Field Service Engineer

Salary: £70,000 - 70,000 per year

Requirements

• Experience in the Royal Air Force, Royal Signals, 14 Signal Regiment, REME, Defence Communications, Electronic Warfare, or secure defence systems
• Experience supporting operational or deployed IT infrastructure
• Experience with Cisco networking, routers, switches, Windows Server 2016/2019/2022, VMware ESXi or Microsoft Hyper-V, LAN, WAN and VLAN networking
• Experience with firewalls and secure network infrastructure; CCNA is advantageous
• Experience with hardware installation, preventative maintenance and lifecycle management
• Experience with cryptographic equipment, satellite communications, or resilient communications systems
• Experience working across Official, Secret, or Top Secret environments
• Customer-facing engineering experience within the MoD
• HNC, HND, or Degree in Engineering, or equivalent military experience
• Full UK Driving Licence
• Eligibility for SC and DV Security Clearance
• Flexibility to travel to customer sites and occasional overseas opportunities

Responsibilities

• Support mission-critical systems across secure defence sites
• Carry out planned maintenance, firmware updates, and infrastructure upgrades
• Diagnose and repair hardware faults through structured root cause analysis
• Install and configure servers, network infrastructure, and virtual environments
• Support military exercises, trials, and customer acceptance testing
• Deliver operator and maintainer training
• Provide remote 1st/2nd line support when required
• Work closely with MoD customers, providing clear technical updates and confidence throughout incidents

Technologies

• Cisco
• Firmware
• Hardware
• Hyper-V
• Support
• LAN
• Network
• Security
• VMware
• Windows

More

We are a leading tech and engineering firm operating within defence, recruiting a Field Service Engineer to support advanced defence technology across secure customer sites throughout the UK. This is a hybrid role based in Hampshire, with 2 to 3 days working from home, and includes participation in a 24/7 on-call rota on a 1 week in 4 basis. The salary is £60,000 to £70,000 depending on experience. This role offers varied engineering work, direct customer interaction, ongoing technical development, and the opportunity to support technology that genuinely matters across some of the UKs most advanced defence systems.

last updated 28 week of 2026