Lead DevOps Engineer
Northrop Grumman3 days ago
Cheltenham, United KingdomStaff+
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and maintain secure, resilient, mission-critical systems with technical and business stakeholders.
- Automate deployment, configuration, and operational activities using Infrastructure as Code and configuration management tools.
- Create, improve, and maintain CI/CD pipelines for reliable, high-quality software delivery.
- Lead technical discussions and recommend DevOps tools and practices for complex project challenges.
- Support cloud migration and adoption of containerised and microservices-based architectures.
- Monitor and improve system performance, reliability, and operational efficiency.
- Document and share knowledge and mentor junior colleagues on best practices.
Requirements
- Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, Concourse, Maven, or Bamboo.
- Experience with automation and scripting using Ansible, Bash, PowerShell, Puppet, or Python.
- Experience managing virtualised and containerised environments including VMware, Docker, Kubernetes, or OpenShift.
- Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud.
- Experience using Jira, Confluence, and Bitbucket in Agile environments.
- Experience with monitoring and observability tools including Elastic Stack and Grafana.
- Desirable experience designing, deploying, and administering Linux or Unix-based platforms.
- Desirable experience implementing Infrastructure as Code and DevSecOps practices and supporting cloud transformation programmes.
- Must be a UK national and able to gain and maintain UK Government security clearance.
Benefits
- Flexible and hybrid working arrangements.
- Compressed fortnight option with every other Friday off where project requirements allow.
- Private healthcare, dental cover, life assurance, pension, critical illness cover, and health cash plan.
- Holiday buy and sell scheme and annual performance incentive programme.
- Professional development, training, certification support, career development programmes, and mentoring opportunities.
- Cheltenham location, with relocation assistance potentially available and travel required 10% of the time.
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About Northrop Grumman
Northrop Grumman designs and manufactures aircraft, spacecraft, missile defense, C4ISR, and cyber systems for the U.S. government, NASA, and allied nations. The company operates primarily through long-term defense and space contracts, delivering products and services spanning autonomous systems, sensors, software, and sustainment. Founded in 1994 and headquartered in Falls Church, Virginia, it is a public company listed on the NYSE (ticker: NOC).