Job Description

Location(s): UK, Europe & Africa : UK : London UK, Europe & Africa : UK : Gloucester

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.

Role Description

The role holder:

The Application Architect is responsible for the overall design of an application, or several applications, ensuring that the application meets its functional and non-functional requirements. The individual would typically be an experienced software Engineer, expert in one or more development languages and is therefore able to set the direction of the design, development and methods used for a development team.

The individual may work as part of a development or architecture team, depending upon project size, and is capable of managing a team of System Developers/Designers or Application Architects. They will be involved in aspects of estimation, planning and risk management, ensuring delivery to agreed timescales and quality standards.

Application architects select and tailor the processes appropriate to govern the technical quality of applications development as it is executed.

Typically architects will work with senior client stakeholders to understand, influence and shape requirements and solution approaches. They will deploy an excellent understanding of mainstream and emerging applications and providers with a flair for evangelism where they can apply innovative solutions involving both COTS and bespoke applications.

Application Architects must deliver solutions with consideration of through-life operation such as operational support and management, integration, change and extension, migration and re-platforming, productisation, re-use, withdrawal/retirement and disposal.

Key Accountabilities

The role holder:

The primary accountabilities of the Infrastructure Engineer include:

Experience and knowledge of:

• Apache Web Server

• PostreSQL

• Elasticsearch

• Docker Swarm, Containers and Daemons networking

• keycloak

• MongoDB infrastructure

• Jenkins infrastructure

• AWS VM capabilities

• Ansible
• 100% on site
• Location: Bristol
• Esc Will be required - application as soon as candidate accepted
• SC to start
• Carry out agreed operational procedures of a routine and progressive nature, under instruction
• Contribute to maintenance, installation and problem resolution
• Carry out virtual and physical infrastructure/network/storage builds and rebuilds
• Contribute to the creation, improvement and maintenance of accurate documentation
• Provide pro-active maintenance of IT platforms, ensuring secure and efficient operation, following recognized best practice
• Contributes to the build and implementation of releases on projects following detailed architectural designs, contributing to the test and transition to the target solution
• Assist in the preparation of detailed technical delivery plans.
• Support knowledge sharing amongst other team members

Competencies

Please refer to the Engineering Career Development Framework for a detailed description of the technical competencies required within your Capability area. This will include an outline of the required:

• Knowledge
• Skillls
• Qualifications

Behaviours

• Information on the BAE Systems Company Behaviours is available here .
• For further insight into how BAE Systems Behaviours can be applied to each grade within Engineering please refer to the Engineering Career Development Framework

The 3 key behaviours of focus for this role are:

• Courage
• Creativity
• Integrity

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.

Division overview: Capabilities

At BAE Systems Digital Intelligence, we pride ourselves in being a leader in the cyber defence industry, and Capabilities is the engine that keeps the business moving forward. It is the largest area of Digital Intelligence, containing our Engineering, Consulting and Project Management teams that design and implement the defence solutions and digital transformation projects that make us a globally recognised brand in both the public and private sector.

As a member of the Capabilities team, you will be creating and managing the solutions that earn us our place in an ever changing digital world. We all have a role to play in defending our clients, and this is yours.

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