Description
Job Description:
Systems Analyst
Leidos heritage companies pioneered the development of modern air traffic control systems in the United States more than 50 years ago. Today our systems handle 75 per cent of the air traffic in the U.S. and approximately 60 per cent of the world’s air traffic. When it comes to air traffic safety and efficiency, Leidos’s proven track record and industry-leading innovations make it the world’s most trusted air traffic control partner. In the U.K., Leidos has supported NATS since the early 1990s, starting with the development of the current en-route air traffic system, migration and ongoing development and support.
Leidos will deliver a significant refresh to the NATS technology and services that manage UK flights once they leave the lower airspace surrounding airports and before they transition to European or Oceanic air traffic control. The Leidos team provides the underlying infrastructure (network, compute, etc.) and integration services for the entire system.
We are in search of a Systems Analyst to join Leidos UK within the Civil Team, based in Whiteley.
In response to the success of the growing business, Leidos requires a Systems Analyst with experience of defining large scale Systems, Services and applications within a Mission Critical Systems\Services Integration environment.
The Role You Will Play:
The successful candidate will be able to work under general direction as part of a team and be able to independently determine and develop approaches to solutions. Work is reviewed upon completion for adequacy in meeting objectives.
The successful candidate will plan, implement, test, document, and maintain customer wide solutions for either total system or subsystems, whilst providing technical support to a wide range of complex issues, providing solutions which are imaginative, thorough, practicable and consistent with organization objectives. These will be provided by an understanding and wide application of technical principles, theories and concepts along with a general knowledge of other related disciplines.
The Systems Analyst will be required to communicate verbally, through E-mail and provide presentations to the team and management. The candidate will be expected provide ongoing service to all users and report status to their team lead / management regularly.
The candidate will be able to work on multiple tasks simultaneously and show a degree of flexibility in working hours when required to meet project milestones.
Primary responsibilities will include:
- Provide first-line support in carrying out all routine technical tasks, including system set-up, equipment upgrades, system backups, asset management and installations in support of projects
- Provide technical support to all Lab users including fault finding and rectification
- Support opportunities which increase the teams scope of work with the customer
- Provide backup support to members of the ILE Team
- Provide client sight service, repair and/or installation support of existing hardware, software, network configurations and new system initiatives for all sites within area of responsibility.
- Provide roaming site support services as well as assisting in the development and ensuring adherence to area-wide procedural/policy changes.
- Carry out specialist technical and/or engineering activities in a professional manner in support of project and company objectives
- Carry out complex network engineering assignments requiring familiarity and expertise with a broad field of engineering and technical knowledge
- Work closely with a team of professional engineers in achieving assigned project objectives and be responsible for technical, cost and schedule performance
- Create, participate in and may take responsibility for project planning and estimating, status monitoring and reporting
- Conducts testing of network design. Maintains technical expertise in all areas of network and computer hardware and software interconnection and interfacing, such as routers, multiplexers, firewalls, hubs, bridges, gateways
Required Skills:
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to work well in a team environment
- Problem determination & resolution
- Strong analytical and technical ability
- Good timekeeping skills
- Good IT skills in a range of SW packages would be an advantage
- Customer focused with a degree of flexibility to support other LM project work as required
Desirable Skills:
- Previous experience in hardware / software application installation / maintenance in a Lab environment.
- Experience in hardware/software application installation/maintenance in a Lab environment is essential
- Experience of AIX version 5.2 upwards and Linux Redhat
- Experience of Windows Server O/S System Admin / Backup
- Any Networking experience (Working with Cisco, HP Kit)
- Previous working knowledge of networking/data communications, including TCP-IP and DNS
Specific duties may include:
- Ensure a wide understanding of Air Traffic Control Systems and their key components.
- Ensure an understanding of How Air Traffic Control works.
- Provide first-line support in carrying out all routine technical tasks, including system set-up, equipment upgrades, system backups, asset management and installations in support of projects
- Provide technical support to all Lab users including fault finding and rectification
- Support opportunities which increase the teams scope of work with the customer
- Provide backup support to members of the ILE Team
- Provide client sight service, repair and/or installation support of existing hardware, software, network configurations and new system initiatives for all sites within area of responsibility.
- Provide roaming site support services as well as assisting in the development and ensuring adherence to area-wide procedural/policy changes.
- Carry out specialist technical and/or engineering activities in a professional manner in support of project and company objectives
- Carry out complex network engineering assignments requiring familiarity and expertise with a broad field of engineering and technical knowledge
- Work closely with a team of professional engineers in achieving assigned project objectives and be responsible for technical, cost and schedule performance
- Create, participate in and may take responsibility for project planning and estimating, status monitoring and reporting
- Conducts testing of network design. Maintains technical expertise in all areas of network and computer hardware and software interconnection and interfacing, such as routers, multiplexers, firewalls, hubs, bridges, gateways
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)
Commitment to Diversity:
We welcome applications from every part of the community and are committed to a truly diverse and inclusive culture. We foster a sense of belonging, welcoming all perspectives and contributions, and providing equal access to opportunities and resources for everyone. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages please let us know, and we will respond in a way that best fits your needs.
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.
What Makes Us Different:
Purpose: you can use your passion and abilities at Leidos to keep the people you care about safe. We are at the forefront of machine learning, AI, cyber security and solutions. Using your skills in the technology frontline by helping to build a safer world. You can inspire change.
Collaboration: having flexibility to do your job is one of our core benefits, enabling you to become part of our extraordinary team. We have been empowering our people to work flexibly for years. Whether you work from home, the office or on customer sites, we will give you the digital tools and the flexibility to work smarter and align your needs and ours.
People: Leidos empowers people from every background to be themselves and gives you the tools to learn new skills by enabling growth whilst developing. We believe that extraordinary people need opportunities to grow, to be inspired and to inspire others. At Leidos, we invest in technical academies, career rotations and a career development plans that enhance your future.
Pay Range:
The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.
