Platform Engineer

BAE Systems; Preston; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a skilled Cloud Engineer to join their dynamic team. In this hybrid role, you will be instrumental in building and maintaining environments for cutting-edge software solutions tailored for high-profile clients in the defense sector. Your expertise in Microsoft Azure, Terraform, and Kubernetes will be vital as you navigate complex networking and security challenges. Embrace the opportunity to work on significant projects while enjoying the flexibility of hybrid working arrangements. Join a diverse team that values collaboration and innovation, and take your career to new heights in a supportive and inclusive environment.

Qualifications

• Strong cloud experience with Microsoft Azure and Terraform for IaC.
• Knowledge of networking, security features, and Kubernetes.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

Microsoft Azure

Terraform

Kubernetes

Networking and Infrastructure Management

Job description

Location(s): UK, Europe & Africa : UK : Preston || UK, Europe & Africa : UK : Gloucester || UK, Europe & Africa : UK : Guildford || UK, Europe & Africa : UK : Leeds || 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, so that governments, nation states, armed forces and commercial businesses can unlock digital advantage in the most demanding environments.

What You Will Be Doing

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. Whilst this role is a hybrid role, the working pattern will be mainly working from home with travel to customer sites as required (approx. 1-3 days once per month), particularly during launches and deployments.

The role is working on a major UK project and provides a springboard to work on other interesting projects as well as personal development.

What We Are Looking For?

Essential:

1. Strong Cloud experience with Microsoft Azure (combining experience and strong understanding of networking and infrastructure management tools within the platform)
2. Experience of various security features and implementations within Azure
3. Strong experience of using Terraform for Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
4. Kubernetes

Desirable:

1. Experience of working within both Linux and Windows Operating Systems
2. Experience deploying infrastructure as code and managing remote terraform state files, knowledge of Azure landing zone and how it is built (good understanding of the networking and security across the architecture) + NiFi.

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. Security Vetting and Clearance

Life at BAE Systems Digital Intelligence

We are embracing Hybrid Working. This means you and your colleagues may be working in different locations, such as from home, another BAE Systems office or client site, some or all of the time, and work might be going on at different times of the day.

By embracing technology, we can interact, collaborate and create together, even when we’re working remotely from one another. Hybrid Working allows for increased flexibility in when and where we work, helping us to balance our work and personal life more effectively, and enhance well-being.

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.