Overview
Join to apply for the Senior Support Engineer role at Northrop Grumman UK. This is more than just a job; it’s a mission. Northrop Grumman UK defines possible and aims to solve complex challenges by shaping tomorrow's technology and solutions.
As a Senior Support Engineer you play a pivotal role in maintaining the critical infrastructure and software that powers our services. You will be self-driven and organised with a passion for building elegant and stable solutions. You will have the chance to work on a variety of exciting projects with complex challenges within a unique space. You’ll be at the forefront of delivering core solutions that have real world impact.
Responsibilities
* Perform hands-on maintenance to ensure critical systems remain operational
* Monitor systems to ensure maximum availability
* Support the wider development team in working through critical issues and remediate them
* Identify technical risks/opportunities and proactively develop plans to mitigate and realise them
* Maintain accurate documentation including a record of issues and faults along with solutions
* Implement DevOps and/or SRE best practices as required on relevant systems
We offer
We can offer you a range of flexible working options to suit you, including an optional compressed working schedule with every other Friday off. Our benefits include private health care, career development opportunities and performance bonuses.
We are looking for
* Hands on experience of supporting and debugging complex live operational systems including monitoring of logs through tools such as Splunk / ELK stack
* Ability to pro-actively manage own tasking and react to higher priority tasks
* Experience of Linux server administration
* Experience in technologies such as Apache NiFi, MinIO/ AWS S3
* Experience managing and patching Java and Python applications
* Experience with containerisation technologies such as Docker / Podman and deployment technologies such as Kubernetes / OpenShift
Security clearance
You must already hold highest level of UK government clearance
About Northrop Grumman UK
Our UK Cyber & Intelligence business combines modern software development approaches with a rich heritage and experience in the Defence and security sectors. Our customers have complex and sensitive data and information requirements requiring a mission partner who quickly understands the context, delivering and sustaining a portfolio of challenging technology projects at scale and pace, supporting them through an ambitious digital transformation program.
Inclusive culture and benefits
* A place to belong and thrive – Every voice matters at our table meaning you can bring your authentic self to work. From our Employee Resource Groups backed by thousands of employees, to sponsoring Cheltenham Pride and our partnerships with Association For Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers, Forces Transition Group, Mind, and Women in Defence – we are passionate about growing and supporting our inclusive community where everyone can belong
* Your career, your way - Shape your career journey with diverse roles, mentorship, and development opportunities that fuel your curiosity, channel your expertise and nurture your passion. Looking for flexibility? Balance your professional career with your personal life, health and wellbeing benefits, discount schemes, pension benefits and investment in your future development.
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