Security & Systems Administrator

Draken Europe; Bournemouth; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension contributions up to 12%

Bonus incentives

Discounted PMI

Electric car scheme

Tech vouchers

Wellbeing programmes

Job summary

Draken Europe in Hurn, Dorset, is seeking a Security and System Administrator to support mission-critical systems across diverse environments. This full-time role covers security, maintenance and availability, including backups, encryption, and system lifecycle support.

Key responsibilities include patching, incident resolution, documentation, and ongoing improvement. The role may require UK/overseas travel to meet customer needs and ensure compliant operations in line with industry standards.

Qualifications

• Experience supporting and maintaining secure mission systems or IT infrastructure.
• Experience administering networked, standalone and air-gapped systems.
• Experience with system builds, software deployment, patching, backup and recovery.
• Familiarity with system security controls and cryptographic solutions.
• Certifications in Microsoft, Cyber Security or IT Infrastructure are desirable.

Responsibilities

• Ensure all activities comply with quality, security and engineering standards.
• Administer, maintain and patch secure mission system environments.
• Support development, deployment and sustainment of mission systems.
• Manage system security, encryption, user accounts, backups and recovery.
• Build, configure, and troubleshoot mission system hardware and software.
• Investigate and resolve system, network, hardware and cyber security issues.
• Maintain documentation and technical baselines.
• Support customer and stakeholder engagements; travel as required.

Skills

System administration

Cyber security

Troubleshooting

Backup and recovery

Documentation

Tools

BitLocker

Encryption technologies

Job description

Location: Hurn, Dorset

Hours: Full-time 37 hours | Permanent

Draken also believes in fair reward and recognition for our employees. As such, we offer competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package including up to 12% matching pension contributions, bonus incentives, discounted PMI, electric car scheme, tech vouchers, wellbeing programmes and much more.

The Role

We are currently recruiting for a Security and System Administrator to support the security, maintenance and availability of mission-critical systems across classified, sensitive and standalone environments. The role involves system administration, cyber security, user support, backup and recovery, hardware maintenance and configuration management, ensuring systems remain secure, operational and compliant. You will also provide technical support throughout the system lifecycle, from deployment and troubleshooting to decommissioning, while implementing data protection measures to safeguard mission and customer information.

Key Responsibilities

• Ensure all activities are delivered in compliance with applicable quality, security and engineering standards.
• Administer, maintain and patch secure mission system environments across networked, standalone and air-gapped platforms.
• Support the development, integration, deployment and sustainment of mission systems within a technology development environment.
• Manage system security, encryption, user accounts, backups and recovery processes.
• Build, configure, maintain and troubleshoot mission system hardware and software.
• Investigate and resolve system, network, hardware and cyber security issues.
• Maintain system documentation, configuration records and technical baselines.
• Contribute to continuous improvement activities that enhance system performance, security and supportability.
• Deliver assigned activities to agreed cost, schedule and quality requirements.
• Support customer, supplier and internal stakeholder engagements as required.
• Travel within the UK and overseas to support business and customer needs where necessary.
• Undertake other duties commensurate with the role and level of responsibility.

Experience

• Demonstrable experience supporting and maintaining secure mission systems, IT infrastructure or technology development environments.
• Experience administering networked, standalone and air-gapped systems.
• Experience of system administration activities including account management, system builds, software deployment, patching, backup and recovery.
• Experience troubleshooting and resolving hardware, software, network and security issues.
• Familiarity with system security controls, encryption technologies and configuration management practices.
• Experience supporting system integration, test and deployment activities.
• Proven ability to deliver against competing priorities, deadlines and operational requirements.
• Demonstrable commitment to continuous improvement and process optimisation.

Desirable

• Experience within Defence, Aerospace, Government or Mission Systems environments.
• Experience with BitLocker, Viasat encryption or other cryptographic solutions.
• Experience supporting accredited or classified systems.
• Relevant Microsoft, Cyber Security or IT Infrastructure certifications.

Our employee values

Draken is committed to eliminating unlawful and unfair discrimination and we celebrate the differences that a diverse workforce brings. A range of perspective and talent supports our values and drives our success, with a mix of voices generating better discussions, business decisions and outcomes for all.

At all our sites internationally, every member of the Draken team is accountable to ensure that we are all treated fairly and with respect.

We are also an Armed Forces friendly organisation, and as part of our commitment to the Armed Forces Covenant, welcome applications from veterans and services spouses and partners who met the criteria in our job specifications.

In line with our Disability Confident Commitments, we provide reasonable adjustments to facilitate our interview process, please liaise with us if any reasonable adjustments are required.

About Us

Whether it is adversarial support, electronic attack or customised rotary-wing training, we offer the most accurate and advanced readiness training in the industry. Our vast, differentiated fleet, cutting edge hardware and experienced instructors are engaged to help your mission take off.

Being ready is not only a matter of when. But where. We provide services in the UK, US and across the NATO countries. Making sure that our allies can manoeuvre around defeat and prepare to prevail.