Job Description:
SECURITY CLEARANCE : Eligibility to gain SC Security Clearance
TRAVEL REQUIRED : Couple of times a year
LOCATION : Newcastle Upon Tyne or Guildford (60% of your working week must be office based)
TYPE : Full time
WHAT'S IN IT FOR YOU
Financial Reward: Competitive salary, annual profit share, contributory pension, share options, car leasing scheme, free onsite parking, tax-free technology scheme, discounted shopping and much more
Work / Life Balance: 37 hour week, flexible working around core hours, hybrid working, up to 2 additional days per month as TOIL.
There are no core hours on Friday afternoons. Employees may use this flexibility at their discretion, provided they fulfil their contractual working hours and meet business needs (such as urgent deadlines or client requirements)
Personal Development: Personalised development plan and unlimited access to 10,000+ E-learning courses, internal mobility including international opportunities
Health & Wellbeing: Wellbeing benefits (including 24/7 online GP and mental health support), Employee Assistance Programme, discounted family health / dental insurance / eye tests, cycle-to-work scheme, on-site canteen and coffee shop, lunchtime pilates
Family and Caregiving: Life assurance, enhanced pay for parental leave (23 weeks at 100% pay), adoption / shared parental / caregiving leave
Inclusive Environment: Wellbeing room, Multi-faith room, Employee Representative Groups (Gender, LGBTQ+, International, Generational, Disability, Social & Cultural Diversity, Neurodiversity)
About the role....
Are you an inquisitive Software Architect who loves collaborating and designing with the team? Interested in working on complex, mission-critical systems? Happy rolling up your sleeves to find creative solutions, untangle historic situations and uphold security regulations? Then we’d love to hear from you
This is a marvellous role for someone who considers security by design from the start, this is important as you will be working on Government, MOD, Met Police and Ministry of Justice projects. You will being joining a friendly multi functional team of professionals (testers, developers, lead engineers, project managers, product owner) who create cloud-based Secure Geospatial Software in an AGILE scrum environment
How you will contribute to the team
Collaborative practices like pairing, swarming and mobbing
Translate business goals and high-level requirements into robust software architectures, balancing performance, security, reliability, and compliance
Design scalable, flexible, secure and maintainable architectures for complex geospatial systems
Collaborate with development teams to select appropriate technologies, frameworks, and patterns
Produce clear, structured documentation covering architecture decisions and design rationale
Establish and maintain architectural traceability from business requirements through to solution design.
Contribute to and support technical and architectural reviews
About you?
Someone who brings ideas to the table and holds your hand up with questions or spotting red flags within architecture or the full software lifecycle
Strong experience designing and architecting cloud-native solutions using Kubernetes (K8s), with a focus on microservices and asynchronous, event-driven architectures.
Strong experience designing and owning software architectures for complex systems, preferably in a cloud environment with an awareness of DevSecOps
Builds positive working relationships and contributes to a respectful, collaborative team environment.
Is comfortable providing and receiving feedback within a team environment whilst also owning software architecture for complex systems
Experience working in environments with security, cybersecurity, reliability, and compliance constraints
Not a 100% match? No worries! Airbus supports your personal growth with customised development solutions.
How we can support you
Many of our staff work flexibly in many different ways, including part-time. Please talk to us at interview about the flexibility you need and we’ll always do our best to accommodate your request.
Please let us know if you need us to make any adjustments for the selection process – you can share this with your Talent Acquisition Partner if you are invited to interview. Examples may include (but not exclusive to) accessible facilities; auxiliary aids; room layout, etc. Any information disclosed will be treated in the strictest confidence.
As a Disability Confident Employer, Airbus UK will offer an interview to any applicant that considers themselves to have a disability or long-term condition under the Equality Act 2010 and meets the minimum criteria of the role (as set out in the job advert). To ‘opt in’, just select the option during your application submission and your application will be considered accordingly.
This job requires an awareness of any potential compliance risks and a commitment to act with integrity, as the foundation for the Company’s success, reputation and sustainable growth.
Company:
AIRBUS Defence and Space Limited
Employment Type:
Permanent
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Experience Level:
Professional
Job Family:
Software Engineering <JF-EN-EK>
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