Air

We serve and protect those who serve and protect us. Attracting and retaining the sharpest minds is essential for a globally competitive UK Air Business. Our aim is to recruit the very best talent. At BAE we want to be the leading employer in defence and security for valuing diversity and inclusion. We care about difference in all forms and want to create an inclusive environment where everyone can be themselves and reach their full potential.

We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently under-represented within our industry, including women, people from ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals. We also want to be a preferred home for veterans and reservists.

At BAE Systems we are committed to supporting work life balance for all our employees and embrace a range of modern working practices, which aim to enhance flexibility for individuals whilst also enabling business performance. Flexibility provisions vary by role, but include; hybrid working arrangements, flexible working patterns and shift working.

Our Air Business

If you'd like to make a real difference where it counts, BAE Systems is the place for you.

From keeping soldiers, sailors and pilots safe to helping countries prosper, from developing the next generation of supersonic aircraft to investing in the next generation of super-smart talent - at BAE Systems, we work together to give our customers an essential edge in protecting the things that really matter. Lives, livelihoods, ways of life.

As part of our Air team, you could be working at the edge of what is technologically possible, shaping the future to ensure our customers are ready to face challenges we cannot even imagine today. You could be developing and evolving the technologies that will defend the UK for generations to come and supporting our customers around the globe.

Join us and you'll be encouraged and rewarded to excel in this important work. Apply your talent where it counts.

Digital Technologist - Air Labs

Would you like the opportunity to contribute to the development of the skills and technology to help take BAE Systems into the cloud era? We currently have a vacancy for a Digital Technologist - Air Labs at our site in Warton.

As a Digital Technologist you will be working with leading edge cloud technologies from Microsoft, AWS (amazon web services), Google and Open Source to create the Air Sector compute platform of the future.

You will identify and research technologies and approaches, also performing experiments and demonstrations to prove the concept, technology and value of cloud native computing (within the Air Labs environment) readying them for adoption, production and scale.

You will work with other parts of Advanced Project and Technology and the IM&T Function ensuring a clear technology strategy and direction are created and communicated, with specific alignment into Capability Planning, Architecture, Engineering and Service Management.

This role will provide you with exciting opportunities to work with different technologies and functions across the business.

Your main responsibilities as a Digital Technologist will involve:

• Identifying and developing digital and information capabilities, enabling critical technologies to develop, drive operational excellence, digitise existing products /services or support the launch of new information centric products or services.
• Developing digital and information technologies, infrastructure and services helping evolve the future digital "Tech Stack"
• Working with hybrid cloud computing infrastructure, HPC (High Performance Computing) , data platform, network and gateway, collaboration, AI / ML (Artificial intelligence and Machine Learning) , API platform (Application programming interface) , analytics, automation, digital twin, IoT (Internet of Things) , user experience and mobile platform, digital workplace.
• Developing and maintaining elements of digital technology strategy and roadmap relevant to the above
• Performing horizon scanning and identifying opportunities for value generation, from new technologies and approaches, collaborating with academia, research agencies, partners and the digital supply chain.
• Developing and maintaining knowledge of software defined infrastructure, cloud native technologies including knowledge of the Azure, AWS and Google technology stacks.

Your skills and qualifications:

Essential:

• The ability to provide detailed advice regarding the application of digital technologies and executing specialised tasks.
• Demonstrable experience leading design and evaluation of digital capabilities ensuring the capability in digital approaches, technologies and business models
• Experience of monitoring external environments, gathering intelligence on emerging technologies
• The ability to assess and document impacts, threats and opportunities to the organisation
• Experience of creating reports and technology roadmaps

Desirables:

• Experience of agreeing objectives and requirements for future digital and informational technology required by programmes
• Experience of leading/contributing to writing papers, technical proposals, business justifications, reports and standards documentation.
• Experience of contributing to research goals and funding proposals.
• Ability to review systems designs by others, ensuring appropriate technology, efficient use of resources, and integration of multiple systems and technology
• Understanding of system strategies that map out the future systems landscape and roadmap
• Degree level in numerate or technical discipline / Degree qualified in relevant area with relevant experience

What we are looking for in you:

You should have good communication both written and verbal. You should feel comfortable working as part of a team, as well as being proactive to be able to prioritise your own workloads. You should have a good understanding of IT and digital technologies.

Location: Warton, we are currently operating on a hybrid working arrangement

Salary: £44,481+

Benefits

Our employees receive an excellent benefits package which includes a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave allowance and a Company contributed Share Incentive Plan. We also offer a range of additional benefits such as flexible working, an employee assistance programme, Cycle2work and many local and national employee discounts. Some employees may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

BAE Systems

BAE Systems is one of the world's leading global defence, security and aerospace companies. We work at the cutting edge of technology, creating more than 100 new inventions every year for customers in over 100 countries.

Please be aware that many roles working for BAE Systems will be subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors including your nationality, any previous nationalities you have held, and/or your place of birth may limit those roles that you can perform for the organisation.

Due to the volume of applications we receive, we sometimes close our vacancies early. It is therefore advisable to apply as early as possible if you would like to be considered for a role with BAE Systems.