We serve and protect those who serve and protect us. Attracting and retaining the sharpest minds is essential for a globally competitive UK Defence Information 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 Defence Information (DI) Business

Customers around the world increasingly demand information and technology solutions that deliver advantage, communications, planning, operations and cyber protection. Defence Information is where BAE Systems designs and builds the solutions, adopting cutting edge IT for incorporation into products and services for our customers.

DI have a wide range of opportunities that will allow development and growth within one of the UK's largest employers. We welcome applications from talented individuals from any background who are willing to grow with us. We can be flexible on what that means to you, depending on where you are within your career and personal circumstances. You will find friends here, so why not bring your friends too.

We welcome applicants who have never considered a career in the Defence Industry; join us and you'll be encouraged and rewarded to excel in this important work

Integration Engineer

We currently have a vacancy for a Integration Engineer at our site in Hillend and Christchurch.

At BAE Systems Defence Information we develop world-class cutting-edge solutions for our customers, and we need skilled, enthusiastic, and motivated people to work with us and help retain our market leading reputation and to deliver on our commitments.

We have a role within our business as we continue to deliver our existing project while also growing and developing new and innovative solutions for the future, working at the cutting-edge of technology.

This Integration Engineer role will offer you the opportunity to be part of a project team working across the country and will provide an excellent first step into the business. We offer exciting career paths and opportunities for those with a passion and natural interest for technology. If you are interested in putting your skills to the test, then we want to hear from you.

This exciting role will provide the successful candidate with excellent career opportunities across our programmes of work and provide great opportunities to gain experience working closely with our customers within their environments.

Your main responsibilities as a Integration Engineer will involve:

• Understanding and interpreting customer requirements.
• Creating high level and detailed system designs
• Working within Agile, Scrum methodologies
• Performing technical studies & producing associated reports with recommendations
• Developing options for potential solutions
• Producing technical documentation
• Evolving existing ideas and providing innovative solutions
• System Integration, through life support and test activities (functional and environmental)
• Hardware assembly and installation
• Peer reviewing of tasks and testing of infrastructure

Your skills and qualifications:

• Proven track record of installation delivery and support experience within customers operational environments
• Ability to communicate at all levels
• In-depth knowledge of Microsoft and Linux operating systems
• Development using CI/CD pipelines & tools
• Flexible compute such as AWS, Azure, Google, Nutanix, VMware etc
• Understanding of Cisco, Juniper, Palo Alto & Fortinet networking devices

Desirable Qualifications

• ITIL 4
• Cisco certified network associate (CCNA)
• CompTIA (A+, Cloud+, Security+)
• Microsoft certified solutions associate/expert (MCSA/MCSE)
• Microsoft Certified Azure Fundamentals
• AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
• VCP - VMware Certified Professional

What we are looking for in you:

• Proven track record in the delivery of complex IT solutions.
• Highly competent in a wide range of IT skills, including mobile devices, cloud environments, artificial intelligence, machine learning, data centres and servers, networking appliances and support infrastructure.
• Ambitious engineers with a natural appreciation for technology.
• Good academic background in relevant subject, for example Computing, Programming, Electronic Systems, Systems Engineering, Networking, Cyber, Physics
• Innovators and inventors.
• Good technical writing ability

Location: Hillend or Christchurch

Salary: Competitive

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.

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.