DevOps & Automation Engineer

Sopra Steria Ltd; Cheltenham; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave

Health cash plan

Life assurance

Pension

Job summary

Sopra Steria Ltd is seeking a DevOps & Automation Engineer for their Aerospace, Defence and Security team. This on-site role is based in London, Manchester or Gloucestershire, with enhanced security clearance expectations.

You will design and implement DevOps and automation across complex programmes, focusing on secure, reliable infrastructure and end-to-end automation. You will mentor engineers, develop pipelines, and drive automation initiatives across the team, contributing to secure delivery

Qualifications

• Experience with Microsoft and Linux in secure environments.
• Hands-on with configuration management and IaC.
• Automation tooling experience with Ansible and Terraform.
• Scripting in PowerShell, Bash or Python is essential.
• Experience building CI/CD pipelines with GitLab or equivalent.
• Understanding of network security and system integration.

Responsibilities

• Designing and implementing DevOps and automation solutions across the account.
• Developing scripts and configurations supporting IaC approaches.
• Building and improving CI/CD pipelines and tooling.
• Owning automation initiatives from design to delivery and handover.
• Providing technical guidance and mentoring to engineers.
• Troubleshooting issues across infrastructure and pipelines.

Skills

DevOps

Automation

Microsoft & Linux

Infrastructure as Code

CI/CD

Scripting (PowerShell/Bash/Python)

GitLab pipelines

Ansible

Terraform

Security awareness

Tools

GitLab

Kubernetes

Terraform

Ansible

Job description

We’re looking for aDevOps & Automation Engineerto join our Aerospace, Defence and Security team. You’ll be part of a highly skilled, collaborative environment where quality, consistency and secure delivery are key. Working across a range of complex programmes, you’ll contribute to building and maintaining robust infrastructure and automation solutions that make a real impact.

This is an on-site role, based in London, Manchester or Gloucestershire, supporting highly secure client environments. You’ll be working alongside experienced engineers who are passionate about sharing knowledge, supporting each other and continuously improving how we deliver for our customers.

What you’ll be doing:

• Designing and implementing DevOps and automation solutions to address infrastructure and delivery challenges across the account.
• Developing scripts, services and configurations that support Infrastructure as Code approaches.
• Building, maintaining and improving continuous integration and continuous delivery pipelines and associated tooling.
• Taking ownership of automation initiatives from design through to delivery and handover.
• Providing technical guidance and mentoring to engineers, supporting capability development across the team.
• Troubleshooting and resolving technical issues across infrastructure, automation pipelines and integrated systems.

What you’ll bring:

• Strong experience working with Microsoft and Linux technologies in secure, highly available environments.
• Hands-on knowledge of configuration management and Infrastructure as Code approaches.
• Experience using automation tools such as Ansible and Terraform.
• Scripting capability using technologies such as PowerShell, Bash or Python.
• Experience building and maintaining pipeline tooling such as GitLab or equivalent.
• Good understanding of network security principles and system integration challenges.

It would be great if you had:

• Experience with container platforms such as Kubernetes or similar technologies.
• Exposure to virtualisation technologies within enterprise environments.
• Experience working across on-premises, hybrid or multi-cloud environments.
• Knowledge of agile delivery methodologies such as Scrum or Kanban.
• Awareness of security frameworks and secure design principles.
• Experience contributing to solution design and technical documentation.

Employment Type: Full-time, Permanent.
Location: London, Manchester or Gloucestershire - on-site.
Security Clearance Level: Enhanced Developed Vetting - must already hold.
Internal Recruiter: Rebecca.
Salary: £50,000 - £65,000.
Benefits: 25 days annual leave with the choice to buy additional days, health cash plan, life assurance, and pension.

Although this role is advertised as full-time, we believe that flexibility at work can promote work/life balance, increase your motivation, reduce stress and improves performance and productivity. We support different ways of working and can offer a range of flexible working arrangements. So, if you’re interested and need to work flexibly, we encourage you to apply and talk to us about what might be possible.

Sopra Steria’s Aerospace, Defence and Security business designs, develops and deploys digital solutions to Central Government clients. The work we do makes a real difference to the client’s goal of National Security, and we operate in a unique and privileged environment. We are given time for professional development activities, and we coach and mentor our colleagues, sharing knowledge and learning from each other. We foster a culture in which employees feel valued and supported and have pride in their work for the customer, delivering outstanding rates of customer satisfaction in the UK’s most complex safety- and security-critical markets