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Leonardo

Leonardo è un leader globale nei settori dell'Aerospazio, Difesa e Sicurezza. L'azienda fornisce tecnologie avanzate e interconnesse che garantiscono sicurezza e continuità per persone, sistemi e infrastrutture. Con un forte impegno nell'innovazione e nella sostenibilità, Leonardo si posiziona come un attore chiave nel supporto delle operazioni in scenari complessi, integrando diverse tecnologie per affrontare le sfide della sicurezza moderna.

<div>Job Description:
Salary Range: &pound;53,269 - &pound;71,400
Leonardo UK operates a grade-based salary framework with broad bands. The salary range shown reflects the approved grade band for this role, or a narrower hiring range published within that band, and is benchmarked against the external market. Exceptions above the standard range are managed through governance controls to protect internal equity.
Your Impact
Are you ready to take on complex technical challenges at the forefront of cyber and platform engineering? At Leonardo, our Principal Platform Engineers are hands-on experts who shape the design, integration, and delivery of secure platforms that keep our customers&rsquo; missions running. 
 
Your work at Leonardo UK will see you take the lead in solving customer problems in an agile, innovative and team-centric manner. The role may involve a blended hybrid working model, with a mixture of working from home and working on site at one of our Leonardo offices to ensure close collaboration with the wider team and with our customers.
Leonardo UK is seeking a Principal Platform Engineer to join the Cyber &amp; Security Solutions Division team. This role is focused on delivering, maintaining, and improving platform and systems engineering solutions that underpin critical defence, government and public sector services. 
 
What you will do as a Principal Platform Engineer<ul><li>
Act as the technical authority on one of our platform engineering domains (e.g. virtualisation) providing specialist domain expertise to projects and programmes.</li><li>
Lead the design and implementation of secure platforms across on-premise environments.</li><li>
Capture, analyse, and interpret complex customer requirements to drive system design and architecture.</li><li>
Develop high- and low-level designs, ensuring alignment with secure-by-design principles.</li><li>
Take ownership of technical delivery within work packages, including planning, estimation, and progress reporting.</li><li>
Mentor, coach, and develop junior and senior engineers, raising technical capability across the community.</li><li>
Provide input to technology strategies, feasibility studies, and innovation projects.</li><li>
Engage with internal and external stakeholders, presenting technical solutions and justifying design decisions.</li></ul><h2 class="jobSectionHeader">
What you&rsquo;ll bring</h2><ul><li>
Extensive technical expertise across multiple platform domains, with a track record of delivering secure solutions.</li><li>
The ability to balance hands-on engineering with technical leadership and mentorship.</li><li>
A problem-solving mindset, able to innovate and recommend the best approach for complex challenges.</li></ul><h2 class="jobSectionHeader">
Core areas (must have):</h2><ul><li>
Windows and Linux operating systems</li><li>
Virtualisation platforms (VMware, Hyper-V)</li><li>
VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) stack (vSphere, vSAN, NSX-T, Aria Suite)</li><li>
Design, build and operation of software-defined datacentre platforms</li><li>
Network virtualisation and micro-segmentation concepts (NSX, platform-integrated)</li><li>
Networking concepts (TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, firewalls)</li><li>
Automation and scripting (PowerShell, Bash, Python, Ansible, Terraform)</li><li>
Knowledge of cyber security controls and accreditation requirements</li><li>
Experience across the systems engineering lifecycle</li><li>
Integration of compute, storage, and network layers into a unified platform</li><li>
Delivery within secure / enterprise / defence environments</li></ul><h2 class="jobSectionHeader">
Desirable:</h2><ul><li>
VCAP certifcation</li><li>
Expertise with cloud platforms (AWS) and Infrastructure as Code</li><li>
Experience integrating enterprise services (Active Directory, PKI, monitoring, SIEM)</li><li>
Hands-on use of DevSecOps tools and CI/CD pipelines</li><li>
VxRail and hyper-converged infrastructure</li><li>
Automation of VCF lifecycle (patching, upgrades, deployment)</li><li>
Integration with enterprise identity and security services (AD, PKI, PAM)</li><li>
Containerisation platforms (Kubernetes, Docker)</li></ul> 
This is not an exhaustive list, and we are keen to hear from you even if you might not have experience in all the above. The most important skill is a good attitude and willingness to learn.<h2 class="jobSectionHeader">
Security Clearance</h2>
This role is subject to pre-employment screening in line with the UK Government&rsquo;s Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS). An additional range of Personnel Security Controls referred to as National Security Vetting (NSV) will apply. This role requires Developed Vetting (DV) clearance prior to starting. For more information and guidance please visit: https://careers.uk.leonardo.com/gb/en/security-and-vetting
Location
This role will be based at one of our UK sites - Yeovil.<h2 class="jobSectionHeader">
Why join us</h2>
At Leonardo, our people are at the heart of everything we do. We offer a comprehensive, company-funded benefits package that supports your wellbeing, career development, and work&ndash;life balance.<ul><li>
Time to Recharge: Generous leave with the opportunity to accrue up to 12 additional flexi-days each year.</li><li>
Secure your Future: Award-winning pension scheme with up to 15% employer contribution.</li><li>
Your Wellbeing Matters: Free access to mental health support, financial advice, and employee-led networks.</li><li>
Never Stop Learning: Free access to 4,000+ online courses via Coursera and LinkedIn Learning.</li><li>
Tailored Perks: Spend up to &pound;500 annually on flexible benefits such as private healthcare, lifestyle discounts, and gym memberships.</li><li>
Flexible Working: Flexible hours with hybrid working options.</li></ul>
For a full list of our company benefits please visit our website. 
 
