Dev Ops Software Engineer – Maritime Mission Systems

Description

The company is a global technology leader with more than 83,000 staff, over 7,500 of them in the UK, working across defence, space, aerospace and digital security.

This is a Software DevOps Engineer role on the Maritime Mission Systems team in Cheadle.

The team builds sonar capabilities for the Royal Navy and international customers, and this role improves the DevOps platforms those systems are built on.

The team's work supports navies worldwide with underwater sensing and decision advantage across four sectors: Mine Countermeasures, Anti-Submarine Warfare, Services and Future Capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and extend the DevOps platforms and development tools that software teams depend on.
• Build, run and tune CI/CD pipelines so software is delivered faster and more reliably.
• Move legacy development environments onto modern DevOps practices and tooling.
• Research, assess and roll out current DevOps tools, automation and Infrastructure as Code.
• Write and maintain in-house tools, and improve platform speed, uptime, monitoring and security.

Requirements

• Ideal: experience working in Agile and DevOps teams, delivering software through CI/CD pipelines.
• Ideal: hands-on Linux administration, with Red Hat preferred, plus container work using Docker or Podman.
• Ideal: scripting and automation in Ansible, Bash, Python or Go.
• Ideal: knowledge of container orchestration, infrastructure automation and current DevOps practice.
• Ideal: understanding of networking, cyber security principles, monitoring, logging and Software Bill of Materials (SBOMs).

Conditions

Based in Cheadle, within the Maritime Mission Systems team.

Half day every Friday, usually finishing around 13:00.

UK eyes only: you must be a sole British national from birth.

Security Clearance (SC) with no caveats is required. Holding it already is an advantage, but if you do not, you must obtain and maintain it before you start.

Full SC generally requires 5 years of UK residence. In some cases, 3 years over the last 5 may be accepted, with additional overseas checks.

Clearance level guidance is published on the UK Security Vetting website.

Many roles at the company carry security restrictions due to the nature of the work.

The company offers equal opportunities, pay and working conditions to everyone.

Benefits

• Performance-related bonus, depending on grade.
• Car cash allowance, depending on grade.
• 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays, with the option to buy up to 40 hours a year (pro rata).
• 24 hours of paid volunteering leave.
• Private healthcare, depending on grade.
• Pension scheme and life cover.
• 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme and access to a mental wellbeing app.
• Employee discounts with major brands and retailers, plus gym membership discounts.