CYS - Proposal Engineer - SEU

Job Description:

Leonardo is an international industrial group, among the world leaders in Aerospace, Defense and Security, which creates multi-domain technological capabilities in Helicopters, Aircraft, Aerostructures, Electronics, Cyber Security and Space. With over 60,000 employees worldwide, the company has a solid industrial presence in Italy, the United Kingdom, Poland, the United States, and operates in 150 countries also through subsidiaries, joint ventures and participations. A protagonist in the main strategic programs globally, it is a technological and industrial partner of Governments, Defense Administrations, Institutions and companies.

Within the Cyber & Security Solutions Division, we are looking for a Proposal Engineer for one of our offices in Genoa – Fiumara or Rome – Laurentina.

This person will be responsible for the following activities:

• Drafting technical proposals, cost and risk assessment during the offer phase or response to Tenders, RFQs and RFIs, particularly for clients in the Space, Defense (NATO), Institutions and European Agencies markets;

• Drafting technical documents for proposing solutions and/or PoC/Demo to the Business Line's clients;

• Participation in working groups with the Client and resources from other divisional Operational Units;

• Design of complex Information Systems with a particular focus on Cloud components, IT Infrastructures, Large IT Systems;

• Support for Pre-Sales activities at reference clients in the Space, Defense (NATO), Institutions and European Agencies markets;

• Knowledge of technical-design aspects in the reference context.

REQUIREMENTS

Education Master's Degree in STEM disciplines, preferably in IT. Any Masters, Certifications, and/or specific courses in Cloud, DevOps or Zero Trust will be considered a plus.

Seniority

At least 5 years of work experience in the Role, with activities of drafting technical offers in the Information Systems field, and in particular:

• Enterprise Architectures:

  • Experience in defining multilayer ICT architectures, reference architectures, integration patterns and end-to-end models.
  • Ability to model and represent architecture using tools such as ArchiMate
  • Familiarity with methodologies, principles and guidelines for interoperability such as EIF, EIRA, FMN
  • Knowledge of relevant frameworks such as TOGAF, NAF, EU-EIRA and EU-EI.

• Service Management:

  • Experience in defining and describing service models, SLA/KPIs, operational processes and service catalog.
  • Excellent knowledge of ITIL processes (Incident, Problem, Change, Request, Capacity, Availability).
  • Ability to design services according to interoperability and operational continuity criteria typical of NATO contexts, including best practices derived from the Federated Mission Network (FMN) for modularity, integration and service governance.

It is preferable to have gained the aforementioned experience in international contexts, preferably in one or more reference markets/Clients (Space, NATO, European Institutions and Agencies) Knowledge, skills and certifications in Cloud, DevOps or Zero Trust will be considered a plus.

Technical knowledge and skills

• Ability to analyze and synthesize technical documentation (specifications, technical specifications, project and product documentation) in English;

• Ability to set up and effectively write technical offers in English;

• Ability to define and present solutions;

• Knowledge of products and solutions in one or more of the following areas:

  • Cloud, such as: Container Orchestration (Kubernetes, OpenShift, Docker), Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible), Cloud Security (Prisma Cloud, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Wiz), hyperscaler platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP, Oracle OCI), API Gateway and Integration Platform (AWS API Gateway, Azure API Management, Apigee, Kong, MuleSoft), RESTful API and GraphQL architectures.
  • ITSM Tooling, such as: ServiceNow, Jira Service Management, CMDB/asset management, service catalog
  • Observability & Operations, such as: SIEM/SOAR (Splunk, Elastic), APM/Log Analytics, Nagios, Zabbix, runbook automation
  • Integration & Data Exchange, such as: API Gateway (Kong, Mulesoft), Enterprise Integration Platforms, Data Governance

• [nice to have] Knowledge of Systems Engineering principles derived from experience in the Space and/or NATO fields.

• [nice to have] Knowledge of industry standards and best practices (ECSS, MIL, ISO27001, TOGAF, STANAG, AQAP).

• [nice to have] Experience in drafting offers for systems/products/projects for the management of Classified information.

Behavioral skills

• Collaboration and Teamwork: ability to operate in multidisciplinary teams contributing with experience and technical vision.

• Relationship and listening: effective dialogue with different interlocutors, combining active listening and authority to understand and translate requirements into concrete solutions.

• Time management: managing priorities and deadlines in complex and dynamic contexts.

• Problem solving: rapid identification of critical issues and definition of practical and sustainable solutions.

• Quality and results orientation: attention to the precision of deliverables and the full achievement of individual and team goals.

• Proactivity and innovation: personal initiative in proposing improvements and contributing to the evolution of processes and methodologies.

Language skills:

• Knowledge of the English language required, at least B2/C1 level.

• [nice to have] Knowledge of another European language (French or German) will be considered a plus.

IT knowledge:

• Excellent knowledge of the Office suite and collaboration tools;

• Excellent knowledge of architecture modeling tools (Archimate) and UML;

• [nice to have] Knowledge of SysML/MBSE modeling tools;

Other

• Willingness to travel nationally and internationally (15-25%).

• Possess the requirements to obtain personal security clearance up to EU/ESA/NATO SECRET.

Seniority: Senior

Primary Location: IT - Genoa - Fiumara

Additional Locations: IT - Rome - Via Laurentina

Contract Type: Permanent

Hybrid Working: Hybrid