Platform Engineer

TN United Kingdom; Gloucester; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a skilled Platform Engineer to join their dynamic team. In this hybrid role, you'll be at the forefront of building and maintaining environments, tooling, and pipelines for high-profile customers in the defense sector. Your expertise in Microsoft Azure and Terraform will be crucial for deploying infrastructure as code and ensuring robust security measures. This is a unique opportunity to make a real difference while enjoying the flexibility of hybrid working arrangements. Join a culture that values diversity and empowers you to reach your full potential.

Qualifications

• Strong cloud experience with Microsoft Azure and security implementations.
• Proficiency in Terraform for Infrastructure as Code.

Responsibilities

• Build, deploy, and maintain environments and tooling for software solutions.
• Support development and deployment for high-profile defense customers.

Skills

Microsoft Azure

Terraform

Linux

Windows

Networking

Security Architecture

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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 advantage in demanding environments.

What You Will Be Doing

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

What We Are Looking For

• Strong cloud experience with Microsoft Azure, including networking and infrastructure management tools.
• Experience with security features and implementations within Azure.
• Proficiency with Terraform for Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
• Experience working with both Linux and Windows operating systems.
• Knowledge of deploying infrastructure as code and managing remote Terraform state files, understanding of Azure landing zones, networking, and security architecture, plus experience with NiFi.

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 reach your potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds, especially those currently underrepresented in our industry, including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities, and LGBTQ+ individuals.

We aim to make our recruitment process as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (e.g., dyslexia, autism, anxiety disorder) that may affect your assessment performance, please discuss potential reasonable adjustments with your recruiter.

Security Clearance

Only candidates with the right to live and work permanently and unrestricted in the UK will be considered. Due to the nature of our work, successful candidates will need to obtain UK Government SC clearance prior to starting. More info: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/security-vetting-and-clearance

We embrace hybrid working, allowing flexibility to work from home, offices, or client sites, often at different times. This approach enhances collaboration and work-life balance.

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