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Infrastructure Engineer

Gloucester

Open to all levels of experience for current active eDV holders

At Raytheon UK, we take immense pride in being a leader in defence and aerospace technology. As an employer, we are dedicated to fuelling innovation, nurturing talent, and fostering a culture of excellence.

Joining our team means being part of an organisation that shapes the future of national security whilst investing in your growth and personal development. We provide a collaborative environment, abundant opportunities for professional development, and a profound sense of purpose in what we do. Together, we are not just advancing technology; were building a community committed to safeguarding a safer and more connected world.

As a leading defence and aerospace company operating across the United Kingdom, Raytheon UK helps to solve our customers’ toughest challenges. We are a major supplier to the UK government and customers around the globe, providing defence solutions across all domains: land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace. We also provide digital and training transformation solutions to commercial and military customers.

With circa 2000 employees and major facilities operating throughout the UK including Broughton (Wales), Livingston and Glenrothes (Scotland), and Harlow, Gloucester, and Manchester (England); we are committed to investing in British careers and technology development.

Our Cyber & Intelligence business deliver mission-critical solutions that safeguard our national security 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Working in a mature, agile environment, our SCRUM teams work synchronously with our customers to solve some of the toughest digital challenges faced in the world today.

Work as an Infrastructure Engineer at any level within a team, contributing to delivering and maintaining operational systems in our many business areas.

This opportunity will be an office-based role at our Gloucester site, with potential opportunity for an element of hybrid working.

This role requires the applicant to hold an active eDV clearance.

Role & Responsibilities:

• Perform system administration and backup tasks
• Assist in the investigation and resolution of issues relating to applications, networks and services
• Contribute to maintenance, installation and problem resolution
• Researching and resolving system design issues
• Provide interpretation of requirements and design into the component design and implementation

Candidate Requirements:

Essential skills

• Experience working within an Agile / SCRUM / DevOps delivery model
• Experience as a Systems Engineer in software intensive programmes covering full engineering lifecycle from requirements decomposition to acceptance and customer sign off
• Understanding of the complexities in design and implementation of large-scale information systems
• Ability to take responsibility for technical aspects of a project, and to work closely with project management to deliver
• Linux administration and deployment
• Understanding of server, storage and desktop hardware

Desirable Skills/Experience

• Experience working in a Linux environment (RedHat, CentOS)
• Knowledge of Windows Server, Active Directory, OU, User and Group Management
• Demonstrable experience of model-based systems architecture/engineering (e.g. MODAF, TOGAF)
• Knowledge of RedHat migrations
• Knowledge of networking health monitoring
• Knowledge of Concourse (writing pipelines, administering the cluster)
• Understanding of VMware vSphere ESXi
• Knowledge of Atlassian Suite
• Infrastructure as Code (e.g Terraform, Ansible)
• Docker / Kubernetes containerisation and orchestration
• Elasticsearch/Kibana

• Cloud services (AWS or Azure)
• Helm charts
• MongoDB

• Experience building enterprise level web applications or services
• Apache Kafka

Should you require any adjustments to support you in the recruitment process please discuss with your recruiter or email the request to recruitmentraytheon.co.uk

Benefits

• Competitive salaries.
• 25 days holiday + statutory public holidays, plus opportunity to buy and sell up to 5 days (37hr)
• Contributory Pension Scheme (up to 10.5 company contribution)
• Company bonus scheme (discretionary).
• 6 times salary ‘Life Assurance’ with pension.
• Flexible Benefits scheme with extensive salary sacrifice schemes, including Health Cashplan, Dental, and Cycle to Work amongst others.
• Enhanced sick pay.
• Enhanced family friendly policies including enhanced maternity, paternity & shared parental leave.
• Car / Car allowance (dependant on grade/ role)
• Private Medical Insurance (dependant on grade)

Work Culture

• 37hr working week, although hours may vary depending on role, job requirement or site-specific arrangements.
• Early 1.30pm finish Friday, start your weekend early!
• Remote, hybrid and site based working opportunities, dependant on your needs and the requirements of the role.
• A grownup flexible working culture that is output, not time spent at desk, focussed. More formal flexible working arrangements can also be requested and assessed subject to the role. Please enquire or highlight any request to our Talent Acquisition team to explore the flexible working possibilities.
• Up to 5 paid days volunteering each year.

Raytheon UK is a landed company and part of the wider RTX organisation. Headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, USA, but with over 180,000 employees globally across every continent, RTX provides advanced systems and services for commercial, military and government customers worldwide and comprises three industry-leading businesses – Collins Aerospace Systems, Pratt & Whitney, and Raytheon.

Supporting over 35,000 jobs across 13 UK sites, RTX is helping to drive prosperity. Each year our work contributes over 2.7bn to the UK economy and offers a wealth of opportunities to 4,000 suppliers across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. We’re investing in all corners of the country, supporting 29,040 jobs in England, 3,040 in Northern Ireland, 1,900 in Scotland and 1,600 in Wales.

At Raytheon UK, we are committed to fostering a workplace that champions diversity, equity, and inclusion (DE&I) as fundamental pillars of our organisational culture. We believe that the diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences of our employees are invaluable assets that drive innovation and excellence in everything we do.

In embracing diversity, equity, and inclusion, Raytheon UK strengthens its ability to deliver innovative solutions to complex challenges. We are proud to create a workplace where all individuals can thrive and contribute to the advancement of technology, security, and a better future for all. Our aim is for our employees to produce the best work of their lives so together we build a stronger, more inclusive future.

RTX is An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, age or any other federally protected class.

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