Application & Data Engineer

Job Title: Application & Data Engineer

Location: Samlesbury – Hybrid, 2 days per week on site

We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.

Salary: ££44,907+ (DOE)

Who we are:

Join BAE Systems and you’ll be part of something bigger. As a valued member of our global colleague network, you’ll bring your unique skills and perspectives to help pioneer progress and protect what matters most. You’ll be trusted to play your part in delivering the advanced, technology-led defence, aerospace and security solutions of tomorrow, shaping a safer future, for all of us.

From the depths of the ocean, to the far reaches of space, there’s no limit to where a career at BAE Systems could take you.

Job Description:

You’ll support the delivery of global aircraft maintenance and support services, working across a range of applications and cloud-based systems that enable operational performance worldwide. You will help maintain and enhance software solutions, contributing to design, configuration and deployment activities while ensuring systems remain reliable, integrated and aligned to customer needs.

You’ll troubleshoot technical issues, support data integrity and collaborate with architecture and support teams to improve system functionality. This role offers exposure to multiple technologies and applications across maintenance, supply chain and training environments, with opportunities to contribute to innovation, influence improvements and develop your technical experience within a globally connected support function.

Core duties:

• Supporting and maintaining applications and integrations, ensuring reliable performance across maintenance, supply chain and training systems
• Troubleshooting data, system and application issues, identifying root causes and implementing effective solutions
• Contributing to system design and configuration, collaborating with architecture teams to enhance application performance
• Documenting processes, procedures and support models, ensuring clarity and consistency across system operations
• Identifying improvement opportunities, enhancing systems and integrations to support efficient aircraft maintenance operations

Essential Skills:

• Considerable experience using SQL technologies (Microsoft SQL Server and/or Oracle) to manage and query data
• Practical experience developing and maintaining integration solutions using tools such as SQL Server Integration Services
• Experience integrating data across multiple enterprise systems, ensuring reliable and accurate end-to-end data flows
• Knowledge of Windows Server environments (2016+), supporting application hosting, performance and system reliability
• Relevant technical background or experience in data engineering, systems integration or application support environments

The Maintenance and Support Services Coordination Centre Team:

Supporting aircraft operations worldwide, this team delivers critical maintenance and support services through advanced, cloud-based systems. By resolving multi-layered issues, enhancing applications and driving innovation, it plays a key role in improving performance, enabling global operations and shaping the future of aviation support.

Why BAE Systems?

Here you’ll build a career with purpose and limitless possibilities. With lifelong learning and meaningful work, this is a place where you can grow your career with confidence and be empowered to be your best. You’ll be recognised for your contribution and enjoy rewards tailored to what’s most important to you and your family, support for your financial and personal wellbeing, as well as a balanced lifestyle. In an environment embracing sustainable ways of working and with a strong sense of shared purpose, our supportive culture is a place you can feel you belong and proud of the difference you make.

A place where everyone can thrive:

We’re committed to building an inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and supported. We know that a diversity of backgrounds, perspectives and experiences strengthens our teams and is vital to the work we do.

Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.

Closing Date: 5th May 2026

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

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