Chief System Architect

Role & responsibilities

• Own overall software/system architecture under technical authority.
• Define C2 core services, data architecture, sensor/effector abstraction layers, command hierarchy, role architecture, service architecture, redundancy and degradation behaviour.
• Supervise Common Operating Picture, multi-sensor fusion, TERA/TEWA, UDTL/database, mission-planning and external C2 integration.
• Own the C2 side of Interceptor GCS integration, including target handover, command/acknowledgement, telemetry and status flow.
• Review code/designs produced by Tier-2 and Tier-3 C2 resources and enforce architecture and interface baselines.

Preferred candidate profile

• Command-and-control applications, C4ISR/BMS/air-defence software, distributed real-time systems, multi-sensor architectures and high-availability software.
• Microservices/service-oriented architecture, messaging middleware, databases, network architecture and mission-system integration.
• Understanding of radar tracks, EO/IR, RF/DF, ADS-B/IFF, EW systems, effectors and C2 interoperability.
• Protocols/formats such as ASTERIX, CoT, JSON/XML, REST APIs, TCP/UDP and message buses.

Preferred projects undertaken

• Air-defence C2, battlefield-management system, ATC, ISR fusion, command-post, surveillance, mission-management or UTM application.
• Real-time multi-sensor software system with operator consoles and external interfaces.