Job Description

ALTEN is a global engineering and technology consultancy operating across over 35 countries worldwide. We partner with industry leaders across sectors including Aeronautics, Aerospace, Defence, Naval, Automotive, Energy, Rail, IT and many more to deliver innovative engineering solutions that drive technological advancement & support sustainable transformation.

Our teams of passionate and agile engineers work on cutting-edge projects that shape the future of technology and sustainability. At ALTEN, we empower talented engineers to innovate, solve complex challenges, and deliver impactful solutions that build tomorrow’s world—today.

Join us and start building tomorrow’s world today!

We are currently seeking a DevOps Engineer to join our team in London that is responsible for the platforms that underpin highly reliable, autonomous operations.

This team delivers the software infrastructure that supports critical system activities from development through to live execution. In this role, you will contribute directly to the design, deployment, and ongoing operation of platforms where stability, traceability, and automation are essential.

• Location: London
• On Site: 2x a month on site
• Clearance: SC clearable
• Experience Level: Mid - Senior

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, extend, and maintain automated CI/CD pipelines to support build, testing, and release activities across multiple services.
• Operate and enhance container‑based platforms using Docker and associated registry and orchestration technologies.
• Establish deployment standards, including release versioning, rollback approaches, and production‑readiness controls.
• Lead operational support and maintenance activities to ensure service continuity and system performance.
• Develop and manage operational tooling to support:
  • Automated deployment of production services
  • Centralised logging and observability
  • Orchestration and lifecycle management of distributed components
• Work closely with software engineers and operations stakeholders to ensure reliable integration of critical services.

Qualifications

Required Skills:

• Strong hands‑on experience with containerised environments, including image management, registries, and lifecycle operations.
• Experiance within Aerospace, Defence or Space industries.
• Practical experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using tools such as GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or equivalent.
• Solid knowledge of Linux systems, shell scripting, and automation practices.
• Understanding of networking concepts relevant to distributed platforms (e.g. DNS, shared storage, service connectivity).
• A disciplined approach to documentation, configuration management, and operational processes.

Required Qualifications:

• A Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering, or equivalent military experience

Desirable Skills:

• Experience working with SQL databases, including administration or performance optimisation.
• Background supporting complex, safety‑critical, or highly available operational systems.
• Exposure to infrastructure‑as‑code practices or monitoring and visualisation tools (e.g. Terraform, Grafana).

Additional Information

Why join us?

We bring together entrepreneurial, tech-driven people to deliver innovative solutions for leading companies.

At ALTEN, you’ll work on exciting projects, supported by ongoing learning, mentoring, and clear career development tailored to your goals.

Join a passionate team and help build tomorrow, today.

In short you get:

• A personalised career path and a rewarding management style
• A huge diversity of engineering projects and industries
• Private Medical Insurance
• Cycle & Tech Scheme
• Employee assistance programme
• Life insurance & Pension Scheme
• Social atmosphere, regular gatherings & team buildings
• Flexible way of working (role dependent)

We are proud to support the Armed Forces Covenant & actively encourage applications from members of the Armed Forces community, including veterans, reservists, service leavers, and military spