Platform Engineer

Location(s): UK, Europe & Africa : UK : Gloucester || UK, Europe & Africa : UK : Guildford || UK, Europe & Africa : UK : Leeds || UK, Europe & Africa : UK : London || UK, Europe & Africa : UK : Preston

Company Overview:

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.

What You Will Be Doing:

As a Platform Engineer, you will be responsible for building, deploying and maintaining the environments, tooling, and pipelines to support the development and deployment of newly developed software solutions to high profile customers within the defence sector. This hybrid role will involve some travel to customer sites as required (approx. once per month), particularly during launches and deployments.

What We Are Looking For:
Essential:

• Strong Cloud experience with Microsoft Azure, including a strong understanding of networking and infrastructure management tools within the platform.
• Experience of various security features and implementations within Azure.
• Strong experience of using Terraform for Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
• Kubernetes experience.

Desirable:

• Experience of working within both Linux and Windows Operating Systems.
• Experience deploying infrastructure as code and managing remote Terraform state files, knowledge of Azure landing zone and how it is built, along with a good understanding of the networking and security across the architecture.

Security Clearance:

Only those with the permanent and unrestricted right to live and work in the UK will be considered for a position within BAE Systems Digital Intelligence. Due to the nature of our work, successful candidates for this role will be required to go through Government SC clearance prior to starting with us. Learn more about security vetting and clearance.

Life at BAE Systems Digital Intelligence:

We are embracing Hybrid Working, allowing you and your colleagues to work from various locations such as home, another BAE Systems office, or client sites, some or all of the time. This flexibility enhances work-life balance and well-being.

Diversity and inclusion are integral to the success of BAE Systems Digital Intelligence. We are proud to foster a culture where employees with varying perspectives, skills, life experiences, and backgrounds can collaborate to achieve excellence and realize individual and organizational potential.