Senior DevOps Lead — CI/CD Architect, Cloud & Hybrid

Devopsroles; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hybrid work

Private healthcare

Cash health plan

Holiday buy/sell scheme

Career development programmes

Performance-based bonuses

Job summary

Northrop Grumman UK is seeking a Lead DevOps Engineer to design, develop and maintain the CI/CD infrastructure powering our services. You will lead a team, define delivery paths and ensure customer requirements are met through scalable, reliable solutions.

You'll work across projects with cross-functional teams, mentor junior engineers and drive best practices in DevOps, containerisation, and cloud deployments, while delivering high-impact outcomes for national security initiatives.

Qualifications

• Experience leading DevOps teams in agile environments.
• Strong experience designing and implementing CI/CD pipelines.
• Hands-on with cloud platforms (AWS) and container tech.

Responsibilities

• Own the team’s deliverables, defining a clear delivery path.
• Lead and contribute across the entire CI/CD lifecycle.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure integrated delivery.
• Mentor and guide junior developers to grow capability.

Skills

DevOps

CI/CD

Containerisation

Linux

AWS

Kubernetes

Docker

IaC

Jenkins

Cloud platforms

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Puppet

Git

CI tooling

Job description

Northrop Grumman UK is seeking a Lead DevOps Engineer to design, develop and maintain the CI/CD infrastructure powering our services. You will lead a team, define delivery paths and ensure customer requirements are met through scalable, reliable solutions.

You'll work across projects with cross-functional teams, mentor junior engineers and drive best practices in DevOps, containerisation, and cloud deployments, while delivering high-impact outcomes for national security initiatives.