Senior Software Engineer

Job Description

Looking for something different in your career Join Raytheon in Manchester and make a real difference in the fight against cyber-crime. Youll be part of a team that embraces Agile working to deliver superior solutions to protect our global customerscritical infrastructures from the most complex cyber threats. Customer security is at stake. So our work is vitally important. We are always continuing to try to improve our systems with new projects becoming available to work on with cutting-edge tech. Youllbe 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 thelatest technologies. Summary of the role: Work as a leading engineer within 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 usingindustry 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.You will potentially have a project leadershiprole/Technical lead. Your decisions will be of significant value and will contribute to the overall success of the project and wider programme.Perform first line peer reviews and provide direction and guidance around the reviewContribute to the continuousimprovement of practice and code within your team.Regularly provide technical 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 functionalitySomeprojects require that the role also includes line management responsibilities although not all. For a role requiring line management responsibilities key responsibilities will include effective line management of Software Engineers in your team (typically2-3).Accountable for the software produced by your staff. Candidate Requirements: Essential skills Significant experience of working in an Agile delivery team and producing and deploying applications in a production environment through a CI/CD pipeline.Forroles including line management responsibilities previous line management experience of a similar teams of similar size is required Desirable skills of interest Java 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 servicesSignificant experience of applying Design Patterns tocomplex problems and architecting solutions.Docker / Kubernetes / GoLang containerisation and orchestration (developer)Scrum Master qualification or equivalent experience.Infrastructure as code (e.g Terraform)Software application 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 technologies and cloud technologies and distributedsystemsBig Data technologiesPython (cyber) Good behaviours Good interpersonal skills for customer and partner liaisonGood written and oral communication skillsGood time management, organisation and prioritisation skillsAn inquisitive mind and a desire to promoteinnovationA desire to learn and constantly expand your horizonsAbility to work closely with others in a small teamAbility to work under pressureHigh degree of initiative and flexibilityWillingness to travel if requiredAbout Raytheon UKWith facilities in Broughton,Waddington, Glenrothes, Harlow, Gloucester, Manchester with presence across other customer sites also. As a prime contractor and major supplier to the U.K. Ministry of Defence, Raytheon continues to invest across its core mission areas Weapons & Sensors, andCyber, Space & Training. The Cyber, 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 unrivalledtechnical and training services spanning 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 TechnologiesRaytheonTechnologies Corporation is an 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 & Space and Raytheon Missiles & Defence. The company, formed in 2020 through the combination of Raytheon Company and the United Technologies Corporation aerospace businesses, is headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts.Standard Benefits:25days holiday + statutory public holidaysContributory Pension Scheme (up to 10.5% company contribution)6 times salary Life AssuranceFlexible Benefits scheme with extensive salary sacrifice schemesEnhanced 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).Flexible working arrangements can be considered wherever we can (dependingon the role) so highlight any request to our Recruitment team Canteen facilities available at Harlow & Glenrothes sites and Manchester & Gloucester offer free snacks & drinks (hot & cold).Diversity:Diversity is a core business imperative at Raytheon. We arean equal opportunity employer that promotes inclusiveness and always employs the best professionals for the job. Having a diverse workforce allows Raytheon to draw upon a range of different ideas and experiences which supports growing our business and createsan environment where everyone has an equal opportunity for success. Raytheon UK pro-actively encourages diversity of ideas, thoughts, and networking opportunities and has created Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) including Raytheon Womens Network, RayBAME,YesNet (Young Employees Success Network), Raytheon Reservist Network (RaRe), Raytheon Alliance for Diverse Abilities (RADA), RayPride. SecurityAll successful applicants must be eligible & willing to obtain a SC clearance with the view to progressing toDV levelwhich would be sponsored by Raytheon UK. For further information on the criteria to obtain this please visit - https://security-vetting-and-clearance .Raytheon Application Process To apply visit the Raytheon Technologies Global website https://jobs.rtx.comand