Introduction

• Our client is a global defence and security business with the UK serving as a major hub for advanced technology and strategic partnerships. With over 60% of its revenue driven by exports, our client plays a significant role in supporting international defence markets. As a leader in IT, network operations and cyber security, our client is at the forefront of delivering innovative solutions to protect and defend across the full cyber domain.
• As a Senior DevOps Engineer, you will design, deploy, and maintain mission-critical systems using cloud platforms. You will work in multidisciplinary teams, building CI/CD pipelines, automating infrastructure and managing micro-service architecture within containerised and virtualised environments.

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This role is based full time on site.

Key responsibilities

• Work collaboratively within a team to design, develop and support mission-critical systems.
• Automate system deployment, operation and maintenance using Infrastructure as Code and configuration management tools.
• Work alongside technical leads to support the selection and implementation of appropriate tools to address complex project challenges.
• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines to ensure quality, stability and efficiency throughout the software development lifecycle (SDLC).
• Support system migration initiatives, preparing applications for cloud environments and enabling microservices-based architectures.

Skills & experience

• Degree in Computer Science (or related discipline), equivalent qualification, or relevant industry experience.
• AWS certification (Practitioner or Associate level), with experience designing, deploying and managing cloud-based solutions.
• Proven experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Jenkins, Concourse, Maven or Bamboo.
• Experience automating tasks using tools or scripting languages such as Ansible, Bash, PowerShell, Puppet or Python.
• Experience working with virtualised and/or containerised environments, including VMware, Docker, Kubernetes or OpenShift.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with experience using tools such as the Atlassian suite (Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket).
• Experience working within Agile environments, with the ability to adapt across multiple teams.
• Knowledge of cloud platforms such as AWS, Microsoft Azure or Google Cloud.
• Experience designing, deploying or administering Linux/Unix-based platforms, including use of virtualisation, containerisation and Infrastructure as Code (desirable).
• Experience using performance monitoring and logging tools such as Elastic Stack, Grafana or CheckMK.

Additional benefits

• Flexible and hybrid working
• Competitive salary and bonus scheme
• Private healthcare and pension benefits
• Enhanced family leave policies
• Holiday purchase scheme
• Wellbeing and mental health support
• Employee assistance programme
• Discounts and reward platform
• Volunteering opportunities
• Recognition and career development programmes

Our client is committed to providing a diverse and inclusive workplace and welcomes applications from all backgrounds.

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