NEC Core Systems SME/Application Architect

Job title: NEC Core Systems SME/Application Architect

Contract: Initial 2-5-day consultancy, with potential to extend to 6 months

Initial Rate: £200 per hour

Extension Rate: Up to £800 per day

IR35: Outside IR35

Clearance: SC/NPPV3 preferred, or eligible to obtain clearance

The Role:

• We are looking for a highly experienced NEC Core Systems SME to support an initial assessment of a secure, business-critical application estate.
• This is a specialist requirement for someone with genuine hands-on experience of NEC policing systems, who can assess the current application landscape and provide practical advice around support requirements, transition risks, dependencies and operational readiness.
• The initial engagement will involve supporting a small number of workshops and completing an application-by-application assessment. There is then potential for the successful consultant to move into a longer-term engagement of up to six months.

Applications in Scope:

Strong experience with the following is highly desirable:

• NEC ControlWorks - Command & Control
• NEC DSx - Integrated Communications Control System
• NEC UNIFI - Crime & Intelligence/Records Management System

Nice to have:

• TotalMobile GRS - particularly knowledge of duties/rostering, interfaces and application dependencies

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide SME-level advice across the NEC application estate.
• Assess existing application architecture, configuration, versions and interfaces.
• Review current support arrangements and vendor support pathways.
• Identify the artefacts, system access, licences and documentation required to successfully take applications into support.
• Review service history, known defects and existing operational runbooks.
• Identify critical knowledge gaps, dependencies and support assumptions.
• Assess operational risks associated with live Command & Control, communications and RMS environments.
• Provide independent challenge around incumbent and vendor assumptions.
• Recommend practical actions to reduce immediate transition and operational risks.
• Contribute to an initial 30-day support and transition plan.

Essential Experience:

• Hands-on experience supporting, configuring or architecting NEC ControlWorks, DSx and/or UNIFI.
• Strong understanding of NEC application architecture, configuration, interfaces and dependencies.
• Experience within a policing, secure government or Defence environment.
• Senior-level Application Support, Application Architecture or Solution Architecture experience.
• Experience assessing applications prior to support/service transition.
• Understanding of application support models, operational documentation, licensing and vendor dependencies.
• Ability to identify operational and service risks within business-critical environments.
• Confidence working with technical stakeholders, incumbent suppliers and software vendors.
• Ability to quickly understand an existing environment and produce concise, practical recommendations.

If you are available and interested in this opportunity, please apply for further information. Please note that due to high volumes of applications we are unable to contact every applicant. If you do not hear back from us within 7 days of sending your application, please assume that you have not been successful on this occasion.

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