DevOps / SRE Engineer

Roke Manor Research Limited; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology and engineering company based in Gloucester is seeking a DevOps / SRE Engineer to provide technical leadership in a National Security environment. The role involves ensuring operational integrity, deploying code, and working directly with customers. Candidates should have experience with CI/CD tools, containerization technologies, and a willingness to work in secure environments. This position also offers hybrid working options.

Qualifications

• Experience in a SRE/DevOps environment.
• Willing to embed with customers in secure environments.
• Experience deploying rollouts with containerization technologies.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership in maintaining operational integrity.
• Ensure best DevOps/SRE practices are followed.
• Develop and deploy code to maintain service availability.

Skills

Web Services

Service Improvement

Fault finding & problem solving

CI/CD Pipeline tools (Jenkins, Gitlab)

Containerization (Kubernetes, Helm, Docker)

Infrastructure as Code (Ansible, Terraform)

Job description

Posted Friday 19 September 2025 at 00:00

Great ideas come from different minds. That’s why we bring together engineers, scientists, analysts, and creatives from every background — and give them the trust, tools, and freedom to make a difference. What connects us is the mission: solving meaningful problems and building capability that protects what matters most. And as the challenges evolve, so do we — working on the technologies that will shape tomorrow, not just today.

Roke is a leading technology & engineering company with clients spanning National Security, Defence and Intelligence.

National Security Business

Be part of a growing and highly trusted supplier into the NS domain working to deliver mission critical solutions helping to keep the nation safe, secure and prosperous.

Working on leading edge technology solutions including AI/DS, Cyber, Cloud, DevOps/SRE, Platform Engineering

We have secured long term work, across the full spectrum, on the latest framework with the client, which provides the springboard for our ongoing growth and development in this domain, so join us on what will be an incredible growth journey.

Role

As a DevOps / SRE Engineer, within our National Security Business, 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 / SRE 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 ensure successful delivery of software rollouts that enable the nations safety.

As our next DevOps / SRE 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 DevOps / SRE practices are followed.

The Key Requirements

• Willing to embed with customers in secure environments on a regular basis
• Experience of Web Services, Service Improvement, fault finding & problem solving.
• Experience operating in a SRE / 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

Built on over a 60 year 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.

Where you’ll work…

GLOUCESTER - Alongside hybrid and flexible working options, 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.

Due to the nature of this role, we require you to be eligible to achieve DV clearance.

The Next Step

Click apply, submitting an up-to-date CV. We look forward to hearing from you.