» Field And Operations Engineer

Our client is seeking to recruit a Field Engineer to join their team.

The role is a combination of system installation, commissioning and customer support, for both customer and our client’s operated networks together with operations and support of their own 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.

Cambridgeshire/Essex Border | Salary £neg.
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