Application Development Support Engineer

  • BAE Systems
  • 12/06/2026
Full time Information Technology Telecommunications SQL Python

Job Description

Location(s):

BAE Systems Digital Intelligence is home to 4,500 digital, cyber and intelligence experts. We work collaboratively across 10 countries to collect, connect and understand complex data, so that governments, nation states, armed forces and commercial businesses can unlock digital advantage in the most demanding environments.

Job Title: Specialist Application Development Support Engineer

Location: London

Grade: GG09-GG10

Referral Bonus: £5000

Working in this role requires a good level of lateral thinking to identify, diagnose and resolve problems and faults across several engineering disciplines. This role benefits from not being restricted to one area, but allows the team to branch out into several domains including, but not limited to, infrastructure, software development and deployment, networking, database management and virtual containerisation.

Core Responsibilities:
  • Application design
  • Application development
  • Incident Management
  • Virtual infrastructure management
  • System health monitoring tools
  • Database administration
  • Supporting bespoke critical applications
Skills - Must have's
  • RedHat based Linux (CLI)
  • Python Development
  • SQL and Relational Databases
  • Windows Server
  • Software development principles
Skills - Nice to have's
  • Bash
  • PowerShell
  • NodeJS (Typescript + React)
  • Golang
  • Elastic
The Team

We work on site supporting critical national operational applications, systems and networks as well as developing new solutions to help tackle a broad variety of serious organised crime. We have been with this client for many years and work closely with their technical team to deliver the highest quality of backing to ensure consistent network stability and delivery of their critical infrastructure. The team undertakes constant opportunities to make a real difference working directly with the operational end users and partner agencies.

Ways of Working
  • Due to the classification of the work, this role is on site for 5 days a week, with the opportunity to work from home occasionally.
  • The work requires SC clearance to start, and the individual must be willing to go through MOD DV.