SharePoint Engineer

About the Role

The SharePoint Engineer plays a pivotal role in the delivery, support, and continuous improvement of the Enterprise SharePoint service across BAE Systems UK and RoW. This position involves close collaboration with technical leadership, business stakeholders, and internal customers.

You will utilize both agile and traditional delivery approaches, manage issues and continuous improvement activities, and contribute to the development of best practices, processes, and service quality standards to ensure an effective and reliable SharePoint environment.

Core Duties

• Deliver and support Enterprise SharePoint services across BAE Systems UK and RoW.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders to gather requirements and deliver SharePoint enhancements and solutions.
• Ensure all SharePoint developments and deployments align with internal governance and standards.
• Apply appropriate delivery methodologies, including Agile and traditional project approaches.
• Resolve technical issues, manage corrective actions, and drive continuous service improvement.
• Gather and utilize stakeholder feedback to measure effectiveness and enhance service delivery.
• Contribute to the development of best practices, processes, and quality standards for SharePoint services.

Essential Skills

• Best practice application management in line with ITIL Processes.
• Extensive experience of working with multiple versions of SharePoint and 3rd party tools such as but not limited to Nintex, K2, Sharegate, Link fixer.
• An understanding of application development and promotion into multiple environments.
• A good level of experience in supporting the delivery of projects and large change requests.

The SharePoint Team

The SharePoint team consists of 30 individuals responsible for the delivery of SharePoint 2016 / 2019 and SharePoint Online to all BAE Systems UK, KSA, and international businesses. The team manages the service with our Service Providers and oversees service and support from third-party suppliers such as Microsoft, Boost, KwizCom, and Quest.

We manage the relationship with the 10 UK Businesses who use our 5 Enterprise SharePoint environments. Our responsibilities include deploying the strategic roadmap for SharePoint, encompassing major upgrades, Business Change Requests, configuration changes, as well as supporting end users in site creation and management.

Working at BAE Systems

At BAE Systems, you will build a career with purpose and limitless possibilities. We offer lifelong learning, meaningful work, and opportunities to grow your career with confidence, empowered to be your best. You’ll be recognised for your contribution and enjoy rewards tailored to your needs, with support for your financial and personal wellbeing, as well as a balanced lifestyle. In an environment embracing sustainable ways of working and with a strong sense of shared purpose, our supportive culture is a place you can feel you belong and are proud of the difference you make.

We are committed to building an inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and supported. We know that a diversity of backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences strengthens our teams and is vital to the work we do.

Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to 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 (BPSS). 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.