Operational Systems Support Engineer (OpenVMS)
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Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Nov 1, 2026. First seen by Alion on Oct 30, 2026. Matchtech scores A on the Alion truth index.
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Matchtech is a UK engineering and technology recruitment agency headquartered in Whiteley near Fareham, Hampshire, placing contract, temporary and permanent staff with clients. Founded in 1984, it covers aerospace, automotive, maritime, defence and security, energy, highways, rail, water and utilities, construction and technology, and also offers managed service, RPO and recruit-train-deploy programmes for employers such as BAE Systems, Leonardo and NATS. Its vacancies, posted on behalf of clients, include civil, mechanical, process and EICA engineers, CAD technicians, software developers, project managers and site staff across the UK.
Location: Prestwick (3 days per week onsite per fortnight)
Duration: 5 month contract
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Role details:
NATS (National Air Traffic Services) are looking for an experienced Technical Engineer to support the delivery and maintenance of critical networking and communications projects within a complex operational environment. The role will focus primarily on supporting a portfolio of networking projects, requiring a blend of networking expertise, scripting capability, systems knowledge, and communications experience.
Key Responsibilities:
- Supporting technical design and continual service improvement activities across operational systems
- Working hands-on at system level while considering wider architecture, interfaces and dependencies
- Supporting networking projects and identifying opportunities to improve system performance and resilience
- Using scripting and troubleshooting skills to investigate technical issues and develop effective solutions
- Analysing system and interface behaviour across complex or legacy operational environments
- Working with IP networking, serial communications and associated technical infrastructure
- Contributing to technically sound solutions within a safety-critical environment
- Collaborating with designers, architects and engineers across the wider technical team
- Identify improvement opportunities, understand system and interface behaviour and help develop technically sound solutions.
What we are looking for:
- Strong understanding of IP networking principles.
- Strong scripting skills, including PowerShell or comparable scripting languages
- Understanding of complex or legacy operational systems and their interfaces
- Experience with OpenVMS or other VMS environments would be particularly valuable
- Ability to understand system architecture, dependencies and integration points
- Experience with communications systems, including serial communications
Desirable skills:
- Experience working in safety-critical, defence, security, air traffic management or similarly regulated environments would be advantageous
Interested? Apply today via the link provided.
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