Location(s): UK, Europe & Africa : UK : London || UK, Europe & Africa : UK : Guildford || UK, Europe & Africa : UK : Leeds 

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: DevOps Engineer

Requisition ID: 122878

Location: Frimley, London, Leeds, Manchester – We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.

Grade: GG09 – GG10

Referral Bonus: £5,000

DevOps Engineer

We are looking for experienced DevOps Engineers to join our teams following continuous growth and success in the UK Defence sector.

Our people are what differentiates us, they are resourceful, innovative and dedicated. We have a mix of generalists and specialists and recognise that this diversity contributes to our success. We recognise the benefits of forming teams from a mix of disciplines, which allows us to come up with cutting edge, high quality solutions.

What background we are looking for:

• Experience working in a similar Infrastructure / DevOps / SRE
• Infrastructure as Code tools like Terraform or Cloud formation
• Experience with Cloud technologies such as GCP or Azure (required)
• An appreciation of Infrastructure as Code, and CI/CD tooling
• Scripting abilities with languages such as Shell, Bash, or Python etc
• Great communication and problem solving skills, and a desire to learn new technologies
• Working in an Agile environment (e.g. Scrum, Kanban, SAFe, XP, etc)

It would be great if you also had experience in some of these, but if not we’ll help you with them:

• Configuration Management tools such as Puppet, Chef, or Ansible etc
• Docker, and container runtime platforms such as Kubernetes, Openshift or Marathon / Mesos etc
• A working knowledge of Linux, networking, routing & firewalls etc

How we will support you:

• Work-life balance is important; you’ll get 25 days holiday a year.
• Our flexible benefits package includes; private medical insurance, a competitive pension schemer and more
• Hybrid working
• Don’t know a particular technology? Your learning and development is key to your future career
• You’ll be part of our bonus scheme
• You are welcome to join any/all of our Diversity and Support groups.  These groups cover everything from gender diversity to mental health and wellbeing.

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 that 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 underrepresented 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 NOTE: You're expected to have completed 12 months in role prior to applying for an advertised vacancy and you should also discuss the internal opportunity with your line manager to ensure sustained business continuity and to further support your career development. We know there may be individual circumstances that impact this, so please discuss this with your line manager or HR Business Partner (HRBP). If you don't feel you can talk to your line manager, you can contact your HRBP.

Should you be invited for interview, you will be giving consent for the Recruitment team to contact you and your line manager regarding your application for this opportunity.

This vacancy is eligible for the UK Employee Referral Scheme. Amount: £5000

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.