Security-Cleared DevOps Engineer | Cloud & Automation

BAE Systems; Gloucester; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

BAE Systems is seeking a DevOps Engineer within Digital Intelligence to unite software development, infrastructure, and operations for faster, safer delivery. The role spans automation, cloud platforms, and security across multiple SubAccounts and teams.

You will help design and implement automated delivery pipelines, maintain cloud and container environments, and embed security throughout development and operations to support critical missions.

Qualifications

• Experience designing and implementing CI/CD pipelines across software and infrastructure.
• Proficient in automating deployment and delivery processes via code or scripts.
• Ability to configure and manage cloud platforms (public or private).
• Experience with containerisation and orchestration technologies.
• Knowledge of configuration-management practices and source control.
• Familiarity with operating system hardening and security considerations.

Responsibilities

• Designing, building and maintaining automation for the integration, testing, deployment and operation of software and infrastructure.
• Developing and improving continuous integration and continuous deployment pipelines.
• Creating repeatable ways to configure, deploy, scale and manage application workloads.
• Building and maintaining public or private cloud environments.
• Deploying and operating containerised applications and orchestration platforms.
• Applying configuration management and source-control practices to infrastructure, application and deployment artefacts.
• Configuring, hardening and maintaining operating systems and infrastructure.
• Using programming or scripting to remove repetitive work, improve consistency and support reliable delivery.
• Diagnosing issues across infrastructure, applications, networks and databases, then working with the appropriate specialists to identify root causes.
• Embedding security throughout development and operational processes.
• Supporting capabilities in operational environments through monitoring, maintenance, service requests, incident management and controlled change.
• Applying Site Reliability Engineering principles to improve availability, resilience and supportability.
• Producing proportionate architecture and technical documentation using relevant patterns, practices and frameworks.
• Working as part of a multidisciplinary Agile team and contributing constructively to planning, reviews and other team activities.
• Sharing knowledge within the project and across the wider engineering community.
• Supporting and guiding colleagues where appropriate to the grade and scope of the position.

Skills

CI/CD pipelines

Automation

Cloud platforms

Containerisation

Configuration management

Source control

Operating systems

Security best practices

Job description

BAE Systems is seeking a DevOps Engineer within Digital Intelligence to unite software development, infrastructure, and operations for faster, safer delivery. The role spans automation, cloud platforms, and security across multiple SubAccounts and teams.

You will help design and implement automated delivery pipelines, maintain cloud and container environments, and embed security throughout development and operations to support critical missions.