Lead DevOps Engineer - CI/CD, Kubernetes & Cloud

Northrop Grumman UK; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Cash health plan

Career development

Job summary

Northrop Grumman UK is recruiting a Lead DevOps Engineer to design, develop and maintain the critical CI/CD infrastructure powering our services. You will lead a small team, drive delivery, and ensure scalable, robust deployments across multiple projects.

You will work in a hybrid setup, collaborating with product, frontend, and QA teams. Attractive development programmes and security-clearance aligned opportunities accompany this role.

Qualifications

• Proven DevOps experience with CI/CD and cloud deployments.
• Strong Linux system administration and troubleshooting skills.
• Experience leading a small engineering team and mentoring juniors.

Responsibilities

• Own the team's deliverables and delivery path.
• Lead CI/CD lifecycle across design, build, test and deploy.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure integrated delivery.
• Mentor junior developers and guide capability growth.

Skills

CI/CD

Containerisation

Deployment technologies

Cloud platforms

Jenkins

Kubernetes

IaC

Docker

AWS

Linux admin

Database tech

Tools

Jenkins

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

IaC tooling

Job description

Northrop Grumman UK is recruiting a Lead DevOps Engineer to design, develop and maintain the critical CI/CD infrastructure powering our services. You will lead a small team, drive delivery, and ensure scalable, robust deployments across multiple projects.

You will work in a hybrid setup, collaborating with product, frontend, and QA teams. Attractive development programmes and security-clearance aligned opportunities accompany this role.