SharePoint Engineer

BAE Systems; Preston; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - GBP 48,000; Full time

Job summary

A defense technology company in the UK is seeking a SharePoint Engineer to manage and support their Enterprise SharePoint environments. With opportunities for hybrid and flexible working, this role involves working closely with internal teams to gather requirements and ensure quality governance in SharePoint deployments. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience with SharePoint and ITIL knowledge. This role also offers competitive benefits, including health plans and employee share options.

Benefits

Competitive pension scheme

Employee share plans

Flexible discounted health benefits

Green car scheme

Shopping discounts

Annual incentive eligibility

Qualifications

• Best practice application management according to ITIL.
• Experience with SharePoint and various tools.
• Knowledge of application development processes.

Responsibilities

• Support Enterprise SharePoint across the organization.
• Work with business to capture SharePoint requirements.
• Manage stakeholder feedback and project resolutions.

Skills

ITIL Processes

Multiple versions of SharePoint

Nintex, K2, Sharegate, Link fixer

Application development

Project support

Microsoft MS900 AZ900

Education

ITIL Foundation Certification

ITIL Intermediate or other capability training

Job description

Overview

Job Title: SharePoint Engineer

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

Salary: Circa £48,000 depending on experience and skills

Responsibilities

What you’ll be doing:

• Reporting to the SharePoint Squad Lead, the SharePoint Engineer will work under the technical guidance of the SharePoint Technical Lead to deliver and support Enterprise SharePoint across BAE Systems UK & RoW
• Work closely with internal customers across all UK Business helping to capture requirements for Business-as-Usual improvements to their SharePoint deployments, developing innovative solutions then delivering against agreed work packages. Whilst ensuring all SharePoint deployments and developments adhere to internal Governance
• Utilises methods, tools, techniques, selecting appropriately from plan-driven/predictive approaches or more adaptive (iterative and agile) approaches
• Deals with problems and issues, managing resolutions, corrective actions, lessons learned and the collection and dissemination of relevant information. Collects and uses feedback from customers and stakeholders to help measure effectiveness of stakeholder management
• Assists in the development of new or improved practices and organisational processes or standards and facilitates localised improvements to the quality system or services

Your skills and experiences

Your skills and experiences:

• Best practice application management in line with ITIL Processes
• Extensive experience of working with the 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
• Trained at least to ITIL foundation and either appropriate ITIL Intermediate or other appropriate capability training (desirable)
• Be trained using Microsoft MS900 AZ900 (desirable)

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 SharePoint team

The team consist of 30 people, who are responsible for the Delivery of SharePoint 2016 / 2019 and SharePoint Online to all BAE Systems UK, KSA and international Business, we manage the Service with our Service Providers and manage service and support from 3rd party suppliers such as Microsoft, Boost, KwizCom and Quest.

The team manage the relationship with the 10 UK Business who use our 5 Enterprise SharePoint environments. We are responsible for deploying the strategic roadmap for SharePoint including major upgrades, Business Change Requests, configuration changes as well as supporting end users in site creation and management.

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

Closing Date: 16th February 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.