Principal DevOps Engineer: Secure CI/CD & Cloud Automation Lead

Leonardo

West of England

Hybrid

GBP 90,000 - 120,000

Full time

16 hours ago
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Benefits offered by this job

Pension scheme
Bonuses
Flexible benefits
Learning & development

Job summary

Leonardo UK is seeking a Principal DevOps Engineer to drive automation and DevOps excellence across hybrid and cloud environments. You will act as the technical authority, leading CI/CD design and delivery while embedding security into pipelines and infrastructure.

The role blends hands-on engineering with strategic leadership and requires collaboration with customers and cross-functional teams. The position offers a hybrid working model with on-site collaboration at Bristol offices, supporting

Qualifications

  • Extensive experience leading automation and DevOps across hybrid/cloud environments.
  • Ability to design and implement secure DevOps pipelines and IaC.
  • Strong mentoring and technical leadership to uplift teams.

Responsibilities

  • Act as technical authority for automation and DevOps across projects.
  • Lead design/implementation of CI/CD pipelines and IaC.
  • Embed security into pipelines and environments (DevSecOps).
  • Shape high- and low-level technical designs and deliverables.
  • Own technical delivery for work packages including planning and estimation.
  • Mentor DevOps Engineers and Technicians to raise capabilities.
  • Support architecture assessments, feasibility studies and roadmaps.
  • Engage with stakeholders and customers, defending solutions.

Skills

CI/CD pipelines
DevOps leadership
Secure DevOps
Mentorship

Tools

Github Actions
GitLab CI
Jenkins
Azure DevOps
Terraform
Kubernetes
OpenShift

Job description

Leonardo UK is seeking a Principal DevOps Engineer to drive automation and DevOps excellence across hybrid and cloud environments. You will act as the technical authority, leading CI/CD design and delivery while embedding security into pipelines and infrastructure.

The role blends hands-on engineering with strategic leadership and requires collaboration with customers and cross-functional teams. The position offers a hybrid working model with on-site collaboration at Bristol offices, supporting

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