Principal DevSecOps Engineer — Hybrid, Secure-by-Design Leader

Leonardo UK Ltd; Luton; Hybrid; GBP 54,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Leonardo UK Ltd. is seeking a Principal Software Engineer (DevSecOps) in Luton, with responsibility for accelerating secure software delivery across defence programmes.

You will champion modern engineering practices, drive automation and embed security throughout the lifecycle, contributing to enterprise DevSecOps capabilities across cloud and on-prem environments. The role emphasizes leadership, hands-on CI/CD, security-by-design, and collaboration with platform teams and stakeholders to raise

Qualifications

• Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Systems Engineering or related discipline.
• Experience delivering software solutions within a complex engineering environment.
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD practices and tooling.
• Knowledge of cloud, on-premises and hybrid environments, including security considerations.
• Experience with enterprise DevOps and DevSecOps tools supporting modern software delivery.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the delivery and evolution of Leonardo's enterprise-wide DevSecOps platform.
• Support and mentor teams adopting DevSecOps practices, tools and ways of working.
• Plan and implement DevSecOps capabilities across cloud, on-premises and hybrid environments.
• Design, deploy and maintain development, test and operational environments.
• Drive automation across software delivery and infrastructure provisioning to improve quality, consistency and efficiency.
• Develop and maintain automation frameworks, CI/CD pipelines and deployment processes.
• Apply effective change, configuration and release management practices.
• Support deployed services, ensuring high levels of performance, security and availability.
• Collaborate with engineers, platform teams and stakeholders to improve delivery capability and engineering practices.
• Champion secure-by-design principles across the software development lifecycle.

Skills

CI/CD

DevSecOps

Cloud & Hybrid

Security by design

Mentoring

Agile

Automation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Software/Systems Engineering

Tools

CI/CD tooling

Infrastructure as Code

Deployment automation tools

Job description

Leonardo UK Ltd. is seeking a Principal Software Engineer (DevSecOps) in Luton, with responsibility for accelerating secure software delivery across defence programmes.

You will champion modern engineering practices, drive automation and embed security throughout the lifecycle, contributing to enterprise DevSecOps capabilities across cloud and on-prem environments. The role emphasizes leadership, hands-on CI/CD, security-by-design, and collaboration with platform teams and stakeholders to raise