Lead DevOps Engineer for Secure Platform Automation

Leonardo; Yeovil; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonuses & recognition

Private healthcare

Pension scheme

Job summary

Leonardo UK is seeking a Principal DevOps Engineer to lead automation, CI/CD, IaC, and secure platform delivery for critical defence and government projects. You will design, implement and improve pipelines while mentoring engineers and coordinating with security, platform, and delivery teams.

The role requires site attendance at Bristol Yeovil sites with significant on-site work, and flexible remote options for suitable activities. DV clearance is required.

Qualifications

• Extensive DevOps and automation expertise.
• Experience delivering secure platform solutions in regulated environments.
• Strong leadership and mentoring of engineers.

Responsibilities

• Act as technical authority for automation and platform engineering.
• Lead design and improvement of CI/CD pipelines and IaC.
• Develop secure deployment pipelines for controlled environments.
• Mentor engineers and collaborate with security and architecture teams.
• Engage with customers and stakeholders to explain technical solutions.

Skills

DevOps

CI/CD

IaC

Platform engineering

Security

Mentoring

Automation

Cloud

Kubernetes

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

OpenShift

Kubernetes

VMware

Job description

Leonardo UK is seeking a Principal DevOps Engineer to lead automation, CI/CD, IaC, and secure platform delivery for critical defence and government projects. You will design, implement and improve pipelines while mentoring engineers and coordinating with security, platform, and delivery teams.

The role requires site attendance at Bristol Yeovil sites with significant on-site work, and flexible remote options for suitable activities. DV clearance is required.