Application Support Engineer

Location

Preston, Lancashire | United Kingdom

Job description

Job title: Application Support Engineer

Location: Warton - We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements - please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role

Salary: £45,326-£49,834 (dependent on skills and experience)

What you'll be doing:

The role will be hands-on working as part of a team of technical specialists who are jointly responsible for providing:

• Build Specification and configuration of key engineering applications (e.g. PLM and CAD systems) on Windows and Unix environments
• Installation and setup of underlying infrastructure required by the engineering applications such as relational databases (e.g. Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL) and Middleware (Tomcat, Wildfly, IIS)
• Analysis of production issues with an ability to problem solve and purpose pragmatic solutions to issues related to the installation and support of these applications
• Instructions to enable the deployment or upgrade of application changes and process upgrades, as well as providing business integration to support the implementation of those changes into production and non-production environments

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

• Proven experience of working in an application installation or support role in either a Windows or Unix/Linux environment
• Scripting experience either Windows PowerShell/DOS Batch files, Unix scripts, SQL scripting
• Experience of application packaging configuration and testing both client and servers
• An understanding of architectural models and operating systems

Desirable:

• A general understanding of PLM and CAD Systems
• Experience of working in the engineering environment

Benefits:

You'll receive benefits including a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave allowance and a Company contributed Share Incentive Plan. You'll also have access to additional benefits such as flexible working, an employee assistance programme, Cycle2work and employee discounts - you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Engineering Systems Competency Centre (ESCC):

The Engineering Systems Competency Centre (ESCC) within IM&T (Information Management & Technology) is looking to expand its existing application infrastructure capability and build a team that will undertake the installation, configuration and management of multiple engineering application environments. The ideal candidate will possess strong IT and problem solving skills with the confidence to pick up and train on new applications

The team will also be responsible for documenting build processes and installation steps to provide a secure, fully supported, stable service for the infrastructure element of the application infrastructure service to the ESCC clients

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 working for BAE Systems will be subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors including your nationality, any previous nationalities you have held, and your place of birth may limit those roles you can perform for the organisation.

Closing Date: 14th March 2024

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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Salary

£45.33k - £49.83k per annum