DevOps Engineer

Location(s): UK, Europe & Africa : UK :
Leeds || UK, Europe & Africa : UK :
London

Job Title:

Dev Ops Engineer

Location:

Leeds or London

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

What you’ll be doing :

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

Solution Design and Delivery

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:  Strategize and manage the timeline for releasing deliverables in alignment with overall program goals.

Technical Oversight

Review Technical Plans:  Collaborate with architects to review implementation plans for changes at the program 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.

Security and Compliance

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.

Team and Stakeholder Management

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.

Your skills and experiences:

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 :
To secure sensitive information and build and 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 that are eligible, you must have been a resident in the UK for the past 5-10yrs

Benefits

As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE also offers employee share plans, an extensive 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

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