Application Support Engineer

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Application Support Engineer

Would you like to help change the culture and business practises of the Engineering businesses across the Air Sector? We currently have a vacancy for an Application Support Engineer at our site in Warton.

As an Application Support Engineer, you will be working in an Agile working environment to help ensure the delivery of software applications to the Engineering businesses ensuring projects are to appropriate technical standards and meeting agreed costs & timescales.

As part of a multi-skilled team you will have the opportunity to experience agile approaches and use the latest Atlassian toolset to collect and report project data in a role that impacts the development and delivery of projects across the whole of the Air business.

Your main responsibilities as an Application Support Engineer will involve:

Assist with the installation, administration and configuration of the Atlassian toolset (Jira & Confluence)

Control configurations to allow releases to be delivered to the business

Actively manage the data quality captured within Jira ensuring that it is collected in accordance with the technical management plan

Ensure that traceability of information is maintained

Assist in reporting to the programme review the status of the deliverables from Jira Skills

Manage and maintain the application software and data set

Your skills and qualifications as an Application Support Engineer:

Experience and background within Application Support

Experience in working on Complex Projects for example Siemens Teamcenter/CATIA

IT Knowledge and software installation & configuration

Ability to analyse the data and create reporting dashboards

Knowledge of ITIL (desirable)

Experience using the following toolsets would be highly desirable Atlassian toolset (Jira & Confluence)

What we're looking for in you:

You will have the ability to speak the same language with the technical teams to translate executed work into data that can be used to control and measure the execution of the program and ensure that data integrity is maintained. A willingness to learn new agile techniques and approaches to design and project execution. Advocate agile ways of working both within and externally to the team

Location: Warton Salary: £37, 654 + Depending on experience

Benefits: Our employees receive an excellent benefits package which includes a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave allowance and a Company contributed Share Incentive Plan. We also offer a range of additional benefits such as flexible working, an employee assistance programme, Cycle2work and many local and national employee discounts. Some employees may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

BAE Systems

BAE Systems is one of the world's leading global defence, security and aerospace companies. We work at the cutting edge of technology, creating more than 100 new inventions every year for customers in over 100 countries.

BAE Systems Air

If you'd like to make a real difference where it counts, BAE Systems is the place for you.

From keeping soldiers, sailors and pilots safe to helping countries prosper, from developing the next generation of supersonic aircraft to investing in the next generation of super-smart talent - at BAE Systems, we work together to give our customers an essential edge in protecting the things that really matter. Lives, livelihoods, ways of life.

As part of our Air team, you could be working at the edge of what is technologically possible, shaping the future to ensure our customers are ready to face challenges we cannot even imagine today. You could be developing and evolving the technologies that will defend the UK for generations to come and supporting our customers around the globe.

Join us and you'll be encouraged and rewarded to excel in this important work. Apply your talent where it counts.

We recognise that an inclusive and diverse workplace - where all employees feel respected, valued and able to achieve their full potential - is vitally important. Not only does it inspire creativity and collaboration, it's good for business. We celebrate our differences and believe our diverse skills, abilities and perspectives strengthen our culture and our overall performance.

We welcome applications from all suitably qualified people.

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/or your place of birth may limit those roles that you can perform for the organisation.

Due to the volume of applications we receive, we sometimes close our vacancies early. It is therefore advisable to apply as early as possible if you would like to be considered for a role with BAE Systems.