Location(s): UK, Europe & Africa : UK : Guildford || UK, Europe & Africa : UK : Gloucester 

Job Title:  Infrastructure Engineer

Location: Guildford, Gloucester, hybrid

We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements - please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role

What you’ll be doing

• Design and Develop Infrastructure: Create high-quality infrastructure solutions and maintain existing systems to ensure optimal performance and reliability.
• Monitor Performance: Oversee infrastructure performance and health, ensuring continuous availability.
• Technical Issue Management: Troubleshoot support issues across complex development environments. 
• Service Desk Support: Act as the escalation point for IT issues raised through the Service Desk, performing triage, prioritization, and resolution.
• Automation and Documentation: Write scripts for automation and document deployed systems and working practices.
• Security and Compliance: Enhance security, confidentiality, and integrity of IM&T environments by ensuring compliance with relevant regulations.
• Collaboration and Improvement: Work with suppliers and peers to continuously improve delivery and support core delivery objectives.
• Team Leadership: Mentor team members, provide technical guidance, and support the GD1 Service Manager with adherence to company Cyber Security Standards.

Your skills and experiences

Essential

• Experience: 3+ years in an Infrastructure Engineer role.
• Technical Knowledge: Strong knowledge of IT technologies including Windows Platforms, Linux, server management, cloud platforms (VMWare), Citrix, Networking (Cisco), and enterprise management technologies.
• Problem Solving: Ability to develop and implement innovative solutions and apply subject matter knowledge to resolve issues.
• Communication Skills: Excellent verbal and written communication skills, capable of explaining technical concepts to multiple stakeholders.
• Team Collaboration: Ability to work within a team and collaborate with internal and external stakeholders.
• Security Clearance: Must hold, or be willing to obtain, SC clearance as a minimum.

Desirable

• Certifications: MCSE, RHCE, RHCA, VCP, VCAP, CompTIA Network+, or Cisco Certifications.
• Third-Party Management: Experience working with 3rd Party IT service suppliers and partners.
• Organizational Experience: Experience in large, matrixed organizations and managing conflicting priorities

Benefits

As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing & lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive

The Engineering Systems team within DI IT delivers and maintains resilient infrastructure solutions, playing a key role in advancing the DI IT roadmap. This position involves providing consulting, design, and implementation support to the wider DI engineering community. It’s an excellent opportunity for someone eager to apply their technical expertise while driving innovation to enhance IT capabilities and support business objectives.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our industry, including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals.

We also want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks

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