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30410 3rd Line Messaging Engineer

Job type:Perm
Town/City:Basingstoke
County:Hampshire
Salary/Rate:plus 3% bonus and 10% DV bonus
Business Sector:IT
Job ref:BBBH153018
Post Date:July 24, 2025

3rd Line Messaging Application Engineer

Basingstoke

£55k plus 3% bonus and 10% DV bonus

Candidates must be willing and eligible to go through SC and DV clearance for this role

I am looking for an experienced 3rd Line Messaging Engineer for a client of mine who are a leading IT Systems integrator operating within the UK defence sector.

Your role will involve:

  • Incident management - Incident logging, triage and assignment on required toolsets. Manage the Incident to resolution. Keep the incident record updated in accordance with agreed WI. Escalate where necessary.
  • Problem management - Perform detailed and extensive investigations on any ongoing Problem Records. Collate data from various sources and provide expert analysis.
  • Monitor, investigate and fix any problems with the Nexor X500 DSA.
  • Monitor, investigate and fix any problems with the Exchange 2003 Messaging system.
  • Communicate and collaborate with the customer who is an intermediary to the end user

Your transferable skills and experience:

  • Knowledge of Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP)
  • Knowledge of X400 messaging
  • Knowledge of Nexor DSA
  • Knowledge of X500 addressing and address book replication
  • Knowledge and Experience of UNIX scripting
  • Experience of Interoperable C4I Services (ICS)
  • Experience of Oracle 8-10g
  • Experience of Solaris 10
  • Experience of UNIX / HP-UX
  • Desirable -or willing to learn - Microsoft Exchange 2003
  • Desirable - or willing to learn - Microsoft Server 2003
  • Desirable - or willing to learn - Active Directory
  • Desirable - or willing to learn - VMWare V5 / V5.5
  • Desirable - or willing to learn - ITIL