Devops engineer

BAE Systems Digital Intelligence is home to 4,500 digital, cyber and intelligence experts. We work collaboratively across 10 countries to collect, connect and understand complex data, so that governments, nation states, armed forces and commercial businesses can unlock digital advantage in the most demanding environments.

• Design, build and support solutions across cloud and on-premises environments, including AWS, selecting appropriate technologies and services to meet project, security and operational requirements.
• Develop and maintain infrastructure using automation and Infrastructure as Code tooling such as Terraform, CloudFormation or equivalent technologies.
• Develop secure, scalable, and efficient technical solutions tailored to meet business and operational requirements.
• Break down high-level solution designs into actionable and detailed deliverables for execution.
• Translate abstract designs into specific, manageable deliverables aligned with project objectives.
• Strategize and manage the timeline for releasing deliverables in alignment with overall program goals.
• Collaborate with architects to review implementation plans for changes at the program level, assessing potential impacts on existing products.
• Develop comprehensive technical implementation plans to guide the development and deployment process.
• Lead incident resolution efforts from a technical standpoint, working closely with incident management teams to ensure quick and effective resolution.
• Investigate incidents to identify underlying issues and implement preventative measures.
• Liaise with the Release Working Group to communicate upcoming changes impacting other teams or releases.
• Lead, mentor, and support a team of engineers, ensuring high morale and productivity while fostering a culture of collaboration and excellence.
• Partner with other suppliers responsible for different platform components to minimise product disruptions.
• Engage effectively with security teams to address and resolve complex or sensitive issues.
• Act as a translator between business analysts and technical teams to ensure alignment and understanding.
• Design, build, and deploy applications from concept to production within tight timelines.
• Build application metric exporters and maintain dashboards for performance and operational insights.
• Develop, deploy, and manage all Kubernetes object types, ensuring optimal cluster operations.
• To secure sensitive information and build and manage Vault and Vault secrets.
• Implement and oversee clustered solutions layered on existing infrastructure.
• Manage database operations to ensure data integrity, security, and performance.
• Build and maintain secure and efficient proxies for application communication.
• Build and manage Docker images, ensuring they meet performance, security, and compliance standards.
• Utilise Helm to template and manage Kubernetes deployments.
• Ensure solutions comply with organisational security policies and proactively address security concerns.

• We are embracing Hybrid Working. This means you and your colleagues may be working in different locations, such as from home, another BAE Systems office or client site, some or all of the time, and work might be going on at different times of the day.
• By embracing technology, we can interact, collaborate and create together, even when we’re working remotely from one another. Hybrid Working allows for increased flexibility in when and where we work, helping us to balance our work and personal life more effectively, and enhance well-being.