Job Title: Client Engineer
Location: Portsmouth, Hampshire + Hybrid Working Arrangements
Compensation: Competitive Salary + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF67477
Shape the Future of Defence and Engineering
At Babcock we're working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Client Engineer at our Portsmouth site.
The role
As a Client Engineer, you'll have a role that's out of the ordinary. Supporting and enhancing the technology that powers our operations. This is a dynamic opportunity to work on a large-scale Windows Client estate, contributing to national defence and engineering excellence.
Day-to-day, you'll be delivering technical support and analysis across key client technologies.
* Managing and supporting device management software (Ivanti)
* Administering privilege management tools (BeyondTrust)
* Creating and maintaining Group Policies and Powershell scripts
* Producing clear operational and technical documentation
This role is full time, 37.5 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements with one day in the office/onsite and four days working from home.
Essential experience of the Client Engineer:
* Experience in supporting large estates in both BAU and project environments
* Working in 2nd line senior or 3rd line support roles
* Applying deep knowledge of Microsoft technologies, including troubleshooting and documentation
* Understanding future client technologies like VDI, WaaS, Azure, and Intune
* Using Powershell, Active Directory, Group Policies, and MS MCEM
Qualifications for the Client Engineer:
* Microsoft Certified
Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Standard (BPSS) / Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.
Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK ) .
What We Offer
* Generous holiday allowance
* Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
* Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
* Employee share scheme
* Employee shopping savings portal
* Payment of Professional Fees
* Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
* Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows the majority of employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement
* 'Be Kind Day' enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity
* Flexible locations
Babcock International
For over a century Babcock has helped to defend nations, protect communities and build a better world. To continue, we must adapt, advance and be a sustainable business with a shared goal.
We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please email with the subject header 'Reasonable adjustments requirement'. We're committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone's free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working – please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.
Closing date: 23/09/2025