Operations Support Analyst

Job Title:

Operations Support Analyst

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 £37,000+ depending on skills and experience

What you’ll be doing :

End to end  management  of Data & Analytics support related incidents, problems, access requests, service requests within the Service  Management  lifecycle

Operating under agreed service metrics (KPI’s), working in a  fast paced  environment to triage / resolve support tickets within service metric targets

Working with the development teams to assess, investigate and implement resolutions to  complex  Data & Analytics related incidents

Author, share & utilise knowledge-based articles for both internal staff and customers in order to reduce the throughput of service related incidents & service requests

Monitor service event alerts (Interface jobs, triggers, caches) in accordance with Event  Management  process

Support regular service reviews to report on service performance to our customers

Support the Release & Deployment process to ensure the Entry into Service criteria’s are being met whilst maintaining a stable production service

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

Experience in working within a  fast paced  IT Service desk environment, under an ITIL framework

Exceptional  Incident, Problem  Management  skills with the ability to investigate trends, identify root causes, suggesting and applying solutions to resolve issues

Experience in authoring, sharing and utilising technical documentation and knowledge base articles

Understanding the importance of service metrics (SLA’s,  KPI ’s  etc .) and experience in working in a  fast paced  environment under response & resolution time metrics

Active  Directory – User / Group account administration within  Active  Directory domain (Standard tool used across service desk)

MS Office applications (i.e. Outlook, Word, Excel, Project and Visio)

Desirable:

Microsoft SQL Server, including writing SQL database queries and understanding and following through  complex  SQL to establish the root cause of issues

Experience with in the Data & Analytics applications, platforms, services

ITIL Certified /  proven  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 Data & Analytics (D&A) Team

As a Data & Analytics (D&A) Service Desk Analyst, you will reside within the D&A Service Operations Team (BAU Support Team) and will provide support to customers under an ITIL Service  Management  framework.

Working within a dynamic,  fast paced ,  customer focused  Data & Analytics environment, you will be responsible for providing support to customers using Service  Management  practises.

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:  6th 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.

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