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Senior DevOps Engineer

Northrop Grumman · Cheltenham, UK
Clearance Level
BPSS
Salary Range
£50,700 - 76,100
Employment Type
FULL TIME
Work Style
hybrid

// Role Summary

Join a mission-critical systems team focused on delivering national security solutions through advanced infrastructure and DevOps practices. This role offers a chance to work with cutting-edge technologies and collaborate with a diverse, expert team.

// Key Responsibilities

  • Design, build, and maintain mission-critical systems.
  • Automate system deployment and operations using Infrastructure as Code.
  • Create and maintain CI/CD pipelines for stability and quality.
  • Focus on cloud readiness and microservices architecture migration.
  • Work with a collaborative and diverse team of industry-leading practitioners.

// Role Specification

About the Role

Collaborate with Architects, Software Developers, and Testers to align complex systems to exacting standards. Deliver mission value that transforms client systems, enhancing reliability, cost-effectiveness, and organizational agility. You will play a key part in delivering the nation's security.

Your Responsibilities:

  • Work as part of a team to design, build, and maintain mission-critical systems.
  • Automate system deployment, operation, and maintenance using Infrastructure as Code and Configuration Management tooling.
  • Support Leads in driving decisions to implement best-fit tools for complex project problems.
  • Create and maintain CI/CD pipelines to ensure stability and quality throughout the SDLC.
  • Engage in migration activities, focusing on cloud readiness and implementing microservices architecture.
  • Continuously expand your own skills and maintain relevant certifications.

Your Experience:

  • Bachelor’s Degree in a Computer Science based subject, equivalent qualification, or equivalent relevant experience.
  • Amazon Web Services Certified to Practitioner or Associate level, with experience in designing, deploying, and administering cloud-based solutions.
  • Experience creating/maintaining DevOps CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Jenkins, Concourse, Maven, Bamboo).
  • Experience automating tasks using tools like Ansible, Bash, PowerShell, Puppet, or Python.
  • Experience administering Virtualised or Containerised systems in VMWare or Docker/Kubernetes/Openshift.
  • Strong collaboration and excellent communication skills (verbal and written), utilizing collaboration tools like the Atlassian Suite (Confluence, Jira, Bitbucket).
  • Strong agile background with a keen desire to learn, succeed across multiple teams, and adapt as required.
  • Cloud experience and awareness in AWS, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud Platforms.
  • Experience designing, deploying, and administering Linux or Unix-based solutions (e.g., using virtualisation, containerisation, Infrastructure as Code) would be advantageous.
  • Experience with performance monitoring tools (e.g., Elastic Stack, Grafana, CheckMK).

Your Benefits:

  • Flexible working schedules and hybrid working arrangements available.
  • Flexible Benefits Package: Choose benefits to suit your needs, including core benefits like Healthcare, Dental, Life Assurance, and Pension, with options for Critical Illness Cover, Health Cash Plan, and Health Assessments.
  • Employee Incentive Programme: Recognition for exceptional performance through an annual incentive program.
  • Career Development: Opportunities for ongoing professional development and career growth.

Your Future Team:

Join the Infrastructure Discipline for a variety of opportunities working with the latest Infrastructure as Code and DevSecOps toolsets to deliver innovative solutions to complex problems. Our focused and flexible team comprises industry-leading practitioners in engineering and systems administration. We collaborate to deliver innovative solutions to extremely complex problems, providing broad experience for skill development across the latest tools.

Diversity and Inclusion:

Diversity is central to our success. We foster inclusive environments and welcome candidates from all backgrounds and perspectives. We are committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce and encourage individuals from all backgrounds and abilities to apply.