DevOps Engineer – Home Office

BAE Systems (New); London; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

BAE Systems is seeking a Software Engineer to join their Digital Intelligence team in London. The role involves building systems that support core mission capabilities, working in empowered DevOps teams, and implementing security best practices. Candidates should have experience with essential technologies like AWS and Kubernetes. BAE Systems values diversity and offers a flexible working environment.

Benefits

Competitive pension scheme

Employee share plan

Flexible benefits including health and wellbeing

Lifestyle discounts

Private health plans

Shopping discounts

Annual incentive eligibility

Qualifications

• Experience with AWS and Kubernetes is essential.
• Familiarity with DevOps practices and tools like Terraform and Jenkins.
• Ability to work in cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to refining non-functional requirements.
• Implement security best practices.
• Participate in Scrum ceremonies.

Skills

AWS

Kubernetes

Terraform

Jenkins

Docker

Git

Job description

Location(s): UK, Europe & Africa: UK: London

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, enabling governments, nation-states, armed forces, and commercial businesses to unlock digital advantages in demanding environments.

What You’ll Be Doing

As a key member of a Software Engineering team, you’ll work with our customers to build systems supporting their core mission capabilities. You’ll be part of empowered, autonomous DevOps teams with regular end-user contact to understand, design, develop, deploy, and maintain applications and services.

• Contribute to refining non-functional requirements
• Drive prioritization and delivery of backlogs
• Implement security best practices and recommendations, often through developed services and automation
• Facilitate effective relationships between third-party suppliers and Home Office platform teams
• Participate in workstream and project Scrum ceremonies
• Raise issues and risks appropriately
• Operate in small cross-functional engineering teams to build supportable, sustainable, and reliable services
• Create quality documentation and Jira ticket comments

Essential Technologies

• AWS
• Kubernetes
• Helm
• Terraform
• Jenkins
• Docker
• Git

The Central Government Team

We work hard and often go the extra mile, but we value people’s efforts and recognize that everyone has a life outside of work. We encourage open communication if you want to rotate to a new project.

Benefits

Alongside a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems offers an employee share plan, extensive flexible benefits including health, wellbeing, lifestyle discounts, private health plans, and shopping discounts. You may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you can make a real difference. We foster an inclusive culture that values diversity, rewards integrity and merit, and empowers you to fulfill your potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and aim to make our recruitment processes as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition that may affect your performance in assessments, please discuss reasonable adjustments with your recruiter.

Many roles at BAE Systems are subject to security and export control restrictions, which may limit your eligibility based on nationality, previous nationalities, or place of birth. All applicants must meet at least the Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Higher security vetting levels may require 5 to 10 years of continuous UK residency, depending on the role.

Life at BAE Systems Digital Intelligence

We embrace Hybrid Working, allowing you to work from home, other offices, or client sites, often at different times. This flexibility helps balance work and personal life and promotes well-being.

Diversity and inclusion are core to our success. We are proud of our organizational culture where diverse perspectives, skills, and backgrounds enable us to achieve excellence and realize individual and organizational potential.