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# Principal DevOps Engineer - Secure Environments

- **Company:** Leonardo UK
- **Location:** Bristol, UK (Remote available)
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Active Directory, Amazon Web Services, Computing Platforms, Application Release Automation, Microsoft Azure, Bash Shell, Cloud Computing, Configuration Management, DevOps, Python (Programming Language), Key Management, OpenShift, Public Key Infrastructure, Windows PowerShell, Ansible, Storage Virtualization, VCloud, VMware VSphere, SSL Certificate Management, Software Security, HybridCloud, Git, Containerization, Git Flow, Kubernetes, Infrastructure Automation Frameworks, Terraform, Software Version Control, Devsecops, Vmware
- **Published:** October 14, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=94290a6cd76f469a

## About the Role

* The ability to balance hands-on engineering with technical leadership and mentorship.
 * Strong problem-solving capability with the confidence to recommend and justify technical approaches.
 * Experience driving automation and continuous improvement across engineering teams.
 * The ability to operate effectively within highly regulated, secure or defence-related environments.
 * Strong communication skills and the ability to work across engineering, delivery, security and customer teams.

Core areas (must have)

 * Design, implementation and operation of CI/CD pipelines.
 * Infrastructure as Code and configuration management.
 * Containerisation and orchestration technologies.
 * Automation and scripting using technologies such as Python, PowerShell or Bash.
 * Platform deployment pipelines and release automation.
 * DevOps and DevSecOps practices.
 * Secure software delivery and integration of security controls into engineering workflows.
 * Enterprise Git-based version control and branching strategies.
 * Cloud and hybrid platform technologies.
 * Experience delivering within highly controlled, secure or defence environments.
 * Technical leadership and mentoring of engineering teams.

Desirable

Experience in one or more of the following areas would be highly desirable:

 * VMware Aria Automation Suite.
 * VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF), vSphere, vSAN or NSX.
 * OpenShift, Kubernetes or related container platforms.
 * Terraform, Ansible and platform automation tooling.
 * Infrastructure and platform monitoring solutions.
 * Secrets management, certificate management and PKI integration.
 * Privileged Access Management integration and automation.
 * Cross-domain or air-gapped deployment environments.
 * Active Directory and broader enterprise service integration.
 * Azure, AWS or hybrid cloud deployments.
 * Security monitoring and integration with SOC tooling.
 * Industry certifications in DevOps, Cloud, Security or Automation technologies.

Candidates are not expected to be specialists in every area. We are particularly interested in DevOps leaders who bring strong automation experience and can apply these skills across complex secure-platform environments.

## Description

* Act as the technical authority for automation, DevOps and platform engineering practices across projects and programmes.
 * Lead the design, implementation and continuous improvement of CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure as Code and platform automation solutions.
 * Develop and maintain secure deployment pipelines supporting highly controlled and regulated environments.
 * Work with Platform Engineers, Security Engineers, Architects and Project Teams to automate the deployment, configuration and operation of infrastructure and applications.
 * Lead the implementation and adoption of DevSecOps approaches, embedding security controls throughout the delivery lifecycle.
 * Capture, analyse and interpret technical requirements, producing high and low level designs where required.
 * Provide technical leadership for assigned work packages, including planning, estimation, delivery oversight and reporting.
 * Drive the adoption of automation, repeatability and engineering best practice across platform teams.
 * Mentor and coach DevOps Engineers, Platform Engineers and junior engineers, raising technical capability across the wider organisation.
 * Support technology assessments, feasibility studies, innovation activities and future capability planning.
 * Engage with customers and stakeholders, presenting, defending and assuring technical solutions., This role is based from our Bristol site and will support secure customer programmes delivered from Yeovil site and other secure locations.

Regular and sustained attendance at Yeovil site will be required.

Due to the nature of the environments supported, this is not a traditional hybrid role and candidates should expect significant on-site working throughout delivery activities.

Flexible or remote working may be possible for appropriate activities where programme, customer and security requirements permit.