Senior DevOps Engineer

Salary: £100,000 - 130,000 per year

Requirements:

• We require experience as a DevOps Engineer with strong skills in CI/CD, containerisation, deployment technologies, and cloud platforms such as Jenkins, Kubernetes, IaC, Docker, and AWS.
• We require experience in Linux system administration or similar operating systems.
• We require an understanding of database technologies such as SQL, Elasticsearch, or MongoDB.
• We require strong communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills, ideally gained in an agile environment.
• We require British National status for this clearance type.
• We require that you currently hold the Highest Level of UK Government security clearance.

Responsibilities:

• We design, develop, and maintain the critical infrastructure that powers our services.
• We perform hands-on development and contribute actively to the code base, including peer reviews.
• We design engineering features that support delivery of the product roadmap and clearly articulate design decisions.
• We break down large pieces of work into well-defined tasks aligned with Agile delivery.
• We set up and maintain CI/CD pipelines and take ownership of build and deployment processes.
• We demonstrate development progress to internal and external customers through clear, confident presentations.
• We provide technical leadership and a proactive approach to guide engineers through delivery and engineering challenges.

Technologies:

• AWS
• CI/CD
• Cloud
• DevOps
• Docker
• ElasticSearch
• Support
• Jenkins
• Kubernetes
• Linux
• MongoDB
• SQL
• Security

More:

We are Northrop Grumman UK, where we define possible by driving innovation and solving tomorrows challenges across land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace. This is a full-time Senior DevOps Engineer role based in Manchester, United Kingdom, with travel required around 10% of the time and relocation assistance potentially available. We offer flexible working options including hybrid working and an optional compressed fortnight, private healthcare, a cash health plan, a holiday buy/sell scheme, career development programmes, professional training, and performance-based bonuses. We are committed to diversity, wellbeing, and inclusion, and we encourage people from all backgrounds and abilities to apply.

last updated 34 week of 2026