Leonardo is a global leader in Aerospace, Defence, and Security. Headquartered in Italy, we employ over 53,000 people worldwide including 8,500 across 9 sites in the UK. Our employees are not just part of a team&mdash;they are key contributors to shaping innovation, advancing technology, and enhancing global safety.
At Leonardo we are committed to building an inclusive, accessible, and welcoming workplace. We believe that a diverse workforce sparks creativity, drives innovation, and leads to better outcomes for our people and our customers. If you have any accessibility requirements to support you during the recruitment process, just let us know.
Be part of something bigger - apply now!
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Primary Location:
GB - Yeovil - Lysander Rd
Contract Type:
Permanent
Hybrid Working:
Onsite</div>

Principal Platform Engineer (VMWare Cloud Foundation)

<div>Job Description:<div>
Salary Range: &pound;40,000 &ndash; &pound;71,400 basic with a 12.5% uplift</div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div>
Leonardo UK operates a grade-based salary framework with broad bands. The salary range shown reflects the approved grade band for this role, or a narrower hiring range published within that band, and is benchmarked against the external market. Exceptions above the standard range are managed through governance controls to protect internal equity.</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
Your impact
Our Central London team is looking for talented and enthusiastic analysts to perform weapon system assessments for our UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) customer. The role will suit either recent STEM graduates, postgraduates, or those with relevant industry experience of systems engineering who wish to apply their abilities in a technical analysis and systems assessment environment. You will help ensure that MOD&rsquo;s weapon assessments are robust and delivered in a timely manner to UK Defence partners and front-line forces.
This is intended as a fulltime position, but we would consider part time working of 4 days per week. This is primarily an on-site role with some possibility for hybrid working.<ul><li>
Customer Integration: You will be a member of a weapons project team within our larger Defence Analytics Group working in Central London. The group is integrated into a joint unit with government employees, members of the armed forces, and other contractors.</li><li>
The Challenge: To conduct analysis to assess the performance and capability of weapon systems. Complex problems are solved through the application of scientific methods, physical principles, data analytics, and AI and Machine Learning to intractable data sets. This process may involve new techniques and their encapsulation in improved tools.</li><li>
Collaboration: You will be working in close liaison with teams within the UK and partner nations, with the opportunity to contribute, influence, challenge and improve joint ways of working and knowledge.</li><li>
Breadth: You will be working in an environment where both the complexity and capabilities of the systems are continually evolving throughout the world.</li></ul>
What you&rsquo;ll do as a Defence Analytics Engineer:<ul><li>
Conduct analysis through the application of physical principles to real world problems. This will be facilitated through the suite of in-house software tools and the development of ad-hoc software, primarily in Python.</li><li>
Production of reports and presentations of your work and presentation of them to local MOD customers and the wider community both within the UK and partner nations.</li><li>
Provide ad hoc advice and support to MOD customers, often at short notice.</li><li>
Use your developing experience and knowledge to propose and implement improvements to tools and processes.</li><li>
In conjunction with the project team conduct regular liaison with both MOD and the wider customer base to keep them informed of recent developments and to determine future analysis requirements.</li><li>
Seek co-operative and collaborative approaches with our UK and multi-national partners, identifying best practice.</li><li>
Travel for technical exchanges with our partners, in the UK and abroad.</li></ul>
What you&rsquo;ll bring<ul><li>
A good understanding of scientific methods and their use through the application of fundamental physical principles.</li><li>
A degree in a STEM subject and strong numerical and analytical skills, with the ability to apply these to real world problems.</li><li>
Good Interpersonal skills to facilitate collaborative and effective working within an inter-disciplinary team.</li><li>
Ability to problem solve and self-steer, work to deadlines as necessary, sometimes at short notice.</li><li>
Ability to communicate, both in writing and verbally, with audiences of differing technical backgrounds and seniority.</li><li>
Although not essential, an appreciation of aerospace technologies, such as aerodynamics, propulsion, guidance &amp; control, weapon systems and sensors would be an advantage.</li><li>
Experience of Python, C# and AI/ML would be a distinct advantage.</li></ul>
This is not an exhaustive list, and we are keen to hear from you even if you might not have experience in all the above. The most important skill is a good attitude and willingness to learn.
Security Clearance
This role is subject to pre-employment screening in line with the UK Government&rsquo;s Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS). An additional range of Personnel Security Controls referred to as National Security Vetting (NSV) will apply, this will include meeting the eligibility requirements for The Security Check (SC) and Developed Vetting (DV). For more information and guidance please visit: https://careers.uk.leonardo.com/gb/en/security-and-vetting
Why join us
At Leonardo, our people are at the heart of everything we do. We offer a comprehensive, company-funded benefits package that supports your wellbeing, career development, and work&ndash;life balance. Whether you're looking to grow professionally, care for your health, or plan for the future, we&rsquo;re here to help you thrive.<ul><li>
Time to Recharge: Enjoy generous leave with the opportunity to accrue up to 12 additional flexi-days each year.</li><li>
Secure your Future: Benefit from our award-winning pension scheme with up to 15% employer contribution.</li><li>
Your Wellbeing Matters: Free access to mental health support, financial advice, and employee-led networks championing inclusion and diversity (Enable, Pride, Equalise, Armed Forces, Carers, Wellbeing and Ethnicity).</li><li>
Rewarding Performance: All employees at management level and below are eligible for our bonus scheme.</li><li>
Never Stop Learning: Free access to 4,000+ online courses via Coursera and LinkedIn Learning.</li><li>
Refer a friend: Receive a financial reward through our referral programme.</li><li>
Tailored Perks: Spend up to &pound;500 annually on flexible benefits including private healthcare, dental, family cover, tech &amp; lifestyle discounts, gym memberships and more.</li><li>
Flexible working: Flexible hours with hybrid working options. For part time opportunities, please talk to us about what might be possible for this role.</li></ul>
For a full list of our company benefits please visit our website.
Leonardo is a global leader in Aerospace, Defence, and Security. Headquartered in Italy, we employ over 53,000 people worldwide including 8,500 across 9 sites in the UK. Our employees are not just part of a team&mdash;they are key contributors to shaping innovation, advancing technology, and enhancing global safety.
At Leonardo we are committed to building an inclusive, accessible, and welcoming workplace. We believe that a diverse workforce sparks creativity, drives innovation, and leads to better outcomes for our people and our customers. If you have any accessibility requirements to support you during the recruitment process, just let us know.
Be part of something bigger - apply now!
Primary Location:
GB - London - Whitehall
Contract Type:
Permanent
Hybrid Working:
Onsite</div>

Defence Analytics Engineer

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Defence Analytics Engineer