Senior DevOps & Automation Engineer

The Opportunity As the Senior DevOps & Automation Engineer , you will be responsible for developing and enhancing the engineering ecosystem that supports the full product lifecycle. You will play a critical role in improving development frameworks, automating processes, establishing best-practice requirements management principles, and ensuring seamless integration across engineering tools and platforms.This is an ideal opportunity for someone who enjoys both the technical and strategic aspects of engineering systems and software delivery.

Key Responsibilities

• Drive the optimisation and standardisation of Requirements Management processes across engineering programmes.
• Establish and maintain traceability between requirements, design, implementation, testing, and verification activities.
• Build and manage CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and related DevOps technologies.
• Support the implementation of Agile and DevOps methodologies across engineering teams.
• Configure, integrate, and maintain development tools including Jira, Bitbucket, Artifactory, and related platforms.
• Develop automation scripts to improve workflow efficiency and reduce manual effort.
• Manage build environments, deployment processes, and software release activities.
• Design engineering dashboards and reporting solutions to provide project and operational insights.
• Support cloud-based infrastructure deployments and containerised environments.
• Collaborate with global engineering teams to drive continuous improvement initiatives.
• Contribute to cybersecurity compliance and secure development practices.

Desired Experience We're interested in professionals who have experience within complex engineering, technology, software, aerospace, defence, or product development environments.

You should have experience with

• Requirements Engineering and Traceability • DevOps and Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery • Agile and Scrum methodologies • Engineering lifecycle management tools • Automation and scripting • Systems integration and software development environments • Exposure to safety-critical development environments will be highly advantageous. Technical Skills

• Jenkins
• Jira
• Bitbucket
• Artifactory
• IBM DOORS (Classic and Next Generation)
• SQL / MySQL
• Python
• Bash
• PowerShell
• Container technologies (Docker, Kubernetes, Podman)
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
• Cloud and infrastructure platforms
• Automated testing and reporting tools
• Knowledge of standards such as DO-178, DO-254, ARP4754A, and EN9100 would be advantageous.

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