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Location: Rochester, Kent
Salary: Up to £80,000 dependent on experience
What You’ll Be Doing
* Lead, mentor, and motivate a team of developers, functional consultants, and technical staff
* Oversee the planning, execution, and delivery of development projects
* Coordinate and communicate with stakeholders to define requirements, priorities, timelines and status
* Establish and maintain coding standards, development best practices, and technical guidelines
* Ensure systems are suitable with our environment working with the Enterprise/Data and Solution architects ensuring compliant with cyber security standards
* Keep abreast of emerging technologies and recommend adoption where beneficial. Encourage a culture of innovation, learning, and collaboration
Your skills and experiences
* Knowledge of key applications, Oracle ERP, Siemens Teamcenter Unified, MSBI, Manufacturing Execution Systems
* Understanding of cyber security principles and compliance standards
* Demonstrable experience in software development, including working in a leadership role
* Strong knowledge of software development life cycles (SDLC), Agile, and DevOps practices
* Excellent leadership, team-building, and interpersonal skills
Benefits
As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.
The DevOps Team
Reporting to the Head of IT, you will lead a talented team of Oracle Functional Consultants, Oracle Developers and Microsoft Technology Developers. You’ll be responsible for day-to-day operations, managing resources, scheduling work and ensuring successful project delivery, all while maintaining strict security compliance. This is an exciting opportunity to join our leadership team as we move towards cloud technologies and drive innovation across the organisation.
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 of thought, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome people from all backgrounds and want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition 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. All applicants must at a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Some roles require higher levels of National Security Vetting, which may require 5 to 10 years of continuous UK residency for vetting checks.
Closing Date
15th September 2025
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. If you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
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