Senior DevOps Engineer

Northrop Grumman; City of Westminster; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible/hybrid work

Private healthcare

Cash health plan

Holiday buy/sell

Job summary

Northrop Grumman UK is seeking a DevOps Engineer to contribute to hands-on development, CI/CD, and deployment automation. You will design features aligned with our product roadmap and communicate design decisions clearly.

You will break work into Agile tasks, manage pipelines, and present progress to customers. Requires strong Linux, cloud, and database knowledge across SQL/Elasticsearch/MongoDB, with excellent team collaboration.

Qualifications

• Experience as a DevOps Engineer with hands-on coding and peer reviews.
• Strong design and architectural skills for CI/CD and deployment automation.
• Proficient in Linux systems administration and cloud platforms.

Responsibilities

• Hands-on development and peer reviews of code.
• Design features to support the product roadmap and justify decisions.
• Break down work into well-defined Agile tasks.
• Set up and maintain CI/CD pipelines and deployment processes.
• Present development progress to internal and external customers.
• Proven DevOps experience with CI/CD, containerisation, deployment tech and cloud platforms (Jenkins, Kubernetes, IaC, Docker, AWS).
• Experience in Linux system administration.
• Knowledge of databases such as SQL, Elasticsearch or MongoDB.
• Strong communication and collaboration in an Agile environment.

Skills

CI/CD

Containerisation

Cloud platforms

Jenkins

Kubernetes

Docker

IaC

Linux administration

SQL/Elasticsearch/MongoDB

Agile

Tools

Git

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

Responsibilities

• Perform hands‑on development and actively contribute to the code base, including undertaking peer reviews.
• Design engineering features that support delivery of the product roadmap and clearly articulate design decisions.
• Break down large pieces of work into well‑defined tasks aligned with Agile delivery.
• Set up and maintain CI/CD pipelines, taking ownership of build and deployment processes.
• Demonstrate development progress to internal and external customers through clear, confident presentations.
• Experience as a DevOps Engineer, with strong skills in CI/CD, containerisation, deployment technologies and cloud platforms (such as Jenkins, Kubernetes, IaC, Docker and AWS).
• Experience in Linux system administration or similar operating systems.
• Understanding of database technologies, such as SQL, Elasticsearch or MongoDB.
• Strong communication, collaboration and problem‑solving skills, ideally gained in an agile environment.

Security Clearance Due To the nature of our work, you must be British National for this clearance type. You must currently hold the Highest Level of UK Government security clearance.

At Northrop Grumman UK, you are part of a team driving innovation where it matters most - solving tomorrow's challenges and shaping the technology and solutions of the future. It's what we call Defining Possible. This mind‑set goes beyond our customer solutions; it's the foundation for your career development and the impact we have within the community.

"My purpose is to lead a team of engineers, rise to the challenges presented, push the boundaries and define possible together." - Matthew Bullock, Software Manager, Northrop Grumman UK

Benefits

• Flexible working options, including hybrid working and an optional compressed fortnight
• Private healthcare
• Cash health plan
• Holiday buy/sell scheme
• Career development programmes and professional training
• Performance-based bonuses

Why Join Us?

A Mission to Believe In Every day we contribute to building a more secure and connected world across land, sea, air, space and cyberspace. What we do together matters.

A Place to Belong and Thrive Every voice matters. You can bring your authentic self to work and join a community strengthened by employee‑led groups and partnerships that champion diversity, wellbeing and inclusion.

Your Career, Your Way Shape your journey with diverse roles, mentorship and development opportunities that support your ambitions. Enjoy flexibility and benefits that help you balance your work and personal life.