Team Lead DevOps Engineer

Sopra Steria; Greater London, Manchester; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Car allowance

Annual leave 25 days

Private medical

Life assurance

Pension

Flexible benefits

Job summary

Sopra Steria is seeking a hands-on Team Lead to guide DevOps delivery for our Aerospace, Defence and Security account in the UK. You will lead a multi-supplier team, shape technical direction and ensure outcomes align with customer methodologies.

You will balance stakeholder needs, drive improvements, and maintain system stability in a highly secure environment while fostering collaboration across internal teams and partners.

Qualifications

• Experience leading technical teams
• Strong understanding of system and application architectures
• Hands-on DevOps experience
• Experience with on-premise and cloud environments
• Knowledge of containerisation and automation tools

Responsibilities

• Lead DevOps delivery and related project work across the team
• Prioritise work and provide expert technical direction
• Maintain low-level technical understanding and documentation of configurations/interfaces
• Support the Service Delivery Manager for timely, cost-effective delivery
• Manage investigation, triage and resolution of incidents, changes and stories
• Build relationships with customers and partners to influence decisions

Skills

Team leadership

DevOps expertise

CI/CD pipelines

Linux/Unix

Cloud platforms

Terraform/Ansible

Architecture knowledge

Stakeholder engagement

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Are you a hands-on technical leader who enjoys guiding teams through complex, mission-critical environments while still shaping the technical direction? Do you want your work to directly support national security outcomes?

As a Team Lead, you'll play a key specialist role within our Aerospace, Defence and Security account. This role blends functional team leadership with technical architecture responsibilities, sitting at the heart of our DevOps delivery. You'll lead a skilled, multi-supplier delivery team, providing technical direction, prioritisation and support to ensure outcomes are delivered effectively and in line with customer methodologies.

You'll act as a bridge between internal teams, customers and third-party partners, helping to balance risk, improve service quality and maintain system stability in a highly secure environment. This is a role for someone who enjoys influencing decisions, driving continuous improvement and working closely with stakeholders to improve user experience across complex systems.

What you'll be doing:

• Leading DevOps delivery and associated project work across the delivery team.
• Guiding and supporting the team by prioritising work and providing expert technical direction.
• Owning and maintaining low-level technical understanding and documentation of system configurations and interfaces.
• Supporting the Service Delivery Manager to ensure timely and cost-effective service delivery.
• Managing investigation, triage and resolution of incidents, changes and stories.
• Building strong relationships with customers and partners to influence decision-making and prioritisation.

What you'll bring:

• Experience leading technical teams and inspiring people to deliver strong business outcomes.
• Strong understanding of system and application architectures across complex environments.
• Hands-on experience with DevOps, CI/CD pipelines and modern delivery practices.
• Experience working with on-premise infrastructure, Linux/Unix and cloud platforms.
• Knowledge of containerisation, microservices and automation technologies such as Terraform or Ansible.
• Ability to analyse user requirements and advise on scope and technical options.

It would be great if you had:

• Scripting experience.
• Knowledge of Zero Trust networking and secure-by-design principles.
• Experience integrating with existing systems and networks.
• Understanding of perimeter defences, anti-malware and IDPS concepts.

Job Details

• Employment Type: Full-time, Permanent.
• Location: Gloucestershire, London or Manchester - on site 5 days per week.
• Security Clearance Level: DV (enhanced).
• Internal Recruiter: Rebecca.
• Salary: Competitive based on experience

Benefits

• £5,400 car allowance
• 25 days annual leave with the option to buy additional days
• private medical
• life assurance
• pension
• and generous flexible benefits fund.

Loved reading about this job and want to know more about us?

Sopra Steria's Aerospace, Defence and Security business designs, develops and deploys digital solutions to Central Government clients. The work we do makes a real difference to the client's goal of National Security, and we operate in a unique and privileged environment. We are given time for professional development activities, and we coach and mentor our colleagues, sharing knowledge and learning from each other. We foster a culture in which employees feel valued and supported and have pride in their work for the customer, delivering outstanding rates of customer satisfaction in the UK's most complex safety- and security-critical markets.

We embrace difference as a source of creativity, innovation and competitive advantage and are striving to become a more diverse organisation. We welcome applications from people with a diverse variety of backgrounds and identities. We are committed to equality of opportunity for all and do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation or marital status. We have partnered with Vercida , the UK's largest diversity and inclusion focused careers site, where all our vacancies are available in an accessible format.
If you require any adjustments to the recruitment process, to enable you to perform to the best of your ability, please let us know when completing your application. We participate in the Disability Confident scheme and are committed to offering an interview to any candidate with a disability, who meets the minimum criteria for the role. If you believe this could apply to you, please let us know when completing your application.