Description

Cyber Security Engineer

Security Clearance Required - DV (‘Developed Vetting’)

Location: Huntingdon, UK (On-site 4/5 days a week)

UNLEASH YOUR POTENTIAL

At Leidos, we deliver innovative solutions through the efforts of our diverse and talented people who are dedicated to our customers’ success. We empower our teams, contribute to our communities, and operate sustainably. Everything we do is built on a commitment to do the right thing for our customers, our people, and our community. Our Mission, Vision, and Values guide the way we do business.

Are your ready for your next challenge?

We are in search for multiple Cyber Security Engineers with varying technical backgrounds - Required to work at our customer site in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire with occasional travel to other UK sites.  In this role, you will working within a team of engineers to ensure that the customer sites maintain a strong cyber security posture.

Cyber Security Engineers are responsible for providing cybersecurity engineering services for classified and unclassified networks of computer systems.  The Cyber Security Engineers will provide operational and engineering support.

This position perform the following tasks:

• Develop creative solutions to complex technical issues and problems
• Work with the engineering teams to ensure systems remain at the required security posture against baseline requirements
• Work with the Security Monitoring engineering team to ensure logs are forward to the SIEM capability
• Work with the customer and appropriate agencies to develop new policies, design processes, and procedures, and develop technical designs
• Assess system vulnerabilities, implement risk mitigation strategies, validate secure systems, and test security products and systems to detect security weakness
• Maintain and support security enforcing functions

Core Skills

• Experience working in MOD or Home Office project environments

• Strong knowledge of network and system security, including firewalls, IDS/IPS, micro-segmentation, and host security.

  • Hands on experience with the following security products Trellix, Ivanti, ClearSwift, Yubikey

• Understanding of secure coding practices and common vulnerabilities (OWASP Top 10, SANS Top 25).

• Expertise in identity and access management (IAM), including RBAC, ABAC, JWT and Cookie based authentication.

• Incident detection and response in MOD environments.

• Security compliance and regulatory frameworks (e.g., NIST, CIS Benchmarks).

• Experience working with Kubernetes at an administrative level

Soft Skills

• Strong leadership and mentoring abilities.
• Effective communication with development, operations, and security teams.
• Ability to advocate for security best practices in a DevOps culture.

Desirable Skills

Containerization Security

• Expertise in Kubernetes security (e.g., RBAC, network policies, pod security standards, secrets management).
• Knowledge of container runtime security (e.g., container escapes, rootless containers, sandboxing).
• Image security best practices, including scanning, signing, and provenance verification.
• Secure deployment patterns using Tanzu & Kubernetes.
• Runtime security monitoring.

DevSecOps & CI/CD Security

• Secure CI/CD pipeline design with security testing using like Git and SonarQube.
• Implementation of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) security (e.g., Terraform, Ansible).
• Secrets management in CI/CD pipelines using Vault or Kubernetes Secrets.
• Security automation and policy enforcement using tools like GitHub Actions, GitLab CI and Jenkins.

Cloud & Infrastructure Security

• Strong knowledge of cloud security principles in a containerised environment.
• Kubernetes security posture management (KSPM) using tools like Trivy.
• Secure ingress/egress controls, service mesh security (e.g., Istio).
• Encryption strategies for data at rest, in transit, and in use.
• Network security best practices for Tanzu container networking (e.g., NSX, Rancher)
• Compliance monitoring and security auditing for cloud-native environments.

Automation & Scripting

• Scripting skills in Python, PowerShell for security automation.
• API security knowledge (e.g., OAuth, JWT, API gateways, rate limiting).
• Experience with Security as Code for automated policy enforcement.

Are you ready to make an impact? Begin your journey of a flourishing and meaningful career, share your CV with us today!

What we do for you:
At Leidos we are PASSIONATE about customer success, UNITED as a team and INSPIRED to make a difference. We offer meaningful and engaging careers, a collaborative culture, and support for your career goals, all while nurturing a healthy work-life balance.

