IT & Software

Senior DevOps Engineer

Leonardo DRS

Remote · Nationwide · United Kingdom

Overview

As Lead DevOps Engineer at Leonardo UK, you will set technical direction for automation and secure software delivery across programmes. You’ll act as a subject-matter expert, shaping architectures and DevOps roadmaps while guiding teams and representing Leonardo externally. The role combines hands-on guidance with governance, enabling secure, scalable CI/CD and cloud-based delivery in customer environments. You’ll work closely with cross-functional teams to solve complex engineering challenges and drive secure-by-design practices.

Pay / Benefits
  • generous leave with up to 12 flexi-days
  • employer pension contribution up to 15%
  • mental health support and financial advice
  • bonus scheme for eligible staff
  • free access to 4,000+ online courses via Coursera and LinkedIn Learning
  • flexible benefits spend up to 500 annually
Responsibilities
  • Act as technical authority for DevOps across programmes, shaping architectures and guiding delivery
  • Define and influence DevOps roadmaps, innovation, and future automation strategies
  • Lead feasibility studies, technology assessments, and solution recommendations for complex challenges
  • Provide advanced guidance in CI/CD, infrastructure as code, and container orchestration
  • Mentor engineers across experience levels to raise capability in DevOps
  • Represent Leonardo at customer reviews, technical boards, and industry events
  • Contribute expert input to bids, proposals, and technical strategy
  • Champion secure-by-design principles, accreditation alignment, and engineering governance
Key requirements
  • Recognised expertise as a DevOps and automation authority
  • Ability to influence technical strategy and represent Leonardo externally
  • Strong communication with engineers to senior leaders
  • strategic influence
  • clear communication
  • stakeholder engagement
  • CI/CD pipelines, automation, and orchestration (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, Terraform, Ansible, Helm)
  • Containerisation and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift/Tanzu)
  • Cloud environments (AWS, Azure) and hybrid deployments

Reference: WJ-747_30185918

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