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# DevOps Engineer

- **Company:** Northrop Grumman
- **Location:** Greater London, UK
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Databases, Continuous Integration, DevOps, Elasticsearch, Linux System Administration, MongoDB, Scrum Methodology, SQL Databases, Containerization, Kubernetes, Front End Software Development, Docker, Jenkins
- **Published:** September 10, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.collegerecruiter.com/job/2859575962-devops-engineer

## About the Role

* Experience as a DevOps Engineer with strong expertise in CI/CD, containerisation, deployment technologies, and cloud platforms (Jenkins, Kubernetes, IaC, Docker, AWS).
 * Proven experience in designing, developing and deploying CI/CD solutions.
 * Experience in Linux system administration or similar operating systems.
 * Ability to troubleshoot issues across live production environments, including high-level networking, server and application issues.
 * Understanding of database technologies such as SQL, Elasticsearch or MongoDB.
 * Excellent communication, collaboration and problem-solving skills, ideally with experience working in an agile environment.

If you don't meet every requirement, we still encourage you to apply. We value potential, curiosity and a willingness to learn.

## Description

As a Lead DevOps Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in designing, developing and maintaining the critical CI/CD infrastructure that powers our services. You'll be self-driven, organised and passionate about building elegant, stable and scalable solutions.

You'll work across a wide variety of exciting projects with complex challenges, contributing to core solutions that have meaningful, real-world impact. You'll also bring strong leadership, guiding your team through both technical and delivery challenges to ensure customer needs are met.

"My purpose is to lead a team of engineers, rise to the challenges presented, push the boundaries and define possible together.", * Own the team's deliverables, working with the Scrum Master to define a clear delivery path aligned to customer requirements.

 * Lead and contribute across the entire CI/CD lifecycle, including requirements gathering, design, implementation, testing and deployment.
 * Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including product, front-end development and QA, to ensure integrated delivery.
 * Mentor and guide junior developers, helping to grow capability and support career development across the team.


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