• We provide an employment package that attracts, develops and retains only the best in talent. Our reward scheme includes:
• Contributory Pension Scheme
• Private Medical Insurance
• 33 days Annual Leave (including public and privilege holidays)
• Access to Flexible benefits (including life assurance, health schemes, gym memberships, annual buy and sell holidays and a cycle to work scheme)
• Flexi-TIme

Commitment to Diversity:

We welcome applications from every part of the community and are committed to a truly diverse and inclusive culture.  We foster a sense of belonging, welcoming all perspectives and contributions, and providing equal access to opportunities and resources for everyone.  If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages please let us know, and we will respond in a way that best fits your needs.

Who We Are:

Leidos UK & EUROPE – we work to make the world safer, healthier, and more efficient through technology, engineering and science.

Leidos is a growing company delivering innovative technology and solutions focused on safeguarding critical capabilities and transformation in frontline services, our work in the United Kingdom includes addressing some of the most complex problems in defence, healthcare, government, safety and security, and transportation.

What Makes Us Different:

Purpose: you can use your passion and abilities at Leidos to keep the people you care about safe. We are at the forefront of machine learning, AI, cyber security and solutions. Using your skills in the technology frontline by helping to build a safer world.  You can inspire change.

Collaboration: having flexibility to do your job is one of our core benefits, enabling you to become part of our extraordinary team.  We have been empowering our people to work flexibly for years.  Whether you work from home, the office or on customer sites, we will give you the digital tools and the flexibility to work smarter and align your needs and ours.

People: Leidos empowers people from every background to be themselves and gives you the tools to learn new skills by enabling growth whilst developing. We believe that extraordinary people need opportunities to grow, to be inspired and to inspire others. At Leidos, we invest in technical academies, career rotations and a career development plans that enhance your future.

If you’re looking for comfort, keep scrolling. At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status quo — because the mission demands it. We’re not hiring followers. We’re recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. We’re already at step 30 — and moving faster than anyone else dares.

If you’re looking for comfort, keep scrolling. At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status quo — because the mission demands it. We’re not hiring followers. We’re recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. We’re already at step 30 — and moving faster than anyone else dares.

Original Posting:

For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

Pay Range:

£47,600.00-£61,000.00

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.

About Leidos

Leidos is an industry and technology leader serving government and commercial customers with smarter, more efficient digital and mission innovations. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, with 47,000 global employees, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $16.7 billion for the fiscal year ended January 3, 2025. For more information, visit www.Leidos.com.

Pay and Benefits

Pay and benefits are fundamental to any career decision. That’s why we craft compensation packages that reflect the importance of the work we do for our customers. Employment benefits include competitive compensation, Health and Wellness programs, Income Protection, Paid Leave and Retirement. More details are available at www.leidos.com/careers/pay-benefits.

Securing Your Data

Beware of fake employment opportunities using Leidos’ name. Leidos will never ask you to provide payment-related information during any part of the employment application process (i.e., ask you for money), nor will Leidos ever advance money as part of the hiring process (i.e., send you a check or money order before doing any work). Further, Leidos will only communicate with you through emails that are generated by the Leidos.com automated system – never from free commercial services (e.g., Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail) or via WhatsApp, Telegram, etc. If you received an email purporting to be from Leidos that asks for payment-related information or any other personal information (e.g., about you or your previous employer), and you are concerned about its legitimacy, please make us aware immediately by emailing us at LeidosCareersFraud@leidos.com.

If you believe you are the victim of a scam, contact your local law enforcement and report the incident to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission.

Commitment to Non-Discrimination

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, age, national origin, citizenship, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, family structure, marital status, ancestry, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law. Leidos will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with relevant laws.

