Lead DevOps Engineer: AI‑Driven Deployments & Kubernetes

British Intelligence Agencies; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Season ticket loan

Pension

On-site facilities

Learning opportunities

Job summary

MI6 is seeking an experienced Lead DevOps Engineer to lead an expanding DevOps capability, overseeing deployment, operation, and maintenance of software across platforms. You will provide technical leadership, champion automation, and drive AI-assisted engineering to improve speed and reliability.

You will guide engineers, promote best DevOps practices, and balance delivery with security, resilience, and service stability while embedding Site Reliability Engineering across teams.

Qualifications

• Requires a relevant degree or equivalent industry experience.
• Experience leading DevOps teams and delivering reliable deployments.
• Strong understanding of CI/CD, automation, and observability.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership across DevOps, deployment and service operations.
• Lead adoption of Kubernetes and containerised environments.
• Improve deployment speed, reliability and productivity with AI-assisted engineering.

Skills

DevOps leadership

CI/CD improvements

Automation

AI in engineering

SRE concepts

Team mentoring

Education

Relevant degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Kubernetes

Containers

CI/CD tooling

Job description

MI6 is seeking an experienced Lead DevOps Engineer to lead an expanding DevOps capability, overseeing deployment, operation, and maintenance of software across platforms. You will provide technical leadership, champion automation, and drive AI-assisted engineering to improve speed and reliability.

You will guide engineers, promote best DevOps practices, and balance delivery with security, resilience, and service stability while embedding Site Reliability Engineering across teams.