Operational Cyber Software Engineer

BAE Systems; Gloucester; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job description

Location(s): Gloucester or London

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: Operational Cyber Software Engineer

Requisition ID: 121398

Location: Gloucester or London – Full-time onsite work required, with consideration for both full and part-time applicants – please speak to your recruiter about the options

Grade: GG10 – GG12

Our world-class team of Software Engineers and Reverse Engineers tackle some of the most interesting problems with a meaningful and tangible impact on the national security of the UK. We are growing our Cyber Developer team significantly and are looking for a diverse range of talent from experienced Software Engineers with a proven track record to those with a keen interest and aptitude looking to develop their skills in this exciting space!

We have a community of technical specialists with a friendly and inclusive culture with great opportunities to learn from experts and make use of a carefully curated training plan with some of the best trainers and conferences available.

Our focus is on a wide variety of devices, platforms, and technologies. Development or reverse engineering experience with mobile (Android, iOS), firmware, Linux, IoT, and Windows is useful but most important is a willingness to learn as all of our projects bring new and interesting challenges.

What you'll be doing

• Understand various development methodologies, and how they fit in with different delivery approaches.
• Factor operational security requirements into system design, development, and testing.
• Conduct, support, and encourage constructive code reviews for peers.
• Adopt a pragmatic approach to changing customer requirements and priorities, reporting on the impact and suggesting appropriate aspects to de-scope.
• Embrace emerging technology and language trends, evaluating beneficial emerging tools and championing their adoption and rollout.
• Conduct software development in line with the business and industry best practices.
• Identify risks associated with software development tasks and mitigate and/or escalate as necessary.
• Plan appropriate testing approaches (eg physical/virtual/real-world) and justify them according to the different risk profiles.
• Model and perform analysis on problems and solutions.
• Design, code, and document software from a logical design.
• Overcome development obstacles to deliver quality code within time and budget constraints.
• Collaborate with team members to integrate developed code seamlessly into the solution.
• Implement continuous integration where appropriate.
• Define and write test scripts and unit, integration, and system tests for developed software.

What we're looking for

Essential:

Knowledge:

• Familiarity with a variety of development tools (IDEs, debuggers, source control).
• Principles of high-assurance development.
• Development techniques such as unit testing, mocking, continuous integration, and test-driven development.
• Understanding of how the specific customer domain affects the software under development.
• Awareness of IT security as a major issue for companies and governments.

Skills:

• Intermediate/advanced understanding of how computers work (eg stack/heap distinction, compiled/interpreted languages).
• Proficient with at least 1 “solution” language (eg C++, Java, C#).
• Proficient with at least 1 “utility” language (eg Python, Javascript, Perl, Powershell).
• Able to use and configure more than one major operating system (eg Windows, OSX, Linux, FreeBSD).
• Able to pick up new languages easily.

Technologies:

• Operational developers are expected to have a high degree of flexibility.

Desirable:

Skills:

• Communicating technical concerns with a non-technical audience.
• Innovative problem solving.
• Team working.
• Team leadership.

Technologies:

• Visual Studio
• Eclipse
• Git
• SVN
• Jira
• Linux
• Win32 API
• Posix
• Networking
• Mobile development

How you will be supported:

• 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.
• You can work around core hours with flexible and part-time working.
• 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 Systems Digital Intelligence.
• Don’t know a particular technology? Your learning and development is key to your future career.
• You’ll be part of our bonus scheme.
• 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.

Applicants will need to be eligible to work in the UK and be able to successfully achieve an eDV UK security clearance. For more details, please click here.

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, rewards integrity and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently under represented within our industry, including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities, and LGBTQ+ individuals.

We also 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.

Life at BAE Systems Digital Intelligence

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.