DevOps Engineer

Dev Ops Engineer

Location:

Leeds or London, UK, Europe & Africa.

We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.

You will be working on a large‑scale Engineering engagement in a portfolio team of 80, enabling the delivery of new features, continuous improvement and the support of Critical National Infrastructure.

• Design Solutions: develop secure, scalable, and efficient technical solutions tailored to meet business and operational requirements.
• Elaborate Solutions: break down high‑level solution designs into actionable and detailed deliverables for execution.
• Refine High‑Level Designs: translate abstract designs into specific, manageable deliverables aligned with project objectives.
• Plan Deliverable Releases: strategise and manage the timeline for releasing deliverables in alignment with overall programme goals.

• Review Technical Plans: collaborate with architects to review implementation plans for changes at the programme level, assessing potential impacts on existing products.
• Write Implementation Plans: develop comprehensive technical implementation plans to guide the development and deployment process.
• Incident Management: lead incident resolution efforts from a technical standpoint, working closely with incident management teams to ensure quick and effective resolution.
• Root Cause Analysis: investigate incidents to identify underlying issues and implement preventative measures.
• Technical Communication: liaise with the Release Working Group to communicate upcoming changes impacting other teams or releases.

• Collaboration with Security Teams: ensure solutions comply with organisational security policies and proactively address security concerns.
• Support Secure Integrations: work with other teams to facilitate secure changes with minimal disruption.

• Stakeholder
  
  Collaboration:
  
  partner with engineers based in Leeds and London and from other suppliers responsible for different platform components to minimise product disruptions, being part of a culture of collaboration and excellence.
• Difficult Conversations: engage effectively with security teams to address and resolve complex or sensitive issues.
• Bridge Technology and Business: act as a translator between business analysts and technical teams to ensure alignment and understanding.

• Essential
  
  Skills:
  
  Kubernetes, Jenkins, Git Hub Helm, SQL.
• Desired
  
  Skills:
  
  AWS, Terraform, Docker, Groovy, Maven, Postgres.
• Application Development: design, build, and deploy applications from concept to production within tight timelines.
• Metrics and Monitoring: build application metric exporters and maintain dashboards for performance and operational insights.
• Kubernetes Management: develop, deploy, and manage all Kubernetes object types, ensuring optimal cluster operations.
• Vault Management: secure sensitive information and build/manage Vault and Vault secrets.
• Clustered Solutions: implement and oversee clustered solutions layered on existing infrastructure.
• Database Administration: manage database operations to ensure data integrity, security, and performance.
• Proxy Management: build and maintain secure and efficient proxies for application communication.
• Containerisation: build and manage Docker images, ensuring they meet performance, security, and compliance standards.
• Helm Templating: utilise Helm to template and manage Kubernetes deployments.

Please note we can only consider applicants who are UK nationals who either already hold UKSC or are eligible; you must have been a resident in the UK for the past 5–10 years.

As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE offers employee share plans, a wide range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing & lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

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…