Development Lead / Principal Software Engineer

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Job title: Principal Software EngineerGrade: G10Location: Gloucester or ManchesterLooking for something different in your career Join Raytheon in Gloucester or Manchester and make a real difference in the fight against cyber-crime. Youll be part of ateam that embraces Agile working to deliver superior solutions to protect our global customers critical infrastructures from the most complex cyber threats. Customer security is at stake. So our work is vitally important. We are always continuing to try toimprove our systems with new projects becoming available to work on with cutting-edge tech. Youll be working as a team of specialist developers, testers and analysts to design, develop and maintain critical cyber applications and systems to support government,law enforcement and commercial customers contributing to the development of solutions using the latest technologies. This is an opportunity to innovate and try new things; to fearlessly challenge and question; to learn and progress in an inclusive and supportiveculture; to be rewarded for the vital contribution you make. Summary of the role:Work as a leading engineer in an Agile software delivery team, involved in deployments across different disciplines to add value to the business areas.Role & Responsibilities:Design,build and run code using industry best practice. You will help in defining the evolvement of best practice and in the supporting of estimation activities. You may be asked to assume the role of scrum master and manage sprint ceremonies when required. You willgive overall technical direction to the team and arbitrate over design decisions and be able to assume the role of design authority for the particular project. Work in a project leadership/ technical lead role. Your decisions will be of significant value andwill contribute to the overall success of the project and wider programme. Perform first line peer reviews and provide direction and guidance around the review.Set the direction and scale of the continuous improvement of practice and code within your team.Providetechnical direction within your team; you will be able to think strategically to give the reasons for aim and direction.Architect solutions to design and develop new product functionalitySome projects require that the role also includes line management responsibilitiesalthough not all. For a role requiring line management responsibilities key responsibilities will include effective line management of Senior Software Engineers (typically 4-6) within your team including.Accountable for the software produced by your staff.Ownthe standards of software engineering practice applied in your teams.Candidate Requirements:Essential skillsSignificant experience of working in an Agile delivery team and producing and deploying applications in a production environment through a CI/CD pipeline.Haveprevious experience in a technical lead capacity.For roles including line management responsibilities previous line management experience of a similar teams of similar size is requiredDesirable skills of interestJava Enterprise development using Spring Boot,JEE, Hibernate etc. AND/OR MERN/JavaScript frameworks - React, Angular, Vue etc.Experience of developing using Cloud services using either AWS or Azure with relevant professional certificationExperience building enterprise level web applications or servicesSignificantexperience of applying Design Patterns to complex problems and architecting solutions.Docker / Kubernetes / GoLang containerisation and orchestration (developer)Scrum Master qualification or equivalent experience.Infrastructure as code (e.g Terraform)Softwareapplication development utilizing RDBMS (e.g. Oracle/MySQL) and/or unstructured persistence layers, (e.g. ElasticSearch)Puppet / Chef / Jenkins / CI pipelinesApache KAFKAExperience of applying Software Architecture Patterns.Infrastructure as code technologiesand cloud technologies and distributed systemsBig Data technologiesPython (cyber)Good behavioursGood time management, organisation and prioritisation skillsAn inquisitive mind and a desire to promote innovationA desire to learn and constantly expand your horizonsAbilityto work closely with others in a small teamAbility to work under pressureHigh degree of initiative and flexibilityWillingness to travel if requiredAbout Raytheon UKRaytheon UK is invested in the British workforce and the development of UK technology. As aprime contractor and major supplier to the U.K. Ministry of Defence, Raytheon continues to invest in research and development, supporting innovation and technological advances across its core mission areas Weapons & Sensors, and Cyber, Space & Training. TheCyber, Space & Training business, consists of four mission areas: National Security Cyber; Space & Airborne; Command, Control, Computers & Intelligence (C4I); and Training. Cyber, Space & Training provides our customers unrivalled technical and training servicesspanning all domains across a wide range of customers.Raytheon UK is a landed company, part of the Raytheon Technologies organisation and sits within the Raytheon Intelligence & Space businessAbout Raytheon TechnologiesRaytheon Technologies Corporation isan aerospace and defence company that provides advanced systems and services for commercial, military and government customers worldwide. It comprises four industry-leading businesses - Collins Aerospace Systems, Pratt & Whitney, Raytheon Intelligence & Spaceand Raytheon Missiles & Defence. Raytheon Career Development:Raytheon has a wealth of resources available to help you develop your career from the moment you join. Activities range from on-line learning modules, to external training and support for takingprofessional qualifications relevant to your role.Standard Benefits:25 days holiday + statutory public holidaysContributory Pension Scheme (up to 10.5% company contribution)6 times salary Life AssuranceFlexible Benefits scheme with extensive salary sacrificeschemes.Enhanced sick pay schemeEnhanced Family Friendly Policies, including enhanced Maternity & Shared Parental leave.37hr working week, with an early finish Friday (hours may vary depending on role, job requirement or site specifics arrangements).Flexibleworking arrangements will be considered wherever we can (depending on the role) Diversity:Raytheon UK pro-actively encourages diversity of ideas, thoughts, and networking opportunities and has created Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) including Raytheon WomensNetwork, RayBAME, YesNet (Young Employees Success Network), Raytheon Reservist Network (RaRe), Raytheon Alliance for Diverse Abilities (RADA), RayPride and all work together with our Diversity & Inclusion council, and all Raytheon employees are welcome toparticipate regardless of their background.SecurityAll successful applicants must be eligible & willing to obtain a SC clearance with the view to progressing toDV level which would be sponsored by Raytheon UK. 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