Operations Support Analyst
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BAE Systems is seeking an Operations Support Analyst in Preston, onsite with hybrid options, salary circa £37k plus depending on skills. You’ll manage end-to-end Data & Analytics support incidents within an ITIL service management framework, triage and resolve tickets against KPIs, collaborate with development teams on complex issues, author and share knowledge base articles, monitor event alerts, support service reviews, and assist the Release and Deployment process to ensure entry into service criteria. Essential skills include fast paced IT service desk experience, ITIL, strong incident and problem management, knowledge base writing, understanding SLAs and KPIs, Active Directory administration, and MS Office. Desirable: SQL queries, D&A platforms, ITIL certification. Benefits include pension, share plans, flexible benefits, and potential incentive. Apply early before 06 Feb 2026 and tailor your CV to show root cause analysis and measurable impacts, plus readiness for security checks and hybrid work.
Operations Support Analyst-00133288
Description
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 within 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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