Lead DevOps Engineer
Leonardo S.p.A.1 month ago
Gloucester, United KingdomStaff+
Responsibilities
- Act as the technical authority for DevOps across programmes and guide technical delivery.
- Define DevOps roadmaps, automation strategies, innovation plans, and future technical direction.
- Lead feasibility studies, technology assessments, and solution recommendations for complex engineering challenges.
- Provide advanced guidance on CI/CD, infrastructure as code, containerisation, orchestration, cloud, and hybrid environments.
- Mentor Principal, Senior, and early-career engineers across the DevOps community.
- Represent Leonardo at customer reviews, technical boards, and industry events.
- Contribute expert input to bids, proposals, technical strategy, engineering governance, and accreditation alignment.
- Embed secure-by-design principles, cyber security controls, and DevSecOps practices into pipelines and infrastructure.
Requirements
- Recognised expertise as a technical authority in DevOps and automation.
- Expert knowledge of CI/CD pipelines, automation, and orchestration tooling.
- Strong expertise with Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift or Tanzu.
- Deep knowledge of AWS, Azure, and hybrid deployments.
- Experience embedding cyber security controls and DevSecOps practices into pipelines and infrastructure.
- Proficiency in Python, Bash, and PowerShell scripting and automation.
- Familiarity with accreditation, assurance, and governance requirements in secure environments.
- Ability to influence technical strategy, communicate with stakeholders at all levels, and represent the organisation externally.
- Desirable qualifications include Kubernetes CKA or CKAD, AWS or Azure Architect, and HashiCorp Terraform or Vault certifications.
- Desirable experience includes influencing organisational DevOps standards, contributing to research or professional forums, and using service mesh, GitOps, policy-as-code, monitoring, logging, or observability platforms.
- Existing UK Security Clearance at DV level is advantageous; candidates eligible to obtain clearance are also encouraged to apply.
Benefits
- Permanent employment with a company-funded benefits package.
- Generous leave with the opportunity to accrue up to 12 additional flexi-days annually.
- Award-winning pension scheme with up to 15% employer contribution.
- Free mental health support, financial advice, and employee-led inclusion and diversity networks.
- Bonus scheme eligibility for employees at management level and below.
- Free access to more than 4,000 online courses through Coursera and LinkedIn Learning.
- Employee referral programme with a financial reward.
- Up to £500 annually for flexible benefits such as private healthcare, dental and family cover, technology and lifestyle discounts, and gym memberships.
- Flexible hours and hybrid working options are available, although the role is listed as onsite and based full time at the customer site in Gloucestershire.
- Primary location is Gloucester, with additional locations in Bristol and Luton.