DevOps Engineer
Summary
DevOps engineer role (via Experis UK) supporting mission-critical Defence & Security programmes in Newcastle upon Tyne: building CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code (Terraform, Ansible, Packer), Docker/Kubernetes, monitoring with ELK/Grafana, and cloud work across AWS, Azure, or GCP. SC clearance (or eligibility) is required.
Requires SC Clearance or Eligible for SC Clearance
The Opportunity
Join a high-performing engineering team delivering secure, scalable infrastructure and platforms for mission-critical Defence & Security programmes. This role is ideal for DevOps engineers who thrive in complex environments and want to work with modern cloud, automation, and container technologies.
What You’ll Do
- Build, automate, and maintain CI/CD pipelines
- Develop infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible, Packer)
- Manage containerised applications using Docker and Kubernetes
- Implement monitoring, logging, and observability solutions (ELK, Grafana)
- Support cloud environments across AWS, Azure, or GCP
- Ensure secure, reliable deployments with strong DevSecOps practices
- Manage artefacts, code quality, and release processes
What You’ll Need
- Experience with scripting or development (Python, PowerShell, C#, Java, or C++)
- Strong CI/CD experience (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, TeamCity or similar)
- Knowledge of containerisation and orchestration tools
- Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
- Understanding of monitoring, logging, and system performance
- Familiarity with databases (e.g. SQL Server) and job scheduling tools
- Experience with Atlassian tools (e.g. Jira, Confluence)
Bonus Skills
- Experience with Artifactory, SonarQube
- VMware (vSphere), SAN environments
- Security best practices (secrets management, vulnerability scanning)
Security Requirement
SC clearance (or willingness/eligibility to obtain) is required.
Skills
- Ansible
- Artifactory
- Atlassian
- Automation
- AWS
- Azure
- CI/CD
- Cloud
- Confluence
- Containerization
- C++
- C#
- DevOps
- DevSecOps
- Docker
- ELK
- GCP
- GitHub
- GitHub Actions
- Grafana
- Infrastructure as Code
- Java
- Jenkins
- Jira
- Kubernetes
- Observability
- PowerShell
- Python
- Secrets Management
- SonarQube
- SQL
- SQL Server
- Teamcity
- Terraform
- VMware
- Vulnerability Scanning