Location(s):London or Manchester
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: Software Engineer
Requistion ID:
Location: London, Manchester or Leeds : Hybrid working offered, with consideration for both full and part:time applicants : please speak to your recruiter about the options
Grade: GG08 : GG13
Are you passionate about working with cutting:edge technology and self:motivated to find innovative solutions to complex challenges as part of a team who help keep the UK safe? Join BAE Systems as an experienced Software Engineer.
As a key member of a Software Engineering team, you'll be working with our National Security Customers to build systems that support their core mission capabilities. You'll work as part of empowered, autonomous DevOps teams with regular contact with end:users to flexibly and efficiently understand, design, develop, deploy and maintain applications and services. You'll be encouraged to identify new ways of solving problems and get to work in a range of different teams across our customer organisations. You'll be part of the biggest defence company in the UK however we have a startup:like culture nurtured by sports and social clubs, being a safe place to fail, meaning and self:fulfilment over business, and learning from our partners, suppliers, and peers.
We fully embrace DevOps ways of working in our teams, and build a very broad range of capabilities for our customers. We therefore value Engineers who enjoy playing a role in the full delivery lifecycle and are flexible to learn and pick up new technologies and approaches. You'll be playing a role in identifying the right technologies to use for the job and be supported with training as needed through access to services such as Pluralsight.
Not only will your team be directly making a huge impact upon the systems you work on, you'll be doing it for an organisation who makes a huge impact to the security of the UK.
About you
You will have experience in many of the following:
:Programming in one or more of JavaScript, Java, .Net, Python
:Collaboratively designing and building Proof of Concept or Production systems
:Source controlling your code with Version Control Systems, for example Git, Mercurial, Perforce
:Utilising CI/CD tools, such as Bamboo, Jenkins, TeamCity, Bitbucket, in order to streamline delivery of new features and fixes
:Continual testing of code using Automated Testing Frameworks
:Ensuring code consistency and quality by utilising static code analysis tools e.g. SonarQube
:Team working inside an agile environment e.g. Scrum, Lean, Kanban
:Common software design patterns
:Using precedent and your own creativity to solve our clients challenges
It would be great if you also had experience in some of these, but if not we'll help you with them
:Machine Learning software e.g. Amazon and Azure machine learning, or Googles TensorFlow
:Deploying and managing in Cloud Computing such as AWS, MS Azure
:Containerisation e.g. Docker, Kubernetes
:Relational, document, or graph database systems
:Software configuration and deployment e.g. Ansible
Security Clearance
Due to the nature of our work, successful candidates for this role will be required to hold an active eDV before applying for this opportunity.
How we will support you
:Work:life balance is important; you can work around core hours with flexible and part:time working, and many of our roles include hybrid working enabling a mix of working from home and in the office
:You'll get 25 days holiday a year and the option to buy/sell and carry over from the year before
:Our flexible benefits package inclu