DevOps Software Engineer

Role Overview

This role is part of the Blue Bear Business in Bedfordshire. We are seeking a Dev Ops Engineer to support the continued evolution of our development and delivery capability across the software team delivering desktop and embedded applications.

• Design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, Team City, and other tools; suggest new or improved tools and techniques; integrate Artifactory with pipelines to manage build artifacts and releases. Ensure pipelines are scalable, reliable, secure, and automate infrastructure provisioning and configuration management.
• Manage integrations between tooling systems to enable seamless developer workflows; support software teams in onboarding, troubleshooting, and optimizing their development environments.
• Monitor, maintain, and optimize build infrastructure performance and availability; implement best practices in version control, branching strategies, and release management.
• Ensure systems meet security, reliability, and compliance requirements; proactively engage with engineering teams to identify and resolve bottlenecks; contribute to continuous improvement of Dev Ops practices; document tooling, processes, and best practices to ensure knowledge sharing.

• Strong experience with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins and/or Team City.
• Experience administering Git-based platforms (e.g. Git Lab).
• Experience with artifact repository management (e.g. JFrog Artifactory) and dependency management strategies.
• Working knowledge of configuration management tools such as Ansible; experience designing and maintaining automated build and deployment pipelines.
• Strong understanding of mixed Windows and Linux environments, system administration, and scripting (Bash, Python, or similar) for automation.
• Understanding of software development life cycles and Dev Ops best practices.
• Experience with containerisation (Docker) and/or orchestration concepts; strong track record in automating workflows, maintaining developer platforms, and building resilient build and release pipelines.
• Familiarity with networking concepts (TCP/IP) and system integration; development in Java and/or C++.
• Strong problem‑solving skills, proactive approach to improving systems, ability to work collaboratively across multidisciplinary teams, and experience mentoring or supporting engineering teams.
• Understanding of software quality practices (testing, automation, release gating). Existing SC Clearance would be desirable but not a requirement.

By submitting an application to Saab UK you consent to undertaking workforce screening activities that may include but are not limited to baseline personnel security checks, national security vetting, reference checks, verification of working rights and, in all circumstances, preferred candidates will be placed through a security interview.