Application Support Engineer

Job Title:

Application Support Engineer

Location :
Preston. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements please  speak  to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.

Salary :
Circa £40,000 depending on skills and experience

What you’ll be doing :

Responsible for carrying out data maintenance activities and data fixes

Work with other project teams within EIT to co-ordinate and deliver large changes and integrations

Develop Test Plans for changes being made to the applications and be accountable for carrying out the testing before changes are deployed to the Production environment

Provide product and service direction to the Product  Management  Team and implement these as part of a  self-organising team

Drive issue resolution and resolve underpinning problems

Work with customers to introduce innovation and evolve the products

Have significant understanding of the specific scope, functional capability or module and how this interfaces with the other components of the system

Work with suppliers, customers, team members and industry peers to continuously improve delivery capabilities

Document technical business requirements and problems into a format that is easily consumable

Contribute to protecting the products from technical debt and process debt

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

Experience of working in an IT Function

Previous experience working within an application support environment

Experience of working in a similar role or environment

Experience working with Agile software development methods in a high-pressure environment

Desirable:

:

Knowledge and ideally certification in ITIL v3/v4

Relevant vocational qualification or equivalent experience

Benefits:

As well as a  competitive  pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Products and Applications Team

The Product Engineer will work for the Product  lead  within Shared Services Enterprise IT (EIT) to undertake the required activities to ensure that the business applications are stable whilst providing configuration support when necessary enhance their capabilities.  The role  will focus on technical support and administration activities for new applications that are transitioning into the product portfolio. This is an exciting opportunity tol work in a team of similar  individuals  to  manage  a set of applications collaboratively.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity of thought, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome people from all backgrounds and want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder  etc .)

that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please  speak  to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export  control  restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict  the roles  you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All  applicants   must  as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard.

Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where  applicants   must  typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for  the role , to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.

Closing Date:  13th January 2026

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for  the role . Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

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