DevOps Engineer (Defence Industry)

DevOps Engineer (Consultant or Senior level)

Must be happy to obtain Security Clearance

Location: Hybrid/Home working with travel to one of Logiq sites aswell as occasional onsite visits to our client near London.

Type: Full-time

Logiq is a fast-growing Technology Company, providing cutting‑edge solutions to high-risk clients across Private and Public Sector. Due to rapid growth we are looking for experienced DevOps Engineers to join our team.

To Be Successful

To succeed in this full‑time, in‑office role, you’ll be joining a collaborative engineering culture that values ownership, clarity and continuous improvement. You’ll work closely with cross‑functional teams, contribute meaningfully to major technical discussions, and help shape the evolution of the platform you will be working on. The environment is fast moving, giving you opportunities to deepen your expertise in cloud‑native tooling, take on complex DevOps challenges, and grow into areas such as platform engineering. We encourage engineers to bring forward new ideas, challenge assumptions, and drive improvements across automation, reliability and delivery.

Why Join Us?

• Work on impactful projects that drive efficiency and innovation across diverse sectors.
• Access professional development pathways tailored to your career ambitions.
• Enjoy flexible working arrangements and a competitive benefits package.

What The Team Say

“At Logiq, I love being part of a team that thrives on exciting, fast‑paced projects in complex environments. We focus on delivering real value rather than getting bogged down by unnecessary processes. The collaborative culture encourages initiative and empowers me to make impactful decisions, with support always available when I need it. I also feel supported in my project work and career development, with plenty of opportunities to enhance my skills and take on new challenges. Logiq’s investment in its people ensures I have both the tools and encouragement to achieve my goals.

As someone with a challenging home life, including children with additional needs, the hybrid working model has been invaluable. Logiq treats me as a professional, trusting me to manage my work, projects, and outputs while balancing my family commitments. The flexibility to adapt my schedule for school runs and care needs, combined with a supportive team and rewarding work, makes this a truly unique place to grow and succeed.”

The Role

A strong, cloud‑native DevOps Engineer who can own delivery pipelines, shape technical decisions and bring mature engineering disciplines to a fast‑moving environment.

You’ll join our team as a full‑time, in‑office DevOps Engineer responsible for building, maintaining and improving; infrastructure, tooling and automation that power various platforms. This role is hand‑on and highly collaborative: you’ll work closely with developers, architects and product teams to ensure the systems you are working on are reliable, scalable and efficient.

• Applies deep technical expertise in infrastructure automation, environment provisioning, and deployment pipelines supporting the Enterpise Data platform and its AI/ML workloads.
• Designs, maintains, and supports the CI/CD pipelines using GitLab CI, enabling frequent, reliable deployments to Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS).
• Manages containerisation using Docker, builds and publishes container images to registries, and ensures secure and efficient AKS cluster deployments.
• Implements infrastructure as code using Terraform, including network, security, and compute resources.
• Supports Airflow as part of platform orchestration.
• Collaborates closely with Data Engineers, MLOps Engineers, and Solution Architects to ensure the infrastructure and pipelines meet performance, scalability, and compliance requirements.
• Follows best practices for platform security, auditing, and cost management, aligning with enterprise Landing Zone (LZ) policies.

Typical Duties

• Design and implement GitLab‑based CI/CD pipelines for deploying containerised services to AKS.
• Build and maintain Dockerfiles and container image workflows, pushing to internal container registries.
• Define and manage AKS cluster configurations, ensuring secure and scalable workloads.
• Write and maintain Terraform modules for provisioning cloud infrastructure in line with Azure Landing Zone standards.
• Manage secrets, configuration, and access using Azure Key Vault and Azure AD.
• Ensure connectivity between on‑prem services and Azure cloud infrastructure using GreenLink and hybrid networking.
• Collaborate with MLOps and Data Engineers to ensure reproducible, reliable, and auditable infrastructure across environments.
• Monitor system health, logging, and metrics using platform observability tools (e.g. Azure Monitor, Prometheus, Grafana where applicable).

What We’re Looking For

• Azure Landing Zone principles, vNet design, RBAC, networking, and hybrid connectivity.
• CI/CD tooling, especially GitLab CI/CD.
• Container orchestration (AKS) and Docker best practices.
• Infrastructure as code (Terraform or Bicep).
• Networking principles, including hub/spoke topology and private endpoints.
• You will have experience of writing, maintaining and debugging CI/CD pipelines, ideally in GitLab CI
• You will have experience of deploying and running applications on Kubernetes using Helm, ideally on Red Hat OpenShift
• You will have experience of GitOps delivery, ideally with Argo CD, where every change reaches production through version control
• Experience of building, scanning and maintaining container images and managing them through registries such as Harbor or Nexus
• Understanding of secure deployment, including secrets management (such as HashiCorp Vault), least privilege access and single sign‑on, ideally in restricted or air gapped environments
• Experience of operating and troubleshooting services in production, using monitoring and logging tools such as Prometheus, Grafana and Loki

Other Information

Logiq is committed to investing in people, offering a clear progression pathway into our consultancy service, and we will passionately support professional growth to develop our employees.

Flexible working is available, including part‑time / term‑time patterns. All suggestions are welcomed and will be discussed as part of a proposed employment package.

Logiq is dedicated to fostering an inclusive workplace. Our commitment is to ensure equal opportunities for all in both employment and career advancement. We base our decisions on individual merit, qualifications, and suitability for the role, without regard to gender, age, marital or civil partnership status, sexual orientation, ethnicity, disability, race, religion, or national background.

*Bonus payments are discretionary and awarded upon successful completion of probation.

Logiq proudly welcomes applications from Reservists, Veterans, and Cadet Force Adult Volunteers as part of our Armed Forces Covenant Employer Recognition Scheme commitments

Benefits Include:

• 10% Discretionary
• Access to Private Health Care
• Flexible Working
• Fantastic Company Culture
• 10 days additional paid leave for reservists and CFAV