Unified Comms Product Owner

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Summary of the work Provide specialist IT skills within a System Design Authority for Information Systems and Networks (ISN) Delivery Team. The ISN remit is to deliver an exciting new IT capability based on Evergreen and Agile principles. Design and deliver specific services and technologies within a dynamic and specialist team. Specialist role Technical Architect Expected Contract Length The contract end date at kick off will be 30 April 2019 Latest start date Monday 18 June 2018 Maximum Day Rate £780.00 Who Speclialist Work With Working closely as part of the System Design Authority, alongside architects, system designers and business analysts. The specialist will also need to work with the Service Transition and Service operations team, and have engagement with procurement and project management functions. What Specialists Work On Provide specialist IT skills within a System Design Authority for Information Systems and Networks (ISN) Delivery Team towards specific milestones building to the implementation of Complete Unified Comms Architecture. The ISN remit is to deliver an exciting new IT capability based on Evergreen and Agile principles. Design and deliver specific services and technologies within a dynamic and specialist team. Skills & Experience • Significant experience with design, maintenance and operations of Lync 2010 & Skype for Business 2015 • Significant experience with design, maintenance and operations of Cisco Unified Communications (Desirable: CCIE Collaboration, Cisco Expressway, Cisco Meeting Server) • Significant experience with Cisco IOS (Desirable: SIP trunks, transcoding, dial/numbering plans) • Significant experience with Network Boundary Technologies and Session Border Controllers • Experience with Attendant Consoles and Contact Centre • Experience with requirements capture • Experienced Solutions Architect/Enterprise Architect (Desirable: TOGAF) Nice to Haves • Experience with Windows Server & Windows 10 • Experience with Hyper-V and VMware Work Location Bristol, South West and Hereford, West Midlands, work will be split between these locations though the majority of the work will take place in Hereford. Working Arrangments 5 days a week between 0830 - 1730. Fridays will be no earlier than 4pm finish. Regular work with technical specialists in support team, face to face meetings and workshops. Occasional meetings in other customer locations, travelling within the working day where possible. T&S will not be provided separately and is expected to be incorporated into the Supplier's day rate. Security Clearance This contract will require that the specialist is DV cleared and a UK national. This is a fundamental and essential requirement of this competition. Due to the time scales involved the specialist must hold DV clearance at time of application. Additional T&Cs The following conditions will apply to this contract, full text can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/acquisition-operating-framework DEFCON 5J (Edn 18/11/16) - Unique Identifiers DEFCON 76 (Edn 12/06) Contractor’s Personnel at Government Sites DEFCON 501 (Edn 11/17) - Definitions and Interpretations DEFCON 513 (Edn 11/16) - Value Added Tax DEFCON 522 (Edn 11/17) Payment and Recovery of Sums Due DEFCON 658 (Edn 10/17) Cyber; please see technical competence criteria. DEFCON 659A (Edn 02/17) Security Measures DEFCON 660 (Edn 12/15) Official-Sensitive Security Requirements DEFCON 703 (Edn 08/13) Intellectual Property Rights - Vesting in the Authority No. of Specialists to Evaluate 3 Cultural Fit Criteria • Work with our team including other contractors. • Share knowledge and experience freely across the team. • Be comfortable standing up for this discipline and behind their recommendations. Evaluation Weighting Technical competence 65% Cultural fit 5% Price 30% Questions from Suppliers 1. Is IR35 applicable to this contract? IR35 will not apply to this engagement. 2. Can the authority please confirm if there is a current incumbent within this position? There is not currently an incumbent in this position. We did have a Unified Comms SME however this task is on a task by task basis and this competition represents a discreet task.