Senior Principal Engineering Lead

QinetiQ; Bristol; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading defence technology company is seeking a Senior Principal Engineering Lead to deliver complex IT solutions. This role involves leading technical teams and ensuring compliance with standards while collaborating across functions. Candidates should have strong experience in IT infrastructure and excellent communication skills. Hybrid working patterns are available for this role, based in Corsham.

Benefits

Matched contribution pension scheme

Generous holiday allowance

Health Cash Plan options

Employee discount portal

Volunteering Opportunities

Qualifications

• Proven leadership experience leading technical teams and IT projects.
• Strong understanding of IT Infrastructure including design and automation.
• Ability to influence and deliver parts of projects and solve customer problems.
• Excellent communication with technical and non-technical audiences.

Responsibilities

• Lead project teams to deliver complex solutions using best practices.
• Provide technical leadership for programme, project, and bidding activities.
• Develop technical standards that comply with all necessary guidelines.
• Support IT specialism development in Technical Disciplines.

Skills

Leadership experience

Technical expertise in IT projects

Communication skills

Problem-solving

Tools

Windows environments

Linux environments

Infrastructure design

Automation design

Job description

Package: Competitive Salary + Benefits

Role ID: SF18982

Are you ready to be part of the future? At QinetiQ, we’re not just imagining tomorrow we are creating it. From cutting edge defence technology to ground breaking innovations our mission is to empower and protect lives. Join us as Senior Principal Engineering Lead at one of our customer sites in Corsham, where you will have the opportunity to work with cutting-edge technology in partnership with some of the most brilliant minds.

Role

As a Senior Principal Engineering Lead you will be a respected leader and senior technical expert ensuring delivery of complex solutions in order to meet business objectives and deliver growth.

Day-to-day, you will be a respected leader supporting technical strategy using both skills and vision to positively influence the technical direction benefiting both QinetiQ and their customers.

Responsibilities

• Leading project teams to deliver complex solutions using best practices with the ability to technically lead and integrate outputs delivered by third parties
• Being responsible for providing technical leadership for programme, project, and bidding activities
• Leading the development of the company and customers strategic intent around IT infrastructure
• Providing technical assurance by leading the development of appropriate technical standards that comply with statutory, regulatory, company and project specific processes and procedures
• Supporting the development of IT specialism in the Technical Disciplines and supporting resourcing decision including both long term/short term planning
• Collaborating extensively across businesses and functions and utilising all relevant staff and resources

Qualifications

• Proven leadership experience leading both technical teams and delivery of complex IT projects
• A strong understanding of IT Infrastructure which includes Software Defined datacentres, Windows and Linux based environments, infrastructure design, software design, and automation design
• The ability to influence, shape, describe and deliver whole or parts of projects and exercise practical solutions to customer problems
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• The ability to present completed technical material to both technical and non-technical stakeholders

We value difference and we don’t have a fixed idea when it comes to background or education, provided you can show the required level of experience and willingness to learn then we would like to hear from you.

This role is 37 hours per week based at our customer site in Corsham with hybrid working patterns available.

We require all applicants for this role to be eligible for SC clearance, as a minimum.

Benefits:

• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Generous holiday allowance, with the option to purchase additional days
• Options to join Health Cash Plan, Private Medical Insurance and Dental Insurance
• Employee discount portal: Personal Accident Insurance, Travel Insurance, Restaurants, Cinema Tickets and much more
• We are proud to support the Armed Forces community by honouring the Armed Forces Covenant and maintaining our Gold Award standard in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme
• Volunteering Opportunities - helping charities and local community