Description

Cyber Security Engineer

Security Clearance Required - DV (‘Developed Vetting’)

Location: Huntingdon, UK (On-site 4/5 days a week)

UNLEASH YOUR POTENTIAL

At Leidos, we deliver innovative solutions through the efforts of our diverse and talented people who are dedicated to our customers’ success. We empower our teams, contribute to our communities, and operate sustainably. Everything we do is built on a commitment to do the right thing for our customers, our people, and our community. Our Mission, Vision, and Values guide the way we do business.

Are your ready for your next challenge?

We are in search for multiple Cyber Security Engineers with varying technical backgrounds - Required to work at our customer site in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire with occasional travel to other UK sites.  In this role, you will working within a team of engineers to ensure that the customer sites maintain a strong cyber security posture.

Cyber Security Engineers are responsible for providing cybersecurity engineering services for classified and unclassified networks of computer systems.  The Cyber Security Engineers will provide operational and engineering support.

This position perform the following tasks:

• Develop creative solutions to complex technical issues and problems
• Work with the engineering teams to ensure systems remain at the required security posture against baseline requirements
• Work with the Security Monitoring engineering team to ensure logs are forward to the SIEM capability
• Work with the customer and appropriate agencies to develop new policies, design processes, and procedures, and develop technical designs
• Assess system vulnerabilities, implement risk mitigation strategies, validate secure systems, and test security products and systems to detect security weakness
• Maintain and support security enforcing functions

Core Skills

• Experience working in MOD or Home Office project environments

• Strong knowledge of network and system security, including firewalls, IDS/IPS, micro-segmentation, and host security.

  • Hands on experience with the following security products Trellix, Ivanti, ClearSwift, Yubikey

• Understanding of secure coding practices and common vulnerabilities (OWASP Top 10, SANS Top 25).

• Expertise in identity and access management (IAM), including RBAC, ABAC, JWT and Cookie based authentication.

• Incident detection and response in MOD environments.

• Security compliance and regulatory frameworks (e.g., NIST, CIS Benchmarks).

• Experience working with Kubernetes at an administrative level

Soft Skills

• Strong leadership and mentoring abilities.
• Effective communication with development, operations, and security teams.
• Ability to advocate for security best practices in a DevOps culture.

Desirable Skills

Containerization Security

• Expertise in Kubernetes security (e.g., RBAC, network policies, pod security standards, secrets management).
• Knowledge of container runtime security (e.g., container escapes, rootless containers, sandboxing).
• Image security best practices, including scanning, signing, and provenance verification.
• Secure deployment patterns using Tanzu & Kubernetes.
• Runtime security monitoring.

DevSecOps & CI/CD Security

• Secure CI/CD pipeline design with security testing using like Git and SonarQube.
• Implementation of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) security (e.g., Terraform, Ansible).
• Secrets management in CI/CD pipelines using Vault or Kubernetes Secrets.
• Security automation and policy enforcement using tools like GitHub Actions, GitLab CI and Jenkins.

Cloud & Infrastructure Security

• Strong knowledge of cloud security principles in a containerised environment.
• Kubernetes security posture management (KSPM) using tools like Trivy.
• Secure ingress/egress controls, service mesh security (e.g., Istio).
• Encryption strategies for data at rest, in transit, and in use.
• Network security best practices for Tanzu container networking (e.g., NSX, Rancher)
• Compliance monitoring and security auditing for cloud-native environments.

Automation & Scripting

• Scripting skills in Python, PowerShell for security automation.
• API security knowledge (e.g., OAuth, JWT, API gateways, rate limiting).
• Experience with Security as Code for automated policy enforcement.

Are you ready to make an impact? Begin your journey of a flourishing and meaningful career, share your CV with us today!

What we do for you:
At Leidos we are PASSIONATE about customer success, UNITED as a team and INSPIRED to make a difference. We offer meaningful and engaging careers, a collaborative culture, and support for your career goals, all while nurturing a healthy work-life balance.

