Lead Site Reliability Engineer

Northrop Grumman; Cheltenham; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company, Northrop Grumman, is seeking a Lead Site Reliability Engineer in Cheltenham to develop automated solutions and drive high standards in mission-critical systems. This role involves using Infrastructure as Code, cloud environments, and providing mentorship to junior engineers while fostering an inclusive working environment.

Benefits

Flexible working schedules

Flexible Benefits Package

Employee Incentive Programme

Career Development Opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience with mission-critical systems and timely issue resolution.
• Strong knowledge of Windows and Linux operating systems.
• Experience in cloud environments (AWS, Azure) is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Work alongside customers to achieve high standards.
• Create automated solutions for efficiency and cost reduction.
• Provide leadership, coaching, and mentoring.

Skills

Troubleshooting

Observability tools

Fault-finding

Containerization

Automation

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

Azure

ELK

Grafana

Prometheus

Job description

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Lead Site Reliability Engineer, Cheltenham

Client: Northrop Grumman

Location: Cheltenham, Gloucestershire

Job Category: Other

EU work permit required: Yes

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Posted:

02.06.2025

Expiry Date:

17.07.2025

Job Description:

Requisition ID: R10139775

Your Opportunity to Define Possible. Our Opportunity to Deliver the Nation’s Security. Together.

Role clearance type: You must be able to gain and maintain the highest level of UK Government clearance

About Your Opportunity:

As a Lead SRE Engineer, you will be forward-thinking, taking issues and finding repeatable, scalable, and automated solutions with a mindset to continuously improve your workflow guided by metrics. You will be able to deploy applications in a controlled, repeatable way and have developed technical specialisms in frameworks and/or toolsets.

• Flexible working schedules: We offer flexible and hybrid working arrangements. Discuss your preferences at the application stage.
• Flexible Benefits Package: Choose benefits to suit your needs, including Healthcare, Dental, Life Assurance, Pension, and optional benefits like Critical Illness Cover, Health Cash Plan, and Health Assessments.
• Employee Incentive Programme: Recognize your performance through our annual incentive program awarded to top performers.
• Career Development: Opportunities for professional growth and career advancement.

Your Responsibilities:

• Work alongside customers to drive their work to high standards.
• Create efficient, automated solutions to reduce manual effort and costs.
• Promote high standards and good code quality practices.
• Assist with updates and out-of-hours maintenance as required.
• Provide leadership, coaching, and mentoring.

Your Experience:

• Ownership of support for mission-critical systems, troubleshooting and resolving issues within strict timeframes.
• Experience with observability tools (ELK, Grafana, Prometheus) is a plus.
• Strong understanding of Windows and Linux OS, with efficient fault-finding skills.
• Experience with containerization and orchestration tools (Docker, Kubernetes/OpenShift).
• Experience developing in cloud environments (AWS, Azure).

Your Future Team:

You will work with software teams providing infrastructure and platform expertise, re-engineering legacy code, and automating processes to improve efficiency. Your role will involve maintaining and upgrading systems on customer sites.

As a Lead DevOps Engineer, you will design, build, and support Linux-based solutions using Infrastructure as Code and automation tools, mentoring junior team members and promoting best practices.

We value diversity and inclusion, welcoming candidates from all backgrounds and underrepresented communities, fostering respectful and safe environments.

Our Responsibilities:

Our customers operate in diverse environments, offering exciting challenges daily. We give you space to develop your career and shape the future of our business.

We encourage collaboration and value your contributions within an inclusive, respectful environment.

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