SPISN/0064 Unified Comms - Subject Matter Expert

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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. Where the Work Takes Place The work will predominantly take place at a location in the West Midlands (to be confirmed on Contract Award), with occasional travel necessary to other locations in the south of England. Early Market Engagement Working Arrangements 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. Work Location The work will predominantly take place at a location in the West Midlands (to be confirmed on Contract Award), with occasional travel necessary to other locations in the south of England. 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. The cyber risk assessment conducted by the Authority resulted in Cyber Risk level: Low. Risk Assessment Reference:RAR-B2TA9JZ8 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 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 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 Assessment Method Evaluation Weighting Technical competence 65% Cultural fit 5% Price 30% Questions from Suppliers Budget range £780