Westlakes Recruit are currently recruiting for a Principal Engineer - Support Engineering, to be engaged on a staff basis and located in either Cumbria, Bristol or Hull with a hybrid working model.

What you'll be doing:

Using processes, analyse software products (COTS, Bespoke, Modified COTS) and derive software support strategies

Review software source documentation, interpret technical information and derive written recommendations on how best to support the software product through life via the production of system level software support case reports

Support stakeholder engagement and attend collaboration working groups in support of the scope of work for maintenance design (software)

Provide software SME advice to the wider ILS community, and support mapping activity between the software analysis outputs and other key ILS stakeholders and their support outputs

Your Skills and Expertise

Essential:

Degree or equivalent skills knowledge and experience in the software support discipline

Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Excellent IT skills

The ability to analyse complex problems specifically related to software support, and identify the most critical support related issues
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