Team Lead DevOps Engineer

Are you a hands-on technical leader who enjoys guiding teams through complex, mission-critical environments while still shaping the technical direction? Do you want your work to directly support national security outcomes?

As a Team Lead, you’ll play a key specialist role within our Aerospace, Defence and Security account. This role blends functional team leadership with technical architecture responsibilities, sitting at the heart of our DevOps delivery. You’ll lead a skilled, multi-supplier delivery team, providing technical direction, prioritisation and support to ensure outcomes are delivered effectively and in line with customer methodologies.

You’ll act as a bridge between internal teams, customers and third-party partners, helping to balance risk, improve service quality and maintain system stability in a highly secure environment. This is a role for someone who enjoys influencing decisions, driving continuous improvement and working closely with stakeholders to improve user experience across complex systems.

What you’ll be doing:

• Leading

DevOps delivery and associated project work across the delivery team.

• Guiding

and supporting the team by prioritising work and providing expert technical direction.

• Owning

and maintaining low-level technical understanding and documentation of system configurations and interfaces.

• Supporting

the Service Delivery Manager to ensure timely and cost-effective service delivery.

• Managing

investigation, triage and resolution of incidents, changes and stories.

• Building

strong relationships with customers and partners to influence decision-making and prioritisation.

What you’ll bring:

• Experience

leading technical teams and inspiring people to deliver strong business outcomes.

• Strong

understanding of system and application architectures across complex environments.

• Hands-on

experience with DevOps, CI/CD pipelines and modern delivery practices.

• Experience

working with on-premise infrastructure, Linux/Unix and cloud platforms.

• Knowledge

of containerisation, microservices and automation technologies such as Terraform or Ansible.

• Ability

to analyse user requirements and advise on scope and technical options.

It would be great if you had:

• Scripting

experience.

• Knowledge

of Zero Trust networking and secure-by-design principles.

• Experience

integrating with existing systems and networks.

• Understanding

of perimeter defences, anti-malware and IDPS concepts.

If you’re interested in this role but not sure if your skills and experience are exactly what we’re looking for, please do apply, we’d love to hear from you!

Security Clearance Level: DV (enhanced).

 Referral; fee: £1500

Internal Recruiter: Rebecca.

Salary offered will be in line with experience and developmental needs. 

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Sopra Steria’s Aerospace, Defence and Security business designs, develops and deploys digital solutions to Central Government clients. The work we do makes a real difference to the client’s goal of National Security, and we operate in a unique and privileged environment. We are given time for professional development activities, and we coach and mentor our colleagues, sharing knowledge and learning from each other. We foster a culture in which employees feel valued and supported and have pride in their work for the customer, delivering outstanding rates of customer satisfaction in the UK’s most complex safety- and security-critical markets.