NSL- Cloud Engineer

BAE Systems Digital Intelligence; Manchester; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

BAE Systems Digital Intelligence in Manchester is seeking an experienced AWS Developer to join a software engineering team supporting national security customers. You will build, deploy and maintain AWS-based applications within autonomous DevOps teams, collaborating with end-users and across a broad engineering community.

You will work across AWS services, implement IaC, and drive adoption of modern cloud practices while expanding your skills through training and hands-on delivery in a

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in AWS and solving complex business issues; AWS SME.
• Experience with AWS services such as EC2, ECS, EKS, S3, Lambda, RDS, KMS, ELB, SNS, SQS, IAM.
• Scripting abilities with Shell, Bash, or Python.
• Proficient in Infrastructure as Code technologies (CloudFormation, CDK, Terraform).
• Source control with Git, Mercurial, or Perforce.
• Strong communication and problem solving; experience in Agile environments.

Responsibilities

• Build systems and services on AWS for national security/UK-focused customers.
• Work in autonomous DevOps teams with end-user contact to iterate requirements.
• Identify technologies to use, design, develop, deploy and maintain applications on AWS.
• Collaborate across teams and pursue training through resources such as Pluralsight.

Skills

AWS expertise

EC2/ECS/EKS

Scripting: Bash/Python

Infrastructure as Code

Git/version control

Agile methodologies

Microservices design

CI/CD

Linux networking basics

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

CloudFormation

CDK

Job description

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

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

Location - Manchester

Job Description

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 AWS Developer.

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 on AWS. 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 will work in a small team given as much ownership and responsibility as you have the appetite for but part of a much bigger Engineering community to give you the support you need to grow in your career.

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.

It’s an amazing time to join our team to help shape our customer’s exciting cloud adoption journey. 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:

• Plenty of experience in AWS and experience in solving complex business issues; Regarded as an AWS subject matter expert
• Demonstrable expertise with AWS services such as EC2, ECS, EKS, S3, Lambda, RDS, KMS, ELB, SNS, SQS, IAM
• Scripting abilities with languages such as Shell, Bash, or Python
• Good coding experience of at least 1 Lambda compatible language
• Proficient in Infrastructure as Code technologies (eg CloudFormation, CDK, Terraform)
• Source controlling your code with Version Control Systems, for example Git, Mercurial, Perforce
• Great communication and problem solving skills, and a desire to learn new technologies
• Working in an Agile environment (e.g. Scrum, Kanban, SAFe, XP, etc)

It would be great if you also had experience in some of these, but if not we’ll help you with them

• AWS Certification at Associate level eg Solution Architect, Developer or DevOps
• Expertise in microservices and API design
• Docker, and container runtime platforms such as Kubernetes, EKS, ECS etc
• Strong understand of operational concepts on AWS, particularly monitoring and observability, FinOps
• 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
• A working knowledge of Linux, networking, routing & firewalls etc

Security Clearance is required for this vacancy. If you are not currently Security Cleared, you will need to be eligible for this and willing to go through the process.

How we will support you

• Work-life balance is important; you can work around core hours with flexible and part-time working