As a DevOps Engineer, you thrive on providing technical leadership; working closely and embedding with customers to maintain the operational integrity of mission critical services in a National Security environment.
You're a DevOps Engineer that provides technical leadership, and is comfortable with high level responsibility.
You won't be leading a team that delivers simple add-ons to multiple vendors; you'll be working directly with customers to provide a strategic link and ensure successful delivery of software rollouts that enable the nations safety.
Roke are a leading technology & engineering company with clients spanning National Security, Defence and Industry 4.0 through our Futures business and Intelligence as a Service.
You will work alongside our customers to solve their complex and unique challenges.
As our next DevOps Engineer, you'll operate with customer availability as a priority; catching issues early and ensuring continued operational integrity of services that are strategically important to the nation.
Whilst developing and deploying code, you'll ensure best practice of the DevOps team you lead.
The Key Requirements...
Willing to embed with customers in secure environments on a regular basis Experience operating in a DevOps environment, utilising pipeline tools such as Jenkins or Gitlab for CI/CD Experience deploying rollouts with containerisation technologies such as Kubernetes, Helm or Docker Exposure to Infrastructure as Code technologies (IaC) such as Ansible or Terraform A coding background which includes utilising languages such as Python, Javascript (React / Vue desirable) or Java and Spring Boot.
Experience of fault finding & problem solving .
Built on over a 60 years heritage, Roke offers specialist knowledge in sensors, communications, cyber, and AI and ML.
We change the way organisations think and act through dynamic insights from the analysis of multiple layers of data.
We take care of the innovative, technical stuff that keeps everyone safe that's our mission, passion, and motivation.
Joining a team united by purpose and ambition, you'll be at the heart of an exciting growth journey: having doubled in size over the last 4 years, we intend to double our headcount again by 2027.
At Roke, every individual counts.
We push technical boundaries, together.
We re-invest in product innovation, and we empower our people to make a difference.
With us your experience of customer collaboration, leading teams and driving improvements will provide the cultural platform for continued success to keep the country safe; the mission impact of your work will be hard to replicate elsewhere.
Where you'll work You'll find our Gloucester site in a business park two minutes from junction 11A of the M5; The site allows easy access to our local customer base.
Set on the outskirts of the Cotswolds, you are never far from a picturesque view or lunch time walk.
Why you should join us... Operating as one Roke, there is a shared belief that everyone has a responsibility to create an environment that encourages you to bring your whole self to work; in a place where everyone has the time, trust and freedom to succeed.
We are committed to a policy of Equal Opportunity, Diversity and Inclusion, enabled by our employee led resource groups of Women In Roke, Neurodiversity, Inspire (LGBT+) ME (Majority Ethnic), Veterans and Disability; which each contribute to making Roke a great place for people from all backgrounds to work.
Mental health and wellbeing is also important to Roke, there is a group of supportive Mental Health First Aiders to lend a listening ear for anyone who needs it; alongside a team of Mental Health First Aid Champions who help build a mentally healthy workplace, challenge stigma and support positive wellbeing.
The Benefits and Perks... Flexi-time: Working hours to suit you and your life Annual bonus: Based on profit share and personal performance Private medical insurance: Includes cover for existing conditions Holiday: You'll receive competitive annual leave plus bank holidays.
We also offer the opportunity to buy and sell annual leave Chemring Share Save: Monthly savings into a 3 or 5 year plan.
Clearances Due to the nature of this role, we require you to be eligible to achieve DV clearance.
As a result, you should be a British Citizen and have resided in the U.K. for the last 10 years.
The Next Step... Click apply, submitting an up-to-date CV.
We look forward to hearing from you.