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# Senior DevOps Engineer

- **Company:** Northrop Grumman
- **Location:** Salford, United Kingdom
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** £53,176
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Databases, Continuous Integration, DevOps, Elasticsearch, Linux System Administration, MongoDB, SQL Databases, Containerization, Kubernetes, Docker, Jenkins
- **Published:** November 8, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.adzuna.co.uk/jobs/details/5957955597

## About the Role

* Experience as a DevOps Engineer, with strong skills in CI/CD, containerisation, deployment technologies and cloud platforms (such as Jenkins, Kubernetes, IaC, Docker and AWS).
 * Experience in Linux system administration or similar operating systems.
 * Understanding of database technologies, such as SQL, Elasticsearch or MongoDB.
 * Strong communication, collaboration and problem-solving skills, ideally gained in an agile environment.

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

Security Clearance

Due to the nature of our work, you must be British National for this clearance type.
You must currently hold the Highest Level of UK Government security clearance.

## Description

* Perform hands-on development and actively contribute to the code base, including undertaking peer reviews.
 * Design engineering features that support delivery of the product roadmap and clearly articulate design decisions.
 * Break down large pieces of work into well-defined tasks aligned with Agile delivery.
 * Set up and maintain CI/CD pipelines, taking ownership of build and deployment processes.
 * Demonstrate development progress to internal and external customers through clear, confident presentations.