Software Solutions Engineering LR08

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We make a hardware and software solution called the TACTICOS Combat Management System. TACTICOS can be considered the brain onboard naval vessels, ranging from frigates, destroyers and small patrol crafts. The information from sensors (radar, sonar for example) is collected within TACTICOS, which then provides an overview of all that’s happening around the ship allowing operators to get a good situational awareness and to respond as needed with connected effectors (weapons or electronic counter measures for example).

Missions on board these vessels range from humanitarian assistance during earthquakes, combatting piracy and drug smuggling, military engagements and more. TACTICOS technology is used on board more than 160 ships operated by 25 navies worldwide. Learn more about TACTICOS here: www.thalesgroup.com/en/tacticos-combat-management-system.

The department CMS-Interface Products is in charge of the integration of all sensors and weapon systems for the ship with the Combat & Information Management Systems.

About the job

Our teams are all very much focused on delivering very high quality software solutions. Teams contain 7 to 9 people and the roles of scrum master, product owner, architect, tester and developer are clearly defined. Your team receives work packages that may take 6 to 12 months to complete, during which time the team is fully responsible for the planning, architecture and quality. We believe in supporting our developers, so that they can do their best work and continuous improvement is key. We help each other all the time; since in-depth naval domain knowledge takes time to acquire. When in doubt we communicate with other teams like System Engineering and Operational Experts, who have real life experience on a ship.

We have a daily stand-up in which the team assesses what they have achieved yesterday, what they are going to do today, and if they experience or foresee impediments. After the stand-up you’ll start working on deploying or improving the tooling and providing support to engineers. You are continuously working on the improvement of collaboration, within your own team, but also between other teams. Following the Scrum principles, you work with the team in two-weekly sprints in which you provide Software Engineers with new tooling - mostly based on Linux - and supporting them in optimizing and/or automating of the use of those tools.

Within these activities you’ll be responsible for:

• Automation of existing and future processes and applications;

• Supporting software engineers with their CI/CD workflows and/or pipelines;

• The roll-out and maintenance of tools in close collaboration with Engineering Support teams;

• Having an active role in developing interfaces between different tools and Engineering disciplines;

• Actively introducing new technologies for the benefit of the team;

The software is mostly based on Java and is supported by a development environment.

You will work with the following tools and techniques:

• Java software development

• Continuous Integration & Delivery

• Jenkins, Nexus, Maven/Gradle, GIT, BitBucket

• Unit Testing, Test Automation, Cucumber

Thales offers careers, not just jobs. You will have the opportunity to develop towards an expert in your area of expertise such as Tech Leads, Software Architects or Specialists. Or if you are an excellent organizer, you may find that in a career path of Scrum Master, Product Owner or Team Manager.

What you’ll bring

We are searching for a colleague who:

• Has graduated at Bachelor or Master level in the area of software engineering, information/computer science or similar with a talent for Java;Has 3+ years’ work experience in a similar role/job;

• Has knowledge about deploying and managing engineering applications like Jenkins, Nexus, Bitbucket and SonarQube;

• Has experience with automation via Puppet and Ansible;

• Has interest in containers (Docker, Podman) and container orchestration (Kubernetes, Rancher);

• Has extensive knowledge of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (6/7/8) systems;

• Has experience with shell scripting and ansible;

Can communicate really well with colleagues, is creative, open, flexible, and has a learning mindset;

Wherever your passion lies, Thales can help you make the best use of your skills and creativity. As a contractor at Thales, you can expect to experience:

• An interesting job within a team of experts in an international high-tech environment.

• Room for and attention to personal development and personal initiative.

• The opportunity to grow within the organization, whether in a technical, managerial, commercial or international capacity.

• A flexible work environment with a focus on maintaining a good work-life balance.

Thales offers untold opportunities to take part in fascinating projects and overcome ambitious human and technological challenges. As a contractor, you’ll be part of a community of experts bringing together innovations from the bottom of the oceans to the depths of space and cyberspace. Collaborating to find solutions to the biggest challenges in the most difficult conditions.

Drawing on a diversity of expertise, perspectives and cultures, we are able to provide the best possible solutions to our customers. Together, we can harness the extraordinary power of technology to build a future we can all trust.

Randstad, as the EMEA Thales talent acquisition partner, is responsible for finding and contracting talent for the contingent roles at Thales. If you are selected for a role you will be engaged or employed by one of the Randstad recruitment companies in EMEA and will not be an employee of Thales.

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This position offers a one-year contract with the opportunity to transition to a permanent contract at Thales Nederland after the first year.

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