Lead Messaging Engineer (eDV Cleared)
- Locations: Cheltenham (on-site)
- Salary: Up to £75,000 + car allowance + clearance bonus
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We're looking for an experienced Lead Messaging Engineer to join a highly secure engineering team delivering mission-critical communication platforms that support national security operations.
This is a fantastic opportunity for someone with strong Microsoft messaging expertise who enjoys working in a structured, highly regulated environment. You'll take ownership of secure on-premise messaging platforms throughout their full lifecycle, from design and implementation through to ongoing support, optimisation and continuous improvement.
Working as part of a collaborative technical team, you'll also have the opportunity to broaden your expertise across a wider messaging capability, making this role particularly well suited to candidates from defence, military or other secure communications backgrounds.
What you'll be doing
- Designing, building, configuring and deploying secure on-premise messaging and collaboration platforms.
- Managing and supporting critical messaging infrastructure, ensuring high availability, resilience and performance.
- Troubleshooting complex technical issues across messaging and infrastructure technologies.
- Leading or contributing to technical project delivery within a structured governance framework.
- Driving service improvements, operational efficiency and platform optimisation.
- Supporting knowledge sharing and mentoring across the wider messaging team.
What we're looking for
- Active eDV clearance (essential).
- Strong experience administering Microsoft Exchange On-Premise environments.
- Hands-on experience with SharePoint Server Subscription Edition (SPSE).
- Experience supporting Skype for Business within enterprise environments.
- Strong infrastructure knowledge, including administration, troubleshooting, clustering and hardware evaluation.
- Experience working within highly governed environments with strict service level agreements.
Desirable experience
- Experience with X.400 messaging, particularly within military or highly secure environments.
- Microsoft certifications (or equivalent) across messaging or infrastructure technologies.
- Strong technical documentation skills, including operational procedures and user guidance.
Package
- Salary up to £75,000
- Car allowance (or cash alternative)
- Annual DV clearance retention bonus
- 25 days' annual leave, with the option to buy up to an additional 10 days
- Private medical insurance
- 6% employer pension contribution
Due to the nature of this role, applicants must hold active eDV clearance and be eligible to work from one of the listed locations on a full-time, site-based basis.
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