Software Engineer (Senior) Hybrid

Guildford, Surrey
BAE
Location(s): UK, Europe & Africa : UK : Guildford

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.

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced / senior Software Engineer to join our growing telecommunications business unit. We deliver next generation cyber, communications and intelligence solutions for law enforcement. Our work helps law enforcement fight organised crime, counter terrorism and affects many “life at risk” situations daily – your role will have real impact.

What you could be doing for us:

At the forefront of our vision is BAE Systems’ latest release for data retention – DataRetain Cloud Edition; this combines the flexibility of the public cloud environment with the security, control and separation of a traditional physical data retention solution.

Our small focussed teams work on some of the latest technologies that ingest millions of records per second into massively scalable data stores – these are true Big Data systems. You’ll be contributing to systems design and development decisions affecting the integration of existing and future systems.

You will join agile development teams, practicing hybrid working in a relaxed, friendly but technically challenging area of the business. We generally meet in our Guildford office every two weeks but there is some flexibility in this. You will work within strongly customer focused teams where “DevOps culture” is an absolutely core part of the how we do engineering.

As this is a senior role, you will use your leadership experience to guide teams, particularly more junior personnel, supporting their development. BAE Systems DI has a strong history of promoting from within, meaning we can offer the opportunity to take your career to the next level – in an internationally recognised business.

Your day to day tasks will include:

• Full lifecycle software development in Java.
• Delivering high quality incremental software releases directly into the Cloud.
• Participating in large-scale system integrations, regular demos, training and business development activities.
• Implementing and improving CI/CD pipelines in Jenkins.
• Writing infrastructure-as-code in Typescript
• Ideally, you will have some experience in the above but for the right candidate with the right aptitude we will be willing to train you up as long as you are experienced in Java.

What skills and experience are we looking for?

• You will need considerable experience of working as a software engineer using Java.
• Experience in React also preferred.
• Experienced in writing tests for existing and new code to ensure compatibility and stability
• Able to use different types of source control (preferably Git), be familiar with continuous integration, test-driven development and be prepared to use Agile development techniques to incrementally deliver working software
• You will work well within small teams, taking ownership of and delivering high quality software – you should take pride in the software you produce.

Experience of any of the following technologies / skills useful, but not essential – we focus on aptitude and potential:

• AWS, Azure, Typescript, Elasticsearch, Docker
• Software Architecture (especially Microservices and Event-driven)
• Spring Boot, Apache Maven, React
• Javascript/JSP/JQuery/HTML
• Prometheus/Grafana
• Ansible
• Big Data Platforms, Knowledge of telecoms

How we will support you:

• Work-life balance is important; you’ll get 25 days holiday a year and, via our flexible benefits package the option to buy/sell and carry over from the year before
• Our flexible benefits package includes; private medical and dental insurance, a competitive pension scheme, cycle to work scheme, taste cards and more
• You’ll have a dedicated Career Manager to help you develop your career and guide you on your journey through BAE
• Don’t know a particular technology? Your learning and development is key to your future career
• You’ll be part of our bonus scheme
• You are welcome to join any/all of our Diversity and Support groups. These groups cover everything from gender diversity to mental health and well being.

Security Clearance

Only those with the permanent and unrestricted right to live and work in the UK will be considered. Successful candidates will be required to go through Government security clearance at basic level prior to starting with us, progressing to SC level in the future.

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.