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# Lead DevOps Engineer

- **Company:** Northrop Grumman
- **Location:** London, UK
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Agile Methodology, Amazon Web Services, Confluence, JIRA, Microsoft Azure, Bash Shell, Unix, Cloud Computing, Configuration Management, Linux, DevOps, Elasticsearch, Python (Programming Language), Apache Maven, OpenShift, Windows PowerShell, Systems Development Life Cycle, Ansible, Software Engineering, Google Cloud, Grafana, Concourse, Containerization, Kubernetes, Atlassian Tools, Performance Monitor, Bitbucket, Puppet, Atlassian Bamboo, Docker, Jenkins, Vmware, Microservices
- **Published:** August 8, 2026
- **Apply:** https://dejobs.org/x/x/E59B2FED1B2D4A37A3C8348263644FF2/job/

## About the Role

* Experience of creating/maintaining DevOps CI/CD pipelines: Jenkins, Concourse, Maven, Bamboo
 * Experience of automating tasks using Ansible, Bash, PowerShell, Puppet or Python;
 * Experience of administering Virtualised or Containerised systems in VMWare or Docker/Kubernetes/Openshift;
 * Strong collaboration and excellent communication skills verbal and written using collaborating tooling e.g. Atlassian Suite (Confluence, Jira, Bitbucket)
 * Strong agile background, keen to learn and succeed across multiple teams and adapt where required.
 * Cloud experience and awareness in AWS, Microsoft Azure or Google Cloud
 * Platforms Experience of designing, deploying and administering Linux or Unix based solutions would be advantageous e.g. using virtualisation, containerisation, Infrastructure as Code
 * Experience with performance monitoring tools e.g. Elastic Stack, Grafana

## Description

* Flexible working schedules - we offer flexible and hybrid working arrangements. Talk to us at the application stage about any scheduling preferences you may have.
 * Flexible Benefits Package - choose which NGUKL benefits you want to satisfy your personal needs. Core Benefits provided for you are Healthcare, Dental, Life Assurance and Pension. Benefits you can flex include Critical Illness Cover, Health Cash Plan, and Health Assessments.
 * Employee Incentive Programme - exceptional performance is recognised through our annual incentive programme which is awarded to top performers who excel
 * Career Development - opportunity for ongoing professional development and career growth opportunities

Your Responsibilities:

 * Work with stakeholders to design, build and maintain mission critical systems
 * Automating system deployment, operation and maintenance using Infrastructure as Code and Configuration Management tooling
 * Lead and drive decisions to implement best fit tools to solve complex project problems effectively.
 * Create and maintain CI/CD pipelines to ensure stability and quality at all stages of the SDLC (software development life cycle).
 * Continuously expand your own skills, maintaining and enhancing relevant certifications
 * Migration activities with a focus on positioning projects to become cloud ready and implement micro services architecture., " As a Lead DevOps Engineer I implement and improve end to end CI/CD pipelines to promote stable and efficient environments throughout the SDLC. Using multiple toolsets to automate repetitive processes, monitor and analyse system performances and enable projects to focus on getting the best value out of their tools. I document and share knowledge to help projects grow and learn from previous issues, mentoring junior colleagues to follow best practices. "


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