Location

London, United Kingdom

Digital Intelligence

Engineering

Experienced professionals

 

Location(s): UK, Europe & Africa : UK : London 

 

BAE Systems Digital Intelligence is home to 4,500 digital, cyber and intelligence experts. We work collaboratively across 10 countries to collect, connect and understand complex data, so that governments, nation states, armed forces and commercial businesses can unlock digital advantage in the most demanding environments.
 

Job Title: Specialist Application Development Support Engineer

Location: London

Grade: GG09-GG10

Referral Bonus: £5000

 

Working in this role requires a good level of lateral thinking to identify, diagnose and resolve problems and faults across several engineering disciplines. This role benefits from not being restricted to one area, but allows the team to branch out into several domains including, but not limited to, infrastructure, software development and deployment, networking, database management and virtual containerisation

 

Core Responsibilities:

 

  • Application design
  • Application development
  • Incident Management
  • Virtual infrastructure management
  • System health monitoring tools
  • Database administration
  • Supporting bespoke critical applications

 

Skills – Must have’s

 

  • RedHat based Linux (CLI)
  • Docker (with Docker Swarm)
  • SQL and Relational Databases
  • Windows Server 2022
  • Software development principles

 

Skills – Nice to have’s

 

  • Bash
  • PowerShell
  • NodeJS (Typescript + React)
  • Golang
  • Elastic
  • Python

 

The Team

 

The team is part of the HALE (Home Affairs Law Enforcement) group of BAE DI. We work on site supporting critical national operational applications, systems and networks as well as developing new solutions to help tackle a broad variety of serious organised crime. We have been with this client for many years and work closely with their technical team to deliver the highest quality of backing to ensure consistent network stability and delivery of their critical infrastructure.

 

There is a wide variety of work, constantly evolving with new technology. The team undertakes constant opportunities to make a real difference working directly with the operational end users and partner agencies.

 

Ways of Working

 

  • Due to the classification of the work, this role is on site for 5 days a week, with the opportunity to work from home occasionally.
  • The work requires SC clearance to start, and the individual must be willing to go through MOD DV

 

Benefits

 

As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offer employee share plan, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits including a green care scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

 

 

Why BAE Systems?

 

This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture which values diversity, rewards integrity and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently under-represented within our industry including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals

 

We also want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

 

Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions such as your nationality, any nationalities which you previously may have held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are able 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.

Life at BAE Systems Digital Intelligence 

We are embracing Hybrid Working. This means you and your colleagues may be working in different locations, such as from home, another BAE Systems office or client site, some or all of the time, and work might be going on at different times of the day.

By embracing technology, we can interact, collaborate and create together, even when we’re working remotely from one another. Hybrid Working allows for increased flexibility in when and where we work, helping us to balance our work and personal life more effectively, and enhance well-being.

Diversity and inclusion are integral to the success of BAE Systems Digital Intelligence. We are proud to have an organisational culture where employees with varying perspectives, skills, life experiences and backgrounds – the best and brightest minds – can work together to achieve excellence and realise individual and organisational potential.

Division overview: Government

At BAE Systems Digital Intelligence, we pride ourselves in being a leader in the cyber defence industry, and Government contracts are an area we have many decades of experience in. Government and key infrastructure networks are critical targets to defend as the effects of these networks being breached can be devastating.

As a member of the Government business unit, you will defend the connected world and ensure the protection of nations. We all have a role to play in defending our clients, and this is yours.

 

 

Digital Intelligence

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