Systems Engineer

Prattwhitney; Kingswood; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Contributory Pension

Life Assurance

Holiday allowance

Company bonus

Flexible Benefits

Enhanced sick pay

Family-friendly policies

Job summary

Raytheon UK in Gloucester is recruiting a Systems Engineer for an on-site, full-time role delivering IT support across hardware, software, networks and business-critical systems. You'll bridge project and business units using JIRA Service Desk and support ISO27001:2022 compliant IT operations.

The role requires experience with endpoint management, networking, scripting in PowerShell, and hands-on work on Windows and macOS.

Qualifications

• Experience maintaining laptop estate via endpoint management
• Knowledge of networking, security and IT governance
• Experience delivering IT projects
• Administration of JIRA and Confluence
• PowerShell scripting and troubleshooting
• Windows and macOS knowledge
• On-site work with minimal supervision
• Certifications: CompTIA Network+, ITIL 4, ISO27001

Responsibilities

• Maintain IT estate: patching, updates
• Conduct audits, reports and risk assessments
• Provide end-user technical support across devices
• Manage user accounts and access
• Contribute to IT project milestones
• Document incidents and asset inventory
• Assist onboarding/offboarding and device setup
• Support meeting rooms, AV, printers, telephony
• Diagnose and resolve on-site hardware/software issues

Skills

Endpoint management

Networking & security

IT project delivery

JIRA & Confluence

PowerShell scripting

Windows & macOS

On-site independence

Tools

JIRA

Confluence

Job description

Date Posted: 2026-08-03 Country: United Kingdom Location: Gloucester, South Gloucestershire Position Role Type: Onsite

At RTX, the world's largest aerospace and defense company, 185,000 great minds are united by purpose and inspired to make a difference solving the world’s most complex problems. With our three market leading businesses, world‑class operations and investments in research and development, we offer capabilities and opportunity no one else can. Together, we push the boundaries of known science and find new ways to connect and protect our world. Raytheon brings the strength of more than 100 years of experience and renowned engineering expertise to meet the needs of today’s mission and stay ahead of tomorrow’s threat. We deliver solutions that help our nation and allies defend freedoms and deter aggression, creating a safer, more secure world. Join us and help shape the future of aerospace and defense.

Systems Engineer Gloucester - Onsite fulltime Position

Raytheon UK have a full time on-site, permanent opportunity for a Systems Engineer to join our team in Gloucester. We are looking for a talented engineer to be part of IT support team delivering support to engineers and wider business, ensuring the smooth operation of hardware, software, networks, and business‑critical systems. Your primary role would be to maintain a reliable IT environment and act as a bridge between project and business units via the JIRA Service Desk. This area of the business provides ISO27001:2022 aligned IT support at scale. Collaborating with engineers to create, maintain and deliver secure, mission critical systems. Due to the interesting work we do and the sector this team is working in, we require all candidates to be willing and eligible to hold SC and eDV clearance.

Key Responsibilities

• Perform routine maintenance, patching, and updates of the IT estate
• Conduct regular audits, reports and risk assessments
• Provide technical support to end users across thin clients, laptops, mobile devices, and peripherals
• Manage user accounts, onboard, offboard, manage permissions, and access to internal and external systems
• Contribute to the completion of milestones associated with your IT projects
• Maintain accurate documentation of incidents, resolutions, and asset inventory
• Assist with onboarding/offboarding processes, including device setup and recovery
• Support meeting rooms, AV equipment, printers, and telephony systems
• Diagnose and resolve hardware, software, and network issues on‑site

Required Skills and Experience

• Experience of maintaining the laptop estate via the endpoint management software
• Knowledge of networking, including security and IT governance frameworks
• Working experience with IT project delivery
• Administration of Atlassian JIRA and Confluence
• PowerShell script writing and troubleshooting skills
• Strong knowledge of Windows and macOS
• Prior experience with working independently on‑site with minimal supervision

Additional Skills and Experience

• CompTIA Network+, ITIL 4, ISO27001 or similar certification

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Contributory Pension Scheme (up to 10.5% company contribution)
• 6 times salary ‘Life Assurance’ with pension
• 25 days holiday (increasing with service) + statutory public holidays, plus opportunity to buy and sell up to 5 days (37hr)
• Company bonus scheme (discretionary)
• Flexible Benefits scheme with extensive salary sacrifice schemes, including Health Cashplan, Dental, and Cycle to Work amongst others
• Enhanced sick pay
• Enhanced family friendly policies including enhanced maternity, paternity & shared parental leave

Work Culture

• 37hr working week, although hours may vary depending on role, job requirement or site‑specific arrangements.
• Early 1.30pm finish Friday, start your weekend early!
• Remote, hybrid and site based working opportunities, dependant on your needs and the requirements of the role.
• Up to 5 paid days volunteering each year.
• Flexible working culture focused on output, with more formal flexible working arrangements on request (assessed subject to role) - please highlight any requests to the Talent Acquisition team.

RTX adheres to the principles of equal employment. All qualified applications will be given careful consideration without regard to ethnicity, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation or identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.

RTX adheres to the principles of equal employment. All qualified applications will be given careful consideration without regard to ethnicity, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation or identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.

Privacy Policy and Terms: Click on this link to read the Policy and Terms RTX is an aerospace and defense company that provides advanced systems and services for commercial, military and government customers worldwide. It comprises three industry-leading businesses – Collins Aerospace, Pratt & Whitney, and Raytheon. Its 195,000 employees enable the company to operate at the edge of known science as they imagine and deliver solutions that push the boundaries in quantum physics, electric propulsion, directed energy, hypersonics, avionics and cybersecurity. The company, formed in 2020 through the combination of Raytheon Company and the United Technologies Corporation aerospace businesses, is headquartered in Arlington, Virginia.