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Application Engineer
Location: Farnborough, UK
Clearance: High level of security clearance - (SC/ DV -Developed Vetting)
UNLEASH YOUR POTENTIAL
Leidos is an innovation company rapidly addressing the world's most vexing challenges in national security and health. Driven by our core values and customer focus, our employees collaborate to create smarter technology solutions for customers in these critical markets.
Due to an exciting win supporting UK Defence customers, we have a requirement for a security-cleared Application Engineer to focus on the integration, configuration and adaptation of the IBL Visual Weather product into a key critical system. This role will be based in the UK working at our Farnborough site, remotely and also with some travel to customer locations.
Are you ready for your next challenge?
Leidos has more than 30 years’ experience of developing and running some of the largest government systems in the world.
Being part of the Leidos team is a commitment to push yourself and those around you to do better, constantly adapt and learn new technologies.
Leidos is a global science and technology solutions leader working to solve the world's toughest challenges in the defence, intelligence, homeland security, civil, and health markets.
Everything we do is built on a commitment to do the right thing for our customers, our people and our community. Our mission and our values guide the way we do business. The foundation of our Leidos culture is our Values, Beliefs and Expectations by which we select, recognise and reward employees. They create the environment that drives us toward our mission.
Inspired to make a difference, we are committed to solving the world’s toughest problems.
Your Role and Responsibilities;
As a result of some exciting programme wins, we currently have a permanent vacancy for a Application Engineer with highly desirable experience in Visual Weather to support the integration and transition into live of a new IT application and infrastructure solution providing support to a critical operational end user.
The Application Engineer will provide input and expertise to maintain alignments with best practices and recommending Application integration process improvements. They will also support the development of junior engineers in the program/team.
This individual is expected to create an environment for innovation and technical mentoring. You will be self-motivated and be able to work autonomously to achieve day to day objectives with significant results on project or operational deliverables, whilst also owning a variety of activities ensuring compliance with project milestones and customer KPIs and SLAs. You must be an effective communicator, comfortable directly engaging with customers and colleagues. You must also demonstrate an analytical and systematic approach to technical challenges.
The successful individual will be expected to:
Provide DevOps skills engaging in a scrum team being an active part of its delivery and continuous improvement
Develop, test, document and deploy elements of the solution and ensure KT is appropriate for the movement into service
Work with delivery teams to design and implement and integrate modern, scalable products using a range of existing, new and emerging technologies
Collaborate with the wider teams seeking to learn and improve with every sprint
Communicate effectively across organisational, technical and political boundaries, understanding the context of the delivery
Work with Product Owners to understand user needs for workflows and UX configurations
WHO DO WE NEED?
We are looking for someone with excellent organisation communication and development skills who has:
Understanding and experience of the importance of secure by design and delivering within a secure environment
Experience in complex application deployment and integration in both Cloud and On-Prem environments
An understanding of DevOps tooling including Ansible, Jenkins and other pipeline technologies
Good knowledge & experience with development in, and software engineering best practices for:
Java, Python, JSON, Javascript, APIs, Web Services
Good experience of containerisation concepts and tools such as Docker and Kubernetes (EKS)
Experience of system integration methodologies and data visualisation
Good knowledge & experience of API development and management, including rigorous test and assurance processes
Experience and knowledge of SonarQube, JFrog, NiFi, Tomcat, Jira, Junit, Jmeter, Bitbucket, Nexus, Trivy, , Gitlab, and Bamboo
Good general knowledge of Networking Technologies including load balancing and firewalls
Highly Desirable: Experience with Visual Weather software
Desirable: Experience with OGC Web Serivces
Desirable: Experience with Thin Client Application delivery
Desirable: Working within a Scaled Agile Frameowrk (SAFe) delivery approach
Experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS), APIs and Data Distribution Protocols
Good analytical and problem-solving skills, taking ownership of complex incidents ensuring these are resolved to the satisfaction of the customer
Possess excellent written and verbal communication skills
Are you ready to make an impact? Begin your journey of a flourishing and meaningful career, share your CV with us today!
At Leidos, we deliver innovative solutions through the efforts of our diverse and talented people who are dedicated to our customers’ success. We empower our teams, contribute to our communities, and operate sustainably. Everything we do is built on a commitment to do the right thing for our customers, our people, and our community. Our Mission, Vision, and Values guide the way we do business.
What we do for you:
At Leidos we are PASSIONATE about customer success, UNITED as a team and INSPIRED to make a difference. We offer meaningful and engaging careers, a collaborative culture, and support for your career goals, all while nurturing a healthy work-life balance.
We provide an employment package that attracts, develops and retains only the best in talent. Our reward scheme includes:
• Contributory Pension Scheme
• Private Medical Insurance
• 33 days Annual Leave (including public and privilege holidays)
• Access to Flexible benefits (including life assurance, health schemes, gym memberships, annual buy and sell holidays and a cycle to work scheme)
• Dynamic Working
Commitment to Diversity:
We welcome applications from every part of the community and are committed to a truly diverse and inclusive culture. We foster a sense of belonging, welcoming all perspectives and contributions, and providing equal access to opportunities and resources for everyone. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages please let us know, and we will respond in a way that best fits your needs.
Who We Are:
Leidos UK & EUROPE – we work to make the world safer, healthier, and more efficient through technology, engineering and science.
Leidos is a growing company delivering innovative technology and solutions focused on safeguarding critical capabilities and transformation in frontline services, our work in the United Kingdom includes addressing some of the most complex problems in defence, healthcare, government, safety and security, and transportation.
What Makes Us Different:
Purpose: you can use your passion and abilities at Leidos to keep the people you care about safe. We are at the forefront of machine learning, AI, cyber security and solutions. Using your skills in the technology frontline by helping to build a safer world. You can inspire change.
Collaboration: having flexibility to do your job is one of our core benefits, enabling you to become part of our extraordinary team. We have been empowering our people to work flexibly for years. Whether you work from home, the office or on customer sites, we will give you the digital tools and the flexibility to work smarter and align your needs and ours.
People: Leidos empowers people from every background to be themselves and gives you the tools to learn new skills by enabling growth whilst developing. We believe that extraordinary people need opportunities to grow, to be inspired and to inspire others. At Leidos, we invest in technical academies, career rotations and a career development plans that enhance your future.
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