DevOps Engineer

We are currently seeking a DevOps Engineer  to join our team in London that is responsible for the platforms that underpin highly reliable autonomous operations.

This team delivers the software infrastructure that supports critical system activities from development through to live this role you will contribute directly to the design deployment and ongoing operation of platforms where stability traceability and automation are essential.

• Location: London
• On Site: 2x a month on site 
• Clearance: SC clearable 
• Experience Level: Mid - Senior 

Key Responsibilities:

• Design extend and maintain automated CI/CD pipelines to support build testing and release activities across multiple services.
• Operate and enhance containerbased platforms using Docker and associated registry and orchestration technologies.
• Establish deployment standards including release versioning rollback approaches and productionreadiness controls.
• Lead operational support and maintenance activities to ensure service continuity and system performance.
• Develop and manage operational tooling to support:
  • Automated deployment of production services
  • Centralised logging and observability
  • Orchestration and lifecycle management of distributed components
• Work closely with software engineers and operations stakeholders to ensure reliable integration of critical services.

Qualifications :

Required Skills:

• Strong handson experience with containerised environments including image management registries and lifecycle operations.
• Experiance within Aerospace Defence or Space industries. 
• Practical experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using tools such as GitLab CI GitHub Actions Jenkins or equivalent.
• Solid knowledge of Linux systems shell scripting and automation practices.
• Understanding of networking concepts relevant to distributed platforms (e.g. DNS shared storage service connectivity).
• A disciplined approach to documentation configuration management and operational processes.

Required Qualifications:

• A Bachelors or Masters degree in Engineering or equivalent military experience.

Desirable Skills:

• Experience working with SQL databases including administration or performance optimisation.
• Background supporting complex safetycritical or highly available operational systems.
• Exposure to infrastructureascode practices or monitoring and visualisation tools (e.g. Terraform Grafana).

Additional Information :

Why join us 

We bring together entrepreneurial tech-driven people to deliver innovative solutions for leading companies.

At ALTEN youll work on exciting projects supported by ongoing learning mentoring and clear career development tailored to your goals.

Join a passionate team and help build tomorrow today.

In short you get: 

• A personalised career path and a rewarding management style 
• A huge diversity of engineering projects and industries
• Private Medical Insurance
• Cycle & Tech Scheme 
• Employee assistance programme
• Life insurance & Pension Scheme
• Social atmosphere regular gatherings & team buildings
• Flexible way of working (role dependent)

We are proud to support the Armed Forces Covenant & actively encourage applications from members of the Armed Forces community including veterans reservists service leavers and military spouses/partners. We recognise the value of military skills and experience and are committed to ensuring that no applicant is unfairly disadvantaged during our recruitment and selection processes. 

ALTEN is committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace and values the strength that comes from a global mix of backgrounds and perspectives. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates regardless of background or protected characteristics under the Equality Act 2010. If you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process please let us know. 

This role may require you to have or be willing to go through Security Clearance. As part of the onboarding process candidates will be asked to complete a Baseline Personnel Security Standard; details of the evidence required to apply may be found on the government website . If you are unable to meet this and any associated criteria then your employment may be delayed or rejected . Details of this will be discussed with you at interview.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time