare for tomorrow.

CSOC unites Defence’s cyber and specialist capabilities under a single, military command alongside the Royal Navy, British Army, and the Royal Air Force - acting as the UK’s fourth Military Command. For more information, please see here.’

Cyber and Specialist Operations Command (CSOC) is going through a significant transformation programme which aims to design the way in which the new Military Command conducts its business and delivers for Defence and the nation. As a consequence of this, posts within CSOC are/or may become subject to review and potential changes as we continuously improve across the period of the transformation programme. These changes may be minor or could be more substantive and will generate new opportunities. Throughout, the Command’s transformation programme is committed to following the MOD’s framework on managing and supporting people through the change process and places an emphasis on early and open consultation and engagement with the Command’s personnel and Trade Unions.

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