Infrastructure Engineer in Frimley

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.

Location: Hybrid 2-3 days onsite at Frimley with regular travel to Guildford, Farnborough

What you could be doing for us:

• The design of the technical infrastructure to support the whole solution.
• The production of all supporting designs for inclusion in the LLD and the associated configuration of the solution.
• The build, commissioning and acceptance of the technical solution.
• Delivering a coherent and technically integrated solution in line with the requirements.
• Run, support and attend all appropriate workshops and meetings.
• Managing the Bill of Materials and ensuring delivery of all items in line with the project schedule.
• Supervising the installation and commissioning of the infrastructure, including the appropriate sub-contractors.
• Updating and managing the Bill of Materials with approved changes and updated technical specifications in line with the infrastructure design.
• Stakeholder management as it pertains to the infrastructure design.

The role is accountable for:

• The infrastructure design, configuration and transfer of an integrated solution; any design issues are to be highlighted to the SDA immediately.
• The accuracy, coherence and completeness of the technology solution requirements.
• The coherence and completeness of the design of the project's infrastructure solution including efficient and effective integration with stakeholders and suppliers' capability.
• Integrating with the Engineering pillar to ensure that all work is aligned to the appropriate Quality and Engineering standards.
• Adherence to the Engineering Management Plan and specifically in meeting the solution requirements of the project and adhering to Engineering policies and mandates and reporting progress through engineering metrics.
• Support the development of the business processes associated with the operation of infrastructure being delivered.
• The delivery of the technical solution through design, acceptance testing and into live service operation.
• Provision of support to overall development of the solution.

Essential skills and experience required to be considered:

• Campus networking experience - design, build and config (typical vendors Dell, Juniper, Palo Alto, Fortinet, Arista).
• Detailed knowledge of IP networking, DNS, routing, VPN, firewalls.
• Experience in network design and familiarity with domain control including AD, DNS, NPS.
• Experience in virtual servers and networking using technologies such as VMWare, Proxmox.
• Ability to analyse and understand existing designs and requirements.
• Experience working in handling physical hardware in environments supporting rack build, networking, troubleshooting.
• Experience working in reference environments assisting in dynamic configuration changes.
• Experience in the complete development lifecycle using a range of methodologies.
• A good understanding of working with DevOps and some Ansible expertise.
• Ability to decompose requirements and formulate designs.

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.

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.