Principal Platform Engineer - Cloud, DevOps, Clearance

Raytheon

Gloucester

Hybrid

GBP 70,000 - 110,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Contributory Pension

Life Assurance

25 days holiday

Bonus scheme

Flexible Benefits

Job summary

Raytheon UK is seeking a Principal Platform Engineer to deploy applications and software across cloud and on‑prem environments for our diverse business areas. The role is permanent, full time, with a hybrid model in Gloucester and a requirement to attain eDV clearance.

You will build and configure development tools and infrastructure, understand stakeholder needs, automate release processes, and ensure systems remain secure against cyber threats, collaborating with other engineers to follow

Qualifications

Experience in Agile/SCRUM/DevOps delivery model.
Experience with cloud technologies (AWS or Azure).
Infrastructure as code (Terraform, Puppet, Chef, Ansible).
Experience building and deploying large-scale applications in CI/CD pipelines; Container platforms and orchestration systems ECS, AKS, Kubernetes/helm/Docker.
Experience in automation and integration tools such as Jenkins, Concourse CI or cloud equivalents.
Experience in scripting languages and source control.

Responsibilities

Deploy applications and software to cloud or on-prem environments for multiple business areas.
Build and set up development tools and infrastructure.
Understand the needs of project stakeholders.
Automate and improve development and release processes.
Ensure systems are safe and secure against cyber threats.
Identify technical problems and develop software updates and solutions.
Collaborate with other engineers to ensure processes are followed.