Software Design Authority Location: Cowes, full time on site Duration: 6-month contract Pay rate: £54.57 PH PAYE or £73.68 PH Umbrella SC Clearance Required Role Description • Technical design authority responsible for Software-based system and sub-system solutions – provide technical ownership of the software solution for the MFR software. • Responsible for the overall software requirements, design, release and surrounding governance of the solution. • Provide assurance that the solutions meet performance, security and customer requirements. • Provide guidance to others for a range of software products as part of a wider software team and resolve engineering issues and problems. • Champion Software Engineering Principles across the full software development lifecycle. • Mentor and support the development of engineers across the team promoting best practice and continuous development. Typical duties include (but are not limited to): • Derive and maintain a set of software requirements from a baseline set of systems requirements. • Produce and maintain a software design to meet the set of software requirements. • Use a software design to direct a team in the production of a deliverable software solution. • Test a software solution to prove that is meets its design aims and requirements. • Undertake peer reviews or checking/verification of peers’ solutions across projects. • Undertake technical reviews, verify and sign software engineering designs. • Act as an Engineering, technical or design authority for a software solution at a system/sub-system level. • Maintain a software solution to address reported defects and/or additional functionality. • Produce and issue software estimates for systems / sub-systems. • Provide subject matter expertise across P&TS and Maritime Services for software deliveries. • Maintain a good working knowledge of Maritime & Land Defence Solutions software related processes. Knowledge: • Have experience in the technical leadership of complex software developments. • Have considerable experience of using at least one high level programming language, preferably Ada or C (desirable but not essential). • Have considerable experience of using a high-level design methodology (e.g. UML) • Have considerable experience of all aspects of the software lifecycle (SDLC) and good knowledge of different software lifecycle models (e.g. Waterfall, Agile) • Have good knowledge of appropriate software standards (e.g. ISO/IEC/IEE 12207) • Have a comprehensive understanding of configuration management and experience of a configuration management tools