Tactical Data Links Expert – Link 16

About the role

Endava is supporting a client requirement for Tactical Data Links specialists with practical experience of Link 16 systems and tactical gateway operations. The successful candidate provides operational and integration support in customer environments, configuring, integrating, testing, troubleshooting and demonstrating Link 16 and associated gateway products with customer and internal technical stakeholders. This is a hands-on operational and systems-integration role, not requiring software development or extensive networking expertise.

Key responsibilities

• Configure and integrate Tactical Data Link and Link 16 gateway systems.
• Support system testing, demonstrations and customer acceptance activities.
• Troubleshoot technical and operational issues in customer environments.
• Provide practical advice and technical guidance to customers and delivery teams.
• Support the deployment and operation of Link 16 products.
• Work with technical, operational and customer stakeholders and communicate technical information clearly to specialist and non-specialist audiences.
• Travel regularly across the UK and to European locations, potentially about every other week.
• Maintain the required security clearance and comply with client security requirements.

Required profile

• Demonstrable hands-on experience with Tactical Data Links, particularly Link 16.
• Experience configuring, integrating and troubleshooting tactical gateways, and working directly with customers or operational users.
• Ability to support technical demonstrations and explain system functionality clearly.
• Strong stakeholder-management and communication skills.
• Eligibility to obtain and maintain SC clearance as a minimum, and willingness to undergo DV clearance if required by the client.
• UK-based and able to travel regularly across the UK and Europe.
• Ability to work in a security-sensitive customer environment.

Desirable experience

• Supporting defence, aerospace, government or national-security customers.
• Working with military communications, command-and-control or mission systems.
• Customer acceptance testing or operational deployment experience.
• Experience with classified or restricted systems or multi-disciplinary delivery teams.
• Previous support of Link 16 products through integration, demonstration or live operational use.

What we offer

• Competitive salary package, share plans and value-based recognition awards.
• Career coaching, global career opportunities and internal development programmes.
• Training, certifications, online learning platforms, workshops and conferences.
• Wellbeing programme and access to wellbeing apps.