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To be considered for this role you must have a Computer Science degree or equivalent and be able to commute full time 5 days per week to either our Gloucester or Manchester site.
Looking for something different in your career? Join Raytheon in Manchester or Gloucester and make a real difference in the fight against cyber-crime.
You’ll be part of a team 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 to improve our systems with new projects becoming available to work on with cutting-edge tech. You’ll 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 supportive culture; to be rewarded for the vital contribution you make.
Summary of the role
Work as a software developer 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 using basic principles theories and concepts.
- Contribute to the completion of routine technical tasks.
- Contribute to local team code reviews.
- Collaborate with your peers on Technical direction within your team.
- Help to develop and contribute towards test artefacts
Candidate Requirements
Essential skills
- Awareness of Agile delivery team practices.
- Computer Science Degree of equivalent
- Working knowledge of at least 1 compiled language
- Familiarity with source control
- Ability to understand how to create a 3 tier application
- Familiarity with source control
Desirable skills of interest
- Awareness of structured and unstructured storage of Data
- Previous experience of creating 3 tier applications
- Experience of GIT, familiarity with feature branch concepts, other branching strategies, pull requests and merge processes.
Good behaviours
- Good interpersonal skills for customer and partner liaison
- Good written and oral communication skills
- Good time management, organisation and prioritisation skills
- An inquisitive mind and a desire to promote innovation
- A desire to learn and constantly expand your horizons
- Ability to work closely with others in a small team
- Ability to work under pressure
- High degree of initiative and flexibility
- Willingness to travel if required
About Raytheon UK
With facilities in Broughton, Waddington, Glenrothes, Harlow, Gloucester, Manchester with presence across other customer sites also. Raytheon UK is invested in the British workforce and the development of UK technology. Across the country Raytheon UK employs 1,700 people and supports 8,000 jobs. As a prime 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.
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 unrivalled technical 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 business
