BAE Systems Digital Intelligence
Graduate Infrastructure Engineer
Start date: June or September 2023
Base location: Guildford

Here at BAE Systems Digital Intelligence, we are committed to helping governments, organisations and society navigate digital threats and opportunities. Whether it's leveraging data to digitally transform operations or securing organisations and nations from cyber threats, we combine our unrivalled security and engineering heritage to help our clients navigate the data-reliant digital landscape.

As the cyber and intelligence arm of BAE Systems, we employ over 3,500 people across 15 countries in North America, APAC, Europe and the Middle East. With our distinguished heritage, we relish the opportunity to transform digital and data practices, defence, intelligence, security and society for government agencies, law enforcement, financial services, and critical infrastructure.

The graduate programme is designed to give you ownership of your career aspirations, supported by training and practical experience to help you succeed. You will be part of our Future Talent Community and be assigned a Career Manager, who will support and guide you throughout your career with us. All of this is designed to complement your career development, fuel your ambition, and give depth to your training and career.

Role Profile

As a Graduate Infrastructure Engineer, you will work as a part of a project team, alongside skilled and experienced individuals who are motivated to train and coach you on the day-to-day skills required to work closely with our customers, both internal and external. You will learn the tools, techniques and approaches used by engineering professionals and apply them in a controlled environment to ensure projects are delivered on time, to quality and to budget. Graduate Engineers will support their team to ensure that engineering practices are followed on all aspects of project definition and delivery.

You will be part of our Future Talent community which organises training, networking and social events to get involved with. We will support you with a Career Manager who will guide you through your career as it develops and we will encourage you to get involved in engineering outreach activities to inspire future generations of engineers.

Key responsibilities of an Infrastructure Engineer include:

• Understanding requirements and looking to design requirements to meet them, covering disciplines such as:

• Security
• Hardware platforms
• Hardware and application health monitoring
• Hardware and application logging
• Writing technical reports

• Assisting in the design and implementation of automated tests for system integration testing and regression testing.
• Assisting with and helping to ensure automated test script source code is sufficiently annotated to allow acceptance documentation to be automatically generated
• Working with test teams to ensure full coverage of acceptance tests at an early stage in the project lifecycle.
• Contributing to the writing of instructions to configure and deploy devices and applications in different environments.

Entry Requirements

• On track to achieve/ already achieved a 2:2 or above in a Science, Technology, Engineering or Maths subject
• A highly motivated problem-solver with a strong desire to approach a problem in a hands-on, practical manner;
• Excellent team working abilities;
• Quickly to learn and apply new technologies;
• Someone who can think on their feet.

Desired Technical Ability

Aptitude in one or more of the following:

• Network security & engineering, protocols (TCP/IP)
  • VMware ESXi/vCenter/vSphere
  • Active Directory/DNS/DHCP
  • Microsoft, O365, SharePoint, Server 2019, Win 10.
  • Linux/CentoOS/Ubuntu/Kali
  • Microsoft Office - specifically Microsoft Excel - Lookups, pivot tables
  
  
  Desired Competencies
  
  
  • Excellent analytical and numerical skills
  • The aptitude for solving complex/technical problems
  • Clear and effective communication skills
  • Articulate, both verbally and in writing
  • Objective and logical with an enquiring and creative mind
  • Ability to work as part of a team
  • Resilience under pressure
  • Desire to learn
  • Competence in Microsoft Office packages/ IT literate
  
  
  What's in it for you?
  
  
  • Work-life balance is important; you'll get 25 days holiday a year and, via our flexible benefits package the option to buy/sell and carry over from the year before
  • Our flexible benefits package includes; private medical and dental insurance, a competitive pension scheme, cycle to work scheme, taste cards and more
  • You'll have a dedicated Career Manager to help you develop your career and guide you on your journey through BAE
  • You are welcome to join any/all of our Diversity and Support groups. These groups cover everything from gender diversity to mental health and wellbeing.
  • £30,000 starting salary, rising to £35,000 over the course of the programme
  • £2,000 welcome payment
  
  
  Security Clearance
  
  Only those with the permanent and unrestricted right to live and work in the UK will be considered for a position within BAE Systems Digital Intelligence. Due to the nature of our work, successful candidates for this role will be required to go through Government SC clearance prior to starting with us. https://www.gov.uk/guidance/security-vetting-and-clearance
  
  What's next?
  
  • CV submission & review
  • Digital assessment
  • Live Interview
  
  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.
  
  About BAE Systems Digital Intelligence
  
  BAE Systems Digital Intelligence is home to 4,800 digital, cyber and intelligence experts. We work collaboratively across 16 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.
  
  Launched in 2022, Digital Intelligence is part of BAE Systems, and has a rich heritage in helping to defend nations and businesses around the world from advanced threats.