Operational Cyber Software Engineer - Manchester

TN United Kingdom; Manchester; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking an Operational Cyber Software Engineer to join their expanding team in Manchester. This role offers the chance to contribute to building a new Operational Cyber practice, with a focus on developing secure software solutions in a collaborative environment. Ideal candidates will have a strong understanding of programming languages and operational security, along with the ability to communicate technical concepts effectively. Join a friendly and inclusive culture that prioritizes learning and professional growth, and be part of a team that is dedicated to making a significant impact in the cyber defense industry.

Qualifications

• Familiarity with development tools and principles of high-assurance development.
• Ability to adopt various development methodologies and testing approaches.

Responsibilities

• Conduct software development in line with best practices and customer requirements.
• Factor operational security requirements into system design and testing.
• Collaborate with team members to integrate developed code seamlessly.

Skills

Intermediate/advanced understanding of computer operations

Proficient in at least one programming language (C++, Java, C#)

Ability to configure multiple operating systems

Communicating technical concerns to non-technical audiences

Innovative problem solving

Team leadership

Tools

Visual Studio

Eclipse

Git

SVN

Jira

Win32 API

Posix

Networking

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Operational Cyber Software Engineer - Manchester, Manchester

Client:

BAE

Location:

Manchester, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

EU work permit required:

Yes

Job Reference:

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Job Views:

30

Posted:

13.04.2025

Expiry Date:

28.05.2025

Job Description:

Location(s): 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: Operational Cyber Software Engineer

Requisition ID: 121400

Location: Manchester - Full-time onsite work required, with consideration for both full and part-time applicants - please speak to your recruiter about the options

Grade: GG10 - GG12

We have an existing community of technical specialists across our Gloucester and London locations and we are now looking to grow our new Manchester hub to the same level. We are looking for enthusiastic and eager individuals, who are excited by the prospect of helping to build our new Manchester Operational Cyber practice from the ground up.

We offer a friendly and inclusive culture with great opportunities to learn from experts and make use of a carefully curated training plan with some of the best trainers and conferences available.

What you'll be doing

• Understand various development methodologies, and how they fit in with different delivery approaches.
• Factor operational security requirements into system design, development and testing.
• Conduct, support and encourage constructive code reviews for peers.
• Adopt a pragmatic approach to changing customer requirements and priorities, reporting on the impact and suggesting appropriate aspects to de-scope.
• Embrace emerging technology and language trends, evaluating beneficial emerging tools and championing their adoption and rollout.
• Conduct software development in line with the business and industry best practices.
• Identify risks associated with software development tasks and mitigate and/or escalate as necessary.
• Plan appropriate testing approaches (eg physical/virtual/real-world) and justify them according to the different risk profiles.
• Model and perform analysis on problems and solutions.
• Design, code and document software from a logical design.
• Overcome development obstacles to deliver quality code within time and budget constraints.
• Collaborate with team members to integrate developed code seamlessly into the solution.
• Implement continuous integration where appropriate.
• Define and write test scripts and unit, integration and system tests for developed software.

What we're looking for

Knowledge:

• Familiarity with a variety of development tools (IDEs, debuggers, source control).
• Principles of high-assurance development.
• Development techniques such as unit testing, mocking, continuous integration, and test-driven development.
• Understanding of how the specific customer domain affects the software under development.
• Awareness of IT security as a major issue for companies and governments.

Skills:

• Intermediate/advanced understanding of how computers work (eg stack/heap distinction, compiled/interpreted languages).
• Proficient with at least 1 “solution” language (eg C++, Java, C#).
• Able to use and configure more than one major operating system (eg Windows, OSX, Linux, FreeBSD).
• Able to pick up new languages easily.

Technologies:

• Operational developers are expected to have a high degree of flexibility.

Additional Skills:

• Communicating technical concerns with a non-technical audience.
• Innovative problem solving.
• Team leadership.

Technologies:

• Visual Studio
• Eclipse
• Git
• SVN
• Jira
• Win32 API
• Posix
• Networking

Applicants will need to be eligible to work in the UK and be able to successfully achieve an eDV UK security clearance.

Diversity and inclusion are integral to the success of BAE Systems Digital Intelligence. We are proud to have an organisational culture where employees with varying perspectives, skills, life experiences and backgrounds – the best and brightest minds – can work together to achieve excellence and realise individual and organisational potential.

Division overview: Capabilities

At BAE Systems Digital Intelligence, we pride ourselves in being a leader in the cyber defence industry, and Capabilities is the engine that keeps the business moving forward. It is the largest area of Digital Intelligence, containing our Engineering, Consulting and Project Management teams that design and implement the defence solutions and digital transformation projects that make us a globally recognised brand in both the public and private sector.

As a member of the Capabilities team, you will be creating and managing the solutions that earn us our place in an ever-changing digital world. We all have a role to play in defending our clients, and this is yours.