4 days ago
Cheadle, United KingdomMid Level
Responsibilities
- Maintain and enhance DevOps platforms and development tooling for software development teams.
- Develop, maintain, and optimise CI/CD pipelines for software delivery and deployment.
- Modernise and migrate legacy development environments using contemporary DevOps practices and technologies.
- Evaluate and implement DevOps tools, automation solutions, and Infrastructure as Code.
- Develop and support in-house tooling while improving platform performance, availability, monitoring, and security.
Requirements
- Experience working in Agile and DevOps environments supporting software delivery through CI/CD pipelines.
- Strong Linux administration skills, preferably with Red Hat experience.
- Experience with container technologies such as Docker or Podman.
- Automation and scripting experience using Ansible, Bash, Python, or Go.
- Knowledge of container orchestration, infrastructure automation, and modern DevOps practices.
- Understanding of networking, cybersecurity principles, monitoring, logging, and Software Bill of Materials.
- Must be a sole British National from birth and eligible to achieve and maintain Security Clearance without caveats.
- Generally requires five years of UK residence over the last five years, although three years may be accepted in some circumstances with additional overseas checks.
Benefits
- Performance-related bonus and car cash allowance, grade dependent.
- Half day every Friday, usually finishing around 13:00.
- 28 days of annual leave plus bank holidays, with the opportunity to buy up to 40 hours per year pro rata.
- 24 hours of paid volunteering leave.
- Private healthcare, grade dependent.
- Pension scheme and life cover.
- 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme and access to a mental wellbeing app.
- Employee discount shopping schemes and gym membership discounts.
About Thales
Thales designs and sells defense, aerospace, space, and digital identity/cybersecurity systems to governments, armed forces, infrastructure operators, and enterprises. Its portfolio spans avionics, radars and sensors, satellites, air traffic management, secure communications, and cybersecurity and identity solutions (bolstered by the 2019 Gemalto acquisition). Headquartered in Meudon, France, Thales is publicly traded on Euronext Paris (HO) and reported €20.6 billion in sales in 2024.