DevOps I Platform I Tools Engineer
Summary
Principal Applications Engineer leading the design and operation of a cloud-native engineering tooling platform on Azure for Thales' UK engineering teams — migrating legacy tools, and deploying/supporting CI/CD, artifact management and code-quality services. Core stack: Azure, Kubernetes, Docker, GitLab, JFrog, Ansible, Python.
As Principal Applications Engineer, you will lead the design and operation of a cloud-native engineering tooling environment on Azure to support UK engineering teams. You will drive the migration of legacy tools to modern cloud-based solutions while ensuring service continuity and a superb user experience. You’ll work in an agile team with a Technical Product Owner and mentors junior engineers, promoting automation and reliable deployment practices. This role sits at the intersection of platform engineering, DevOps, and developer experience, delivering scalable, secure tooling for engineers. Join a high-impact transformation that shapes how Thales delivers engineering tools across the UK.
Pay / Benefits- Performance-related bonus
- Half day every Friday
- 28 days annual leave (plus bank holidays)
- Private healthcare
- Pension scheme
- Life cover
- Deploy and support tools on Thales’ Azure infrastructure (CI/CD, artifact management, code quality, licensing)
- Linux administration and scripting
- CI/CD methodologies and pipeline design
- Kubernetes and Docker
- JFrog Platform (Artifactory/XRay)
- GitLab for source control and CI
- Ansible for configuration management
- Python for scripting
- Virtual Machines and cloud infrastructure concepts
- Plus experience in Atlassian Suite (Jira, Bitbucket, Confluence)
- Siemens Polarion (requirements/ALM)
- FlexLM License Server
- Black Duck SCA, Coverity, SonarQube
- Jenkins (CI/CD)
- collaboration in agile teams
- mentoring and coaching
- focus on user satisfaction
- Linux administration
- CI/CD
- Kubernetes