DevOps Engineer

Company: Ultra Intelligence & Communications

Cyber (UK) Business

Powering Decision

Join the team redefining defense technology. From engineering systems that save lives to leading programs that change the battlefield-find your place in the future of defense.

Cyber Business

Our Cyber business unit is at the forefront of pioneering advanced cryptographic and key management solutions, facilitating the confidential exchange of vital information for customers operating at both tactical and strategic echelons. Join our team and participate in the innovation that ensures the highest security and trust worldwide.

Job Description

Working within the DevOps team provide the software configuration management, build management and engineering tools management to project teams within the Cyber UK Business Unit.

Role Summary

The role, in conjunction with the DevOps / Configuration Manager and the DevOps team, involves working with multiple project teams, each team potentially using different technologies and ranging in size from 2 to 40 engineers spread across several sites. The incumbent will provide robust configuration management and build solutions to multiple (software / firmware) projects within the Cyber UK Business Unit, delivering multiple concurrent research, development and production programmes.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop (from a design) and maintain the continuous integration (CI) pipelines, ensuring that they are operational, fit for purpose and delivering the required outputs for the project team.
• Suggest and implement minor improvements to the CI pipelines.
• Be the primary interface to the project for DevOps, understanding the project's requirements and development processes.
• Perform regular monitoring of the DevOps environment, using dashboards, respond to events that require further analysis and potential remediation.
• Conduct appropriate independent research regarding the evolution of the DevOps environment, feeding back suggestions to the other members of the DevOps team.
• Execute tests within a protype environment for the proving of a proposed change to the DevOps environment, working with the Senior DevOps Engineer to agree the tests and processes to evaluate.

Required Experience, Skills and Qualifications

• A relevant engineering / computer science degree or equivalent experience

Working knowledge

• Version Control Systems (client side) - git, SourceTree, gitextensions, SVN & TortoiseSVN
• Scripting - Python, DOS-CMD, PowerShell, Bash
• Continuous Integration Systems - Jenkins, GitHubEnterprise & GitLab
• Configuration Management Systems - Ansible & Packer
• Task Management Systems - Tools - Jira, GitHub, GitLab

Awareness

• Version Control System (server-side) - Bitbucket, GitHub Enterprise, GitLab & VisualSVN
• Virtualisation Systems - Hyper-V, VirtualBox & ProxMox

Security Clearance

• Candidates must be willing and able to obtain, and maintain, DV security clearance

Notice

Due to the nature of the programs we deliver for our customers, candidates may need to obtain the relevant security clearance or handle export-controlled material as defined by the role's requirements. Applicants must be able to obtain and maintain the appropriate level of security clearance for the role. Due to the nature of our work, you must be a British Citizen who has been resident in the UK for the past 5 years in order to apply for SC clearance and 10 years for DV. For more information, please visit the UKSV website.

Our Benefits

Every employee is critical to our success, and as such, we offer a range of flexible employee benefits, including:

• Participation in an Annual Bonus Scheme

• Private Medical Cover

• 25 days’ holiday (plus Bank Holidays) with the option to buy an extra 5 days

• Pension Contribution

• 4 x Life Assurance Cover

• Flexible working hours with opportunity for a 1pm finish on a Friday

• Flexible benefits including cycle to work scheme, will writing and more

• Security Clearance Allowance - where relevant and subject to you holding the required security clearance

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Statement

At Ultra I&C, we are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity and inclusivity. Underpinned by our values, behaviours, and policies, we want you to feel empowered to be the best version of yourself. We also believe that people from different backgrounds and cultures will increase our diversity of thinking, ensuring we successfully deliver to our customers. We, therefore, do not discriminate based on race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We also support requests for flexible working arrangements wherever possible. If you have any issues with your application, please email us at [email protected]