• We provide an employment package that attracts, develops and retains only the best in talent. Our reward scheme includes:
• Contributory Pension Scheme
• Private Medical Insurance
• 33 days Annual Leave (including public and privilege holidays)
• Access to Flexible benefits (including life assurance, health schemes, gym memberships, annual buy and sell holidays and a cycle to work scheme)
• Flexi-TIme

Commitment to Diversity:

We welcome applications from every part of the community and are committed to a truly diverse and inclusive culture.  We foster a sense of belonging, welcoming all perspectives and contributions, and providing equal access to opportunities and resources for everyone.  If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages please let us know, and we will respond in a way that best fits your needs.

Who We Are:

Leidos UK & EUROPE – we work to make the world safer, healthier, and more efficient through technology, engineering and science.

Leidos is a growing company delivering innovative technology and solutions focused on safeguarding critical capabilities and transformation in frontline services, our work in the United Kingdom includes addressing some of the most complex problems in defence, healthcare, government, safety and security, and transportation.

What Makes Us Different:

Purpose: you can use your passion and abilities at Leidos to keep the people you care about safe. We are at the forefront of machine learning, AI, cyber security and solutions. Using your skills in the technology frontline by helping to build a safer world.  You can inspire change.

Collaboration: having flexibility to do your job is one of our core benefits, enabling you to become part of our extraordinary team.  We have been empowering our people to work flexibly for years.  Whether you work from home, the office or on customer sites, we will give you the digital tools and the flexibility to work smarter and align your needs and ours.

People: Leidos empowers people from every background to be themselves and gives you the tools to learn new skills by enabling growth whilst developing. We believe that extraordinary people need opportunities to grow, to be inspired and to inspire others. At Leidos, we invest in technical academies, career rotations and a career development plans that enhance your future.

If you’re looking for comfort, keep scrolling. At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status quo — because the mission demands it. We’re not hiring followers. We’re recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. We’re already at step 30 — and moving faster than anyone else dares.

If you’re looking for comfort, keep scrolling. At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status quo — because the mission demands it. We’re not hiring followers. We’re recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. We’re already at step 30 — and moving faster than anyone else dares.

Original Posting:

For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

Pay Range:

£47,600.00-£61,000.00

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.

About Leidos

Leidos is an industry and technology leader serving government and commercial customers with smarter, more efficient digital and mission innovations. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, with 47,000 global employees, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $16.7 billion for the fiscal year ended January 3, 2025. For more information, visit www.Leidos.com.

Pay and Benefits

Pay and benefits are fundamental to any career decision. That’s why we craft compensation packages that reflect the importance of the work we do for our customers. Employment benefits include competitive compensation, Health and Wellness programs, Income Protection, Paid Leave and Retirement. More details are available at www.leidos.com/careers/pay-benefits.

Securing Your Data

Beware of fake employment opportunities using Leidos’ name. Leidos will never ask you to provide payment-related information during any part of the employment application process (i.e., ask you for money), nor will Leidos ever advance money as part of the hiring process (i.e., send you a check or money order before doing any work). Further, Leidos will only communicate with you through emails that are generated by the Leidos.com automated system – never from free commercial services (e.g., Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail) or via WhatsApp, Telegram, etc. If you received an email purporting to be from Leidos that asks for payment-related information or any other personal information (e.g., about you or your previous employer), and you are concerned about its legitimacy, please make us aware immediately by emailing us at LeidosCareersFraud@leidos.com.

If you believe you are the victim of a scam, contact your local law enforcement and report the incident to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission.

Commitment to Non-Discrimination

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, age, national origin, citizenship, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, family structure, marital status, ancestry, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law. Leidos will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with relevant laws.

Prestigious opportunity for a talented and experienced Platform Engineer to join a rapidly growing digital engineering team delivering cutting edge solutions across a diverse portfolio of clients.This is hands on applying your deep engineering and architectural expertise to design, build, and evolve scalable platform solutions that drive digital transformation within some of the UK’s most exciting organisations.Collaborating closely with highly skilled, cross functional teams, you will work alongside engineers, architects, and product specialists to push boundaries and deliver impactful, high quality outcomes.

