Job Specifications
Location(s): UK, Europe & Africa : UK : Leeds
Job Title: DevOps Engineer
Location: Leeds or London
We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role
What You’ll Be Doing
You will be working on a large-scale Engineering engagement in a portfolio team of 80 enabling the delivery of new features, continuous improvement and the support of Critical National Infrastructure
Solution Design and Delivery
Design Solutions: Develop secure, scalable, and efficient technical solutions tailored to meet business and operational requirements.
Elaborate Solutions: Break down high-level solution designs into actionable and detailed deliverables for execution.
Refine High-Level Designs: Translate abstract designs into specific, manageable deliverables aligned with project objectives.
Plan Deliverable Releases: Strategize and manage the timeline for releasing deliverables in alignment with overall program goals.
Technical Oversight
Review Technical Plans: Collaborate with architects to review implementation plans for changes at the program level, assessing potential impacts on existing products.
Write Implementation Plans: Develop comprehensive technical implementation plans to guide the development and deployment process.
Incident Management: Lead incident resolution efforts from a technical standpoint, working closely with incident management teams to ensure quick and effective resolution.
Root Cause Analysis: Investigate incidents to identify underlying issues and implement preventative measures.
Technical Communication: Liaise with the Release Working Group to communicate upcoming changes impacting other teams or releases.
Security and Compliance
Collaboration with Security Teams: Ensure solutions comply with organisational security policies and proactively address security concerns.
Support Secure Integrations: Work with other teams to facilitate secure changes with minimal disruption.
Team and Stakeholder Management
Stakeholder Collaboration: Partner with engineers based in Leeds and London and from other suppliers responsible for different platform components to minimise product disruptions, being part of a culture of collaboration and excellence.
Difficult Conversations: Engage effectively with security teams to address and resolve complex or sensitive issues.
Bridge Technology and Business: Act as a translator between business analysts and technical teams to ensure alignment and understanding.
Your Skills And Experiences
Essential Skills: Kubernetes, Jenkins, GitHub Helm, SQL
Desired Skills: AWS, Terraform, Docker, Groovy, Maven, Postgres
Application Development: Design, build, and deploy applications from concept to production within tight timelines.
Metrics and Monitoring: Build application metric exporters and maintain dashboards for performance and operational insights.
Kubernetes Management: Develop, deploy, and manage all Kubernetes object types, ensuring optimal cluster operations.
Vault Management: To secure sensitive information and build and manage Vault and Vault secrets.
Clustered Solutions: Implement and oversee clustered solutions layered on existing infrastructure.
Database Administration: Manage database operations to ensure data integrity, security, and performance.
Proxy Management: Build and maintain secure and efficient proxies for application communication.
Containerisation: Build and manage Docker images, ensuring they meet performance, security, and compliance standards.
Helm Templating: Utilise Helm to template and manage Kubernetes deployments.
Please note we can only consider applicants who are UK nationals who either already hold UKSC or that are eligible, you must have been a resident in the UK for the past 5-10yrs
Benefits
As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing & lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive
Why BAE Systems?
This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity of thought, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome people from all backgrounds and want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.
Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform withi
About the Company
At BAE Systems, we help our customers to stay a step ahead when protecting people and national security, critical infrastructure and vital information. We provide some of the world's most advanced, technology-led defence, aerospace and security solutions and employ a skilled workforce of 85,800 people in more than 40 countries.
From state of the art cyber threat detection to flight control systems that enable pilots to make better decisions, we never stop innovating to ensure that our customers maintain their advantage. Th...
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