Dev Ops Software Engineer – Maritime Mission Systems

Location:

Cheadle, United Kingdom

Thales is a global technology leader with more than 83,000 employees on five continents. With over 7,500 people in the UK, operating across defence, space, aerospace, and digital security, we help build a future we can all trust. Thales supports the security and stability of our nation by providing extraordinary technology to our customers, as well as delivering social value to the UK with our products and services.

Software Dev Ops Engineer – Maritime Mission Systems

Location:

Cheadle

Thales is a global technology leader with more than 83,000 employees on five continents. With over 7,500 people in the UK, operating across defence, space, aerospace, and digital security, we help build a future we can all trust. Thales supports the security and stability of our nation by providing extraordinary technology to our customers, as well as delivering social value to the UK with our products and services.

We are looking for a Software Dev Ops Engineer to join our Maritime Mission Systems team in Cheadle. In this role, you'll help modernise and evolve the Dev Ops platforms that support the development and delivery of world-class sonar capabilities for the Royal Navy and international customers. Working closely with software engineers, you'll improve developer experience, enhance platform performance and availability, and introduce modern Dev Ops tooling that supports the delivery of mission-critical defence technology.

Our purpose is to deliver trusted underwater sensing and decision advantage, working hand-in-hand with navies around the world to safeguard people and nurture global security. Our work spans four sectors:
Mine Countermeasures, Anti-Submarine Warfare, Services and Future Capabilities.

• Support software development teams by maintaining and enhancing Dev Ops platforms and development tooling.
• Develop, maintain and optimise CI/CD pipelines to improve software delivery and deployment.
• Modernise and migrate legacy development environments using contemporary Dev Ops practices and technologies.
• Investigate, evaluate and implement modern Dev Ops tools, automation solutions and Infrastructure as Code.
• Develop and support in-house tooling while improving platform performance, availability, monitoring and security.

• Experience working within Agile and Dev Ops environments, supporting software delivery through CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong Linux (Red Hat preferred) administration skills with experience of container technologies such as Docker or Podman.
• Experience with automation and scripting using tools such as Ansible, Bash, Python or Go.
• Knowledge of container orchestration, infrastructure automation and modern Dev Ops practices.
• Understanding of networking, cybersecurity principles, monitoring, logging and Software Bill of Materials (SBOMs).

• Performance-related bonus (grade dependent)
• Car cash allowance (grade dependent)
• Half day every Friday, usually finishing around 13:00
• 28 days annual leave (plus bank holidays) with opportunity to buy up to 40 hours/year (pro rata)
• 24 hours paid volunteering leave
• Private healthcare (grade dependent)
• Pension scheme
• Life cover
• 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme and access to a mental wellbeing app
• Employee discount shopping schemes on major brands and retailers
• Gym membership discounts

Due to the nature of the work that we do at Thales, many of our roles are subject to security restrictions. This role requires you to be a sole British National from birth and achieve Security Clearance (SC) without any caveats. It would be advantageous if currently held; however, if not currently held, it is a requirement that the…