Key responsibilities:

• Design, build, and maintain robust cloud platforms and CI/CD pipelines
• Contribute across the full software development lifecycle
• Provide technical leadership and input into system and architecture design
• Collaborate with cross functional teams to deliver scalable, reliable solutions.
• Write clean, well documented code and contribute to technical documentation
• Proactively monitor, troubleshoot, and resolve production issues
• Continuously improve platform performance, security, and reliability
• Stay current with emerging technologies and drive innovation and adoption
• Communicate complex technical ideas to both technical and non-technical stakeholders

If you possess a combination of some of the following skills, then LET’S TALK!

• Strong experience designing and managing cloud native platforms on Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
• Hands-on expertise with services such as:
• Compute Engine, GKE (Kubernetes), Cloud Storage
• VPC networking, IAM, Cloud Functions
• Proven experience with Infrastructure as Code (e.g., Terraform)
• Strong background in CI/CD pipeline design (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI, Cloud Build)
• Proficiency in scripting/programming (e.g., Python, Bash, Go)
• Experience with containerisation & orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Solid understanding of cloud networking, security, and identity management
• Experience with monitoring & observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, or similar)
• Strong Git/version control experience

Exposure to the following skills is advantageous but not essential: -

• Experience with multi-cloud or hybrid cloud environments (AWS, Azure, on-premise).
• Exposure to service mesh technologies (e.g., Istio, Linkerd) and configuration management tools (e.g., Chef, Puppet).
• Knowledge of site reliability engineering (SRE) principles and practices.
• Familiarity with GCP AI/ML services (AI Platform, AutoML).

In return, you will be rewarded with ongoing career development and a market leading benefits package in a flexible, hybrid working environment.

What you need to do now

If you’re interested in this role, click ‘apply now’ to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.
If this job isn’t quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion about your career.

Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C’s, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at hays.co.uk

Prestigious opportunity for a talented and experienced Platform Engineer to join a rapidly growing digital engineering team delivering cutting edge solutions across a diverse portfolio of clients.This is hands on applying your deep engineering and architectural expertise to design, build, and evolve scalable platform solutions that drive digital transformation within some of the UK’s most exciting organisations.Collaborating closely with highly skilled, cross functional teams, you will work alongside engineers, architects, and product specialists to push boundaries and deliver impactful, high quality outcomes.

Key responsibilities:

• Design, build, and maintain robust cloud platforms and CI/CD pipelines
• Contribute across the full software development lifecycle
• Provide technical leadership and input into system and architecture design
• Collaborate with cross functional teams to deliver scalable, reliable solutions.
• Write clean, well documented code and contribute to technical documentation
• Proactively monitor, troubleshoot, and resolve production issues
• Continuously improve platform performance, security, and reliability
• Stay current with emerging technologies and drive innovation and adoption
• Communicate complex technical ideas to both technical and non-technical stakeholders

If you possess a combination of some of the following skills, then LET’S TALK!

• Strong experience designing and managing cloud native platforms on Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
• Hands-on expertise with services such as:
• Compute Engine, GKE (Kubernetes), Cloud Storage
• VPC networking, IAM, Cloud Functions
• Proven experience with Infrastructure as Code (e.g., Terraform)
• Strong background in CI/CD pipeline design (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI, Cloud Build)
• Proficiency in scripting/programming (e.g., Python, Bash, Go)
• Experience with containerisation & orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Solid understanding of cloud networking, security, and identity management
• Experience with monitoring & observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, or similar)
• Strong Git/version control experience

Exposure to the following skills is advantageous but not essential: -

• Experience with multi-cloud or hybrid cloud environments (AWS, Azure, on-premise).
• Exposure to service mesh technologies (e.g., Istio, Linkerd) and configuration management tools (e.g., Chef, Puppet).
• Knowledge of site reliability engineering (SRE) principles and practices.
• Familiarity with GCP AI/ML services (AI Platform, AutoML).

In return, you will be rewarded with ongoing career development and a market leading benefits package in a flexible, hybrid working environment.

What you need to do now

If you’re interested in this role, click ‘apply now’ to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.
If this job isn’t quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion about your career.

Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C’s, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at (url removed)

Location : Reading

NO Visa sponsorship

Eligibility :ILR/Citizen/Dependent/Settled

Domain : Telecom

Job summary :

• Worked for large-scale, mission critical environments in Telecom domain.
• Implement service mesh architectures using Istio for traffic management, security, and observability.
• Lead incident response, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement activities.

Core application skills as a platform engineer:

• OpenShift, Kubernetes, Prometheus, Grafana, RabbitMQ, Redis, MongoDB, PostgreSQL, NGINX and F5 load balancers, VMware vSphere, HashiCorp Vault, Keycloak, ArgoCD, Helm Charts, SonarQube, Snyk.
• Implement object storage platforms using S3-compatible storage and MinIO.
• Setting up Apache Airflow, Cisco NSO, Itential at platform level.
• Develop, test and maintain backup and disaster recovery strategies.
• DevOps, CI/CD development and DevSecOps tooling.

Foundational Skills:

• Linux, Networking (TCP/IP, DNS, load balancing), Python, Ansible, Bash, Gitlab, REST APIs, microservices architecture.

Location: Fully Remote

Salary: £60,000 - £72,000 plus Generous Bonus Scheme

About the role

Our client, a leading insurance company, are looking for a Remote-Working, Experienced Platform Engineer to support and enhance their modern cloud engineering environment. You’ll help drive a high-impact cloud platform powering multiple engineering teams at scale. The focus is on building and running shared platforms that enable multiple engineering teams to move faster, safer and with confidence. You’ll set standards, shape design decisions, and act as a trusted technical authority without formal line management.

Key responsibilities

• Design, build and maintain cloud infrastructure using Terraform (IaC) on Google Cloud Platform
• Operate and evolve Kubernetes (GKE) platforms used by multiple teams
• Deploy and manage workloads using Helm with strong isolation and configuration practices
• Own and improve CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps and GitOps
• Embed observability across the platform (monitoring, logging, alerting, tracing)
• Define and enforce platform standards, patterns and best practices
• Produce and maintain high-quality documentation, diagrams and runbooks
• Lead and contribute to technical design and architecture discussions
• Mentor and support mid-level and junior engineers
• Drive automation, stability and long-term platform reliability

Skills and experience

• Strong experience as a Senior Platform Engineer / Platform Engineer
• Hands-on expertise with Kubernetes, ideally GKE
• Proven experience with GCP in production environments
• Deep knowledge of Terraform and Infrastructure as Code principles
• Experience deploying services with Helm
• CI/CD expertise, particularly Azure DevOps
• Git-based workflows, GitOps and tools such as Argo CD
• Experience with service mesh technologies (e.g. Istio)
• Exposure to observability / APM tooling
• Confident technical leader with experience setting standards and mentoring others
• Comfortable working in shared platform environments

Reasonable Adjustments:

Respect and equality are core values to us. We are proud of the diverse and inclusive community we have built, and we welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and perspectives. Our success is driven by our people, united by the spirit of partnership to deliver the best resourcing solutions for our clients.

If you need any help or adjustments during the recruitment process for any reason, please let us know when you apply or talk to the recruiters directly so we can support you.

Bristol

An exciting opportunity for a passionate Cloud Architect to join a unique, multi-national Information Management function. Ideal candidates should be committed to the future of software defined data centres and open source technologies and have the dedication in supporting our engineering community in a dynamic, fast paced development environment.

Salary: Up to £74,000 depending on experience

Dynamic (hybrid) working: 1-2 days per week on-site due to workload classification

Security Clearance British Citizen only.

This role will require DV Clearance. Restrictions and/or limitations relating to nationality and/or rights to work may apply. As a minimum and after offer stage, all successful candidates will need to undergo HMG Basic Personnel Security Standard checks (BPSS), which are managed by the MBDA Personnel Security Team.

What we can offer you:

• Company Bonus: Bonus of up to 21% of base salary
• Pension: maximum total (employer and employee) contribution of up to 14%
• Flexible working: We welcome applicants who are looking for flexible working arrangements
• Enhanced parental leave: offers up to 26 weeks for maternity, adoption and shared parental leave -enhancements are available for paternity leave, neonatal leave and fertility testing and treatments
• Facilities: Fantastic site facilities including subsidised meals, free car parking and much more
• Healthcare Cash Plan: The Healthcare Cash Plan benefit provides the option to claim cash back on everyday healthcare expenses such as optical, dental, health and wellbeing and more

The opportunity:

We are seeking an experienced OpenStack & OpenShift Architect to design, implement, and optimise on premisescloud and container platforms. The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in cloud infrastructure (OpenStack) and container orchestration (Red Hat OpenShift/Kubernetes), with a strong focus on scalability, automation, and high availability.

You will play a key role in defining cloud strategy, leading platform architecture, and guiding engineering teams in delivering robust, secure, and performant environments.

• Become part of a unique, well-respected team of dedicated people that have been recognised within our company for its professionalism, dedication and flexibility.
• Having the opportunity to work both nationally and internationally, broaden your horizons by embracing the rich cultural diversity of our company.
• Partner with both engineers within MBDA and suppliers to ensure services are meeting evolving business needs.
• Be part of an organisation with a values-led culture that is committed to investing in its workforce with a personal development programme.

What we’re looking for from you:

Key Responsibilities

• Design and architect OpenStack-based private cloud solutions (RHOSO)
• Lead the deployment and management of Red Hat OpenShift clusters
• Define and implement cloud-native architecture patterns
• Integrate OpenStack with container platforms (OpenShift/Kubernetes)
• Drive automation using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools
• Ensure high availability, scalability, and disaster recovery strategies
• Establish security best practices across infrastructure and platforms
• Collaborate with DevOps, security, and application teams
• Provide technical leadership, mentoring, and governance
• Evaluate and recommend new tools, technologies, and improvements

Required Skills & Experience

• Cloud & Virtualisation
• Strong experience with OpenStack (Nova, Neutron, Cinder, Glance, Keystone)
• Hands-on experience designing and deploying private cloud environments
• Understanding of multi-region / multi-tenant architectures

Container Platforms

• Deep expertise in Red Hat OpenShift (OCP 4.x)
• Strong knowledge of Kubernetes architecture and components
• Experience with container lifecycle management

Automation & DevOps

• Proficiency with Ansible, Terraform, or similar IaC tools
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitLab CI, ArgoCD)
• Scripting skills (Python, Bash, or similar)

Storage

• Experience with Ceph or other distributed storage systems
• Understanding of block, object, and file storage concepts

Preferred Qualifications but not necessary

• Red Hat certifications (e.g., RHCA, RHCE, OpenShift certification)
• Experience with hybrid or multi-cloud environments
• Familiarity with service mesh (Istio) and observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana)
• Exposure to GitOps practices

Our company: Peace is not a given, Freedom is not a given, Sovereignty is not a given

MBDA is a leading defence organisation. We are proud of the role we play in supporting the Armed Forces who protect our nations. We partner with governments to work together towards a common goal, defending our freedom.

We are proud of our employee-led networks, examples include: Gender Equality, Pride, Menopause Matters, Parents and Carers, Armed Forces, Ethnic Diversity, Neurodiversity, Disability and more

We recognise that everyone is unique, and we encourage you to speak to us should you require any advice, support or adjustments throughout our recruitment process.

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South England - hybrid working - £70,000 - £90,000 + perm benefits

We are seeking experienced Principal Site Reliability Engineers (SRE) to join a high-performing engineering team delivering resilient, cloud-native platforms for UK-based customers. These roles blend senior technical leadership with hands-on delivery, covering both project-based work and the ongoing reliability, scalability, and security of critical services.

You’ll work closely with other senior engineers in small, collaborative teams, taking ownership of platform reliability, setting best practices, and mentoring others. The role supports critical national infrastructure, requires participation in an on-call rota, and operates within a hybrid working model across UK offices, client sites, and home.

Key responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain highly available, scalable, and resilient platforms, prioritising standardisation, reuse, and automation
• Champion GitOps-first approaches, minimising manual configuration (“ClickOps”)
• Lead and contribute to Site Reliability Engineering practices, including error budgets, SLOs, SLIs, and incident management
• Work in agile delivery teams, aligning engineering outcomes to customer and service reliability goals
• Operate within defined on-call rotas, supporting services underpinning critical national infrastructure
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship, developing the capability of engineers across teams
• Promote and embed best practices in reliability, security, observability, and automation
• Contribute to the evolution of cloud-native and SRE standards, patterns, and platform strategies

Skills and experience

• Proven leadership experience in Site Reliability Engineering or senior platform engineering roles
• Strong expertise in Kubernetes and OpenShift (CKA/CKS certifications beneficial)
• Experience designing complex multi-cloud or hybrid architectures
• Hands-on knowledge of service mesh technologies such as Istio
• Experience with enterprise-grade databases, including EDB Postgres
• Deep understanding of observability and monitoring stacks, such as Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, Tempo, and LogiStack
• Strong Infrastructure as Code experience using tools such as Helm or Kustomize
• Proficiency in Scripting and automation, including Bash and Python
• CI/CD and GitOps pipeline management using tools such as ArgoCD, FluxCD, or Tekton
• Experience with Red Hat ACM/ACS and advanced container networking (eg Submariner)
• A strong focus on reliability, automation, and operational excellence

Wokingham - hybrid working - £55,000 - £70,000 + perm benefits

We are seeking experienced Principal Site Reliability Engineers (SRE) to join a high-performing engineering team delivering resilient, cloud-native platforms for UK-based customers. These roles blend senior technical leadership with hands-on delivery, covering both project-based work and the ongoing reliability, scalability, and security of critical services.

You’ll work closely with other senior engineers in small, collaborative teams, taking ownership of platform reliability, setting best practices, and mentoring others. The role supports critical national infrastructure, requires participation in an on-call rota, and operates within a hybrid working model across UK offices, client sites, and home.

Key responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain highly available, scalable, and resilient platforms, prioritising standardisation, reuse, and automation
• Champion GitOps-first approaches, minimising manual configuration (“ClickOps”)
• Lead and contribute to Site Reliability Engineering practices, including error budgets, SLOs, SLIs, and incident management
• Work in agile delivery teams, aligning engineering outcomes to customer and service reliability goals
• Operate within defined on-call rotas, supporting services underpinning critical national infrastructure
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship, developing the capability of engineers across teams
• Promote and embed best practices in reliability, security, observability, and automation
• Contribute to the evolution of cloud-native and SRE standards, patterns, and platform strategies

Skills and experience

• Proven leadership experience in Site Reliability Engineering or senior platform engineering roles
• Strong expertise in Kubernetes and OpenShift (CKA/CKS certifications beneficial)
• Experience designing complex multi-cloud or hybrid architectures
• Hands-on knowledge of service mesh technologies such as Istio
• Experience with enterprise-grade databases, including EDB Postgres
• Deep understanding of observability and monitoring stacks, such as Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, Tempo, and LogiStack
• Strong Infrastructure as Code experience using tools such as Helm or Kustomize
• Proficiency in Scripting and automation, including Bash and Python
• CI/CD and GitOps pipeline management using tools such as ArgoCD, FluxCD, or Tekton
• Experience with Red Hat ACM/ACS and advanced container networking (eg Submariner)
• A strong focus on reliability, automation, and operational excellence