Infrastructure Engineer

Location(s): UK, Europe & Africa : UK : Leeds

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.

Job Title: Infrastructure Engineer Location: Leeds, this position will be based wholly on-site, due to the secure nature of the role we are unable to offer hybrid working

What you’ll be doing

• Designing, deploying and optimising secure infrastructure solutions across multiple environments.

• Leading technical delivery and providing engineering expertise on complex projects.

• Developing automation and scripting solutions to improve operational efficiency.

• Acting as an escalation point for complex technical incidents and problem resolution.

• Supporting architecture, service evolution and continuous improvement initiatives.

• Collaborating with security, business and supplier teams to ensure secure and resilient service delivery.

• Producing and maintaining technical documentation, designs and operational procedures.

• Coaching and mentoring engineers to enhance team capability and engineering standards.

Your skills and experiences

• Strong experience with Windows and Linux operating systems.

• Expertise in VMware virtualisation technologies.

• Knowledge of VDI, networking, storage and backup technologies.

• Experience designing secure, scalable and resilient infrastructure solutions.

• Strong troubleshooting and root cause analysis skills.

• Automation and scripting experience.

• Understanding of cyber security principles within secure environments.

• Experience working within Agile and ITIL frameworks.

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 IT Engineering team delivers and supports mission-critical infrastructure services that underpin key National Security and Government programmes. Working across a range of technologies and secure environments, the team combines technical excellence, innovation and collaboration to deliver secure and resilient solutions that support critical customer outcomes.

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 of thought, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome people from all backgrounds and 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.

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: Government At BAE Systems Digital Intelligence, we pride ourselves in being a leader in the cyber defence industry, and Government contracts are an area we have many decades of experience in. Government and key infrastructure networks are critical targets to defend as the effects of these networks being breached can be devastating. As a member of the Government business unit, you will defend the connected world and ensure the protection of nations. We all have a role to play in defending our clients, and this is yours.