DevOps Engineer

Cyber Security training courses; Preston; Hybrid; GBP 52,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology firm in Preston is looking for a DevOps Engineer who will design and implement CI/CD pipelines, maintain Docker images, and manage cloud infrastructure using Azure. The ideal candidate will have strong experience in Azure and CI/CD, with a focus on secure coding principles. This position offers flexible work arrangements and a competitive salary based on skills and experience, along with a range of employee benefits.

Benefits

Competitive pension scheme

Employee share plans

Flexible health and lifestyle benefits

Private health plans

Shopping discounts

Eligibility for annual incentives

Qualifications

• Experience in designing and implementing CI/CD pipelines.
• Proficient in managing AKS cluster configurations.
• Strong skills in cloud infrastructure provisioning.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement GitLab-based CI/CD pipelines.
• Build and maintain Dockerfiles for containerized services.
• Manage secrets and configurations with Azure Key Vault.

Skills

Writing and debugging CI/CD pipelines

Building container images using Docker

Managing infrastructure lifecycle in Azure using IaC

Collaborating across technical and non-technical teams

Understanding and applying secure coding and deployment principles

Troubleshooting system and deployment issues

Job description

Job Title:

DevOps Engineer

Location:

Preston - We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements - please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role

Salary:

Circa £52,000 depending on skills and experience

What you’ll be doing:

• Design and implement GitLab-based CI/CD pipelines for deploying containerised services to AKS
• Build and maintain Dockerfiles and container image workflows, pushing to internal container registries
• Define and manage AKS cluster configurations, ensuring secure and scalable workloads
• Write and maintain Terraform modules for provisioning cloud infrastructure in line with Azure Landing Zone standards
• Manage secrets, configuration, and access using Azure Key Vault and Azure AD
• Ensure connectivity between on-prem services and Azure cloud infrastructure using GreenLink and hybrid networking
• Collaborate with MLOps and Data Engineers to ensure reproducible, reliable, and auditable infrastructure across environments
• Monitor system health, logging, and metrics using platform observability tools (e.g. Azure Monitor, Prometheus, Grafana where applicable)

Your skills and experiences:

• Writing and debugging CI/CD pipelines
• Building container images using Docker
• Managing infrastructure lifecycle in Azure using IaC
• Collaborating across technical and non-technical teams
• Understanding and applying secure coding and deployment principles
• Troubleshooting system and deployment issues at infrastructure level

Benefits:

As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts - you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Shared Services Data & Analytics team:

The Shared Services Data & Analytics Team is at the heart of our company data landscape, bringing together data from our global operations and generating a broad range of insights to inform key business decisions.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity of thought, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome people from all backgrounds and want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.

Closing Date:

6th January 2026

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.