Senior Support Engineer — Critical Systems & DevOps

0090 CORP-Corporate Office; Cheltenham; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private health care

Career development opportunities

Performance bonuses

Flexible working options

Job summary

Northrop Grumman UK is seeking a Senior Support Engineer located in Cheltenham, England. The role involves maintaining critical infrastructure and software to ensure system operationality, managing complex technical tasks, and implementing best practices in DevOps and SRE.

Candidates must have hands-on experience with operational systems, Linux server management, and possess the highest level of UK Government clearance. The company offers flexible working options along with a range of benefits including private health care and performance bonuses.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience of supporting and debugging complex live operational systems.
• Experience with Linux server administration.
• Proficiency in monitoring logs through tools such as Splunk or ELK stack.

Responsibilities

• Perform hands-on maintenance to ensure critical systems remain operational.
• Monitor systems to ensure maximum availability.
• Support the wider development team in resolving critical issues.

Skills

Supporting and debugging complex operational systems

Linux server administration

Monitoring tools (e.g. Splunk, ELK stack)

Containerization technologies (Docker, Podman)

Deployment technologies (Kubernetes, OpenShift)

Java and Python application management

Job description

Northrop Grumman UK is seeking a Senior Support Engineer located in Cheltenham, England. The role involves maintaining critical infrastructure and software to ensure system operationality, managing complex technical tasks, and implementing best practices in DevOps and SRE.

Candidates must have hands-on experience with operational systems, Linux server management, and possess the highest level of UK Government clearance. The company offers flexible working options along with a range of benefits including private health care and performance bonuses.