Principal DevOps Engineer - Secure Cloud Leader

Leonardo S.p.A.; Bristol; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Pension scheme

Learning & development

Bonus scheme

Hybrid working

Job summary

Leonardo UK is seeking a Principal DevOps Engineer to lead a team of engineers and deliver secure, automated DevOps solutions across hybrid and cloud environments in Bristol. The role blends technical authority with people leadership, guiding design, integration and delivery of work packages.

You will author CI/CD pipelines, IaC and container orchestration while embedding DevSecOps practices and coordinating delivery with stakeholders and customers across UK offices.

Qualifications

• Experience leading engineers and delivering DevOps work packages.
• 01
• Strong automation, orchestration and secure DevOps practices.
• 04
• Ability to balance hands-on engineering and technical leadership with delivery management.

Responsibilities

• Act as the technical authority for automation and DevOps solutions across projects and programmes.
• Lead the design and implementation of CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code, and container orchestration.
• Provide domain expertise in secure DevOps/DevSecOps, embedding cyber security into pipelines and environments.
• Capture and analyse requirements, shaping high- and low-level technical designs.
• Lead planning, resourcing and technical delivery of assigned work packages, including estimation, reporting and risks management.
• Provide line management, mentoring and coaching for DevOps Engineers and Technicians.
• Support recruitment, onboarding, capability development and knowledge sharing across the DevOps community.
• Engage with stakeholders and customers, presenting and defending technical solutions and reporting on delivery progress, risks and mitigations.

Skills

DevOps leadership

CI/CD pipelines

Infrastructure as Code

Container orchestration

Cloud platforms

DevSecOps

Mentoring and coaching

Tools

Git

Terraform

Ansible

Helm

Docker

Kubernetes

OpenShift

Azure DevOps

Github Actions

Job description

Leonardo UK is seeking a Principal DevOps Engineer to lead a team of engineers and deliver secure, automated DevOps solutions across hybrid and cloud environments in Bristol. The role blends technical authority with people leadership, guiding design, integration and delivery of work packages.

You will author CI/CD pipelines, IaC and container orchestration while embedding DevSecOps practices and coordinating delivery with stakeholders and customers across UK offices.