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Posted 10 July, 2026
BBC

Systems Engineer

BBC
Birmingham, GBR, B1 1AY Hybrid Full Time
Salary: £41,000 to £51,000 Annually
Reference: 48044

JOB DETAILS

JOB BAND: C
CONTRACT TYPE: Permanent, Full-time
DEPARTMENT: Media Tech, Product and Design
LOCATION: Birmingham / Hybrid
PROPOSED SALARY RANGE: £41,000 - £51,000 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.

We're happy to discuss flexible working. If you'd like to, please indicate your preference in the application – though there's no obligation to do so now. Flexible working will be part of the discussion at offer stage.

PURPOSE OF THE ROLE

You will be involved in maintaining, supporting, monitoring, troubleshooting, and reporting on products and services that form the foundation of the BBC News Planning technology estate. You’ll be of a mind-set that looks to automate repetitive tasks and rapidly surface issues requiring attention. The team manages the deployment of new code releases as part of the Continuous Integration pipeline.

The technologies and systems the role encompasses are varied and ever evolving so flexibility and the ability to quickly absorb and use new technologies are vital.

WHY JOIN THE TEAM

The BBC Technology Group provides the foundations for broadcasting. Technology engineering has a long history at the BBC and today includes everything from broadcast engineering, programme management, operations, DevOps, and software engineering.

We are looking for an experienced Systems Engineer with a DevOps mind-set and a breadth of knowledge covering cloud technologies – in particular, AWS. This is a fantastic opportunity to develop and demonstrate your DevOps engineering skills working in a cutting edge and challenging field.

YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND IMPACT:

This role is within the Newsroom Systems team and will focus on our news planning and deployment system. This system is used by thousands of BBC journalists to plan upcoming news coverage, deploy people and resources to cover stories and to collaborate on those stories.

• Supporting the AWS infrastructure used in the provision of the planning system.
• Responsible for the end-to-end operation, support, maintenance, monitoring, and troubleshooting of the development, test, and live environments
• Contributing to the specification, design, and installation of these environments.
• Integrating with other BBC and external systems is an important part of the team’s ongoing work.

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

ESSENTIAL CRITERIA:
• Experience of configuration, administration, monitoring and maintenance of cloud-based business critical systems
• Knowledge of database administration and associated tools, e.g.MS SQL, SSMS
• Experience of using command-line interfaces and languages such as AWS CLI, PowerShell, Bash and Python
• Experience of systems integration and systems automation
• Skilled at identifying and troubleshooting system problems, providing 3rd/4th level support.
• Good communication skills with examples of writing technical specifications and requirements in a clear and concise manner


If you can bring some of these skills and experience, along with transferable strengths, we’d love to hear from you and encourage you to apply.

Before your start date, you may need to disclose any unspent convictions or police charges, in line with our Contracts of Employment policy. This allows us to discuss any support you may need and assess any risks. Failure to disclose may result in the withdrawal of your offer.

Disclaimer

This job description is a written statement of the essential characteristics of the job, with its principal accountabilities, incorporating a note of the skills, knowledge and experience required for a satisfactory level of performance. This is not intended to be a complete, detailed account of all aspects of the duties involved.

Please note: If you were to be offered this role, the BBC will conduct Employment screening checks which include Reference checks; Eligibility to work checks; and if applicable to the role, Safeguarding and Adverse media/Social media checks. Any offer made is conditional on these checks being satisfactory.

Before your start date, you may need to disclose any unspent convictions or police charges, in line with our Recruitment policy. This allows us to discuss any support you may need and assess any risks. Failure to disclose may result in the withdrawal of your offer.

For any general queries, please contact: [email protected]

We are unable to accept applications via CV and only applications made online will be considered. Please click on the APPLY NOW button to proceed with your application.