Job Title: End User Compute Engineer - Windows Platforms
Location: Surrey. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements - please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.
Salary: Up to £60,000 depending on skills and experience
What you’ll be doing: - Oversee the end-to-end process for building and maintaining Windows 10/11 images. Create and develop best practices and procedures for Windows
- Provide support for IM&T Infrastructure, including networks, Linux, and Windows systems and applications
- Maximise desktop performance by monitoring, troubleshooting, and scheduling upgrades
- Undertake fault investigations in local and remote environments using multiple information sources
- Secure Windows systems by establishing and enforcing policies, defining, and monitoring access; support and administer firewall and switched network environments in line with IT security policies
- Collaborate with the team to develop solutions approved by Architecture and deployed into through-life support
- Research problems and issues, gather information from various sources, and review defects on platforms or assemblies to fully understand and resolve problems
Your skills and experiences: Essential:
- Proficient in VMware (vCenter/ESXi, Horizon, App Volumes)
- Expertise in Windows 10, Windows 11, and VMware Horizon
- Good understanding of Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, etc
- Experience in security hardening (CIS benchmarks)
- Familiarity with automation tools (e.g., PowerShell, Packer)
Desirable:
- Familiarity with Aria Operations (vROPs), LibreNMS
- Experience with HashiCorp tools (Packer, Terraform), and scripting languages (Python)
- Working knowledge of Bamboo/Bitbucket
- Experience with Confluence/Jira
- Familiarity with ServiceNow
- Basic knowledge of Linux systems
- Knowledge of NGINX/Apache, Antivirus Tools (e.g., Trellix/SEP), Tanium, and Backup/BCP/DR strategies
Benefits: As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts - you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.
The IT team: Are you ready to join our Enterprise IT business and work on application support and projects for BAE Systems? We are seeking a skilled End User Computer Engineer to join our team. In this role, you will manage and monitor Linux desktop services and their supporting infrastructure components, ensuring they meet our defined Service Level Agreements within an ITIL Framework.
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 underrepresented 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.
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.
Closing Date: 21st March 2025
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
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