DevOps & Automation Engineer

Sopra Steria Limited; Cheltenham; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Sopra Steria Limited is seeking a DevOps & Automation Engineer to join its Aerospace, Defence and Security team. This on-site role is based in London, Manchester or Gloucestershire, supporting highly secure client environments.

You will design and implement automation solutions, develop scripts, and build robust CI/CD pipelines while mentoring fellow engineers and maintaining secure, available systems.

Qualifications

• Strong experience designing and delivering DevOps and automation solutions.
• Hands-on IaC experience with Ansible and Terraform.
• Proficient scripting in PowerShell, Bash or Python and CI/CD tooling.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement DevOps and automation solutions for infrastructure challenges.
• Develop scripts and configurations to support Infrastructure as Code.
• Build and improve CI/CD pipelines and tooling.
• Own automation initiatives from design to delivery and handover.
• Provide technical guidance and mentoring to engineers.
• Troubleshoot issues across infrastructure and pipelines.

Skills

DevOps

Automation

CI/CD

Scripting

PowerShell

Bash

Python

Linux

Security

Tools

Ansible

Terraform

GitLab

Kubernetes

Virtualization

Job description

We're looking for a DevOps & Automation Engineer to 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.
• 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.

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.

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.