Software Development Lead

Job description

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. BAE Systems Digital Intelligence are seeking a dynamic and ambitious Software Development Lead to join a high-performing team engaged on a range of large-scale public sector engagements. You will operate as the technical bridge between Product and Delivery, Engineering, and Platform Operations teams, driving collaboration and alignment across the software delivery lifecycle. You will establish and govern the processes, platforms and automation capabilities required for high-quality software delivery while continuously improving them. The processes and tools you will implement will enable engineering teams to efficiently transform source code and associated artefacts into deployable software and fully configured environments while maintaining scalability, security, compliance and operational excellence. Please note that this role requires a NV2 Security Clearance to start the role with a potential uplift to PV. Given the nature of the work, you will be required to work onsite five days a week. Key Responsibilities: Lead, mentor, and develop a team of software engineers to successfully deliver projects on time, within scope, and to agreed quality standards. Design and deliver container orchestration solutions to support the deployment, management, scaling, and networking of containerised workloads. Lead the design, build, and maintenance of automation solutions for application and infrastructure delivery. Work in multi-disciplinary teams to problem solve, knowledge share, and collaborate to achieve common goals. Responsible for managing on-going BAU support of platforms in operation environments, including change and incident management, service requests, and proactive monitoring and maintenance. Ensure security is considered early in the development lifecycle and constantly maintained. Design and document architectures using best practice, patterns, and frameworks. Identify and drive improvements to engineering processes, standards, and ways of working. Lead technical and delivery discussions with stakeholders and represent the team and organisation in external engagements. Skills & Experience in your Toolkit: Technical Leadership – Demonstrated ability to lead, mentor, and develop engineers while driving successful delivery of complex technology initiatives. Stakeholder Engagement – Experience leading client and stakeholder discussions and representing the team and organisation professionally. Continuous Integration – skilled in the tooling and principles of continually building, testing, and integrating the software that developers produce. Continuous Deployment – skilled in the automation of the deployment of the artefacts produced by the CI. Experience with IaC frameworks such as Terraform and Ansible will be highly regarded. Configuration Management – practice good configuration and source code control of all artefacts. Cloud Platforms – should be confident with the configuration and use of a least one public or private Cloud platform. Operating Systems – familiarity of the configuration and use of Linux based environments (RHEL is preferred). Containerisation – experience with at least one containerisation platform and orchestration tool. High-level understanding of application development technology to enable build and deployment. Legacy infrastructures – need to be able to understand impact and management of legacy technology in certain projects. Experience with object-oriented languages such as Java or .Net. Experience with secure development environments and practices. Familiarity with Cross Domain Solutions (CDS) concepts and technologies will be highly regarded. 7+ years experience working in a similar role. Candidates who do not meet every listed requirement are still encouraged to apply if they are willing to learn and grow in the role. BAE Systems Digital Intelligence is creating an environment for engineers to grow and maximise their potential, providing the platform to learn and innovate, as they encourage a growth mindset. This is a unique opportunity for a dynamic and ambitious Software Development Lead to join a global service provider at the forefront of highly impactful, critical government projects. BAE Systems Digital Intelligence provides a structured career path with extensive scope for career progression, as well as a market leading remuneration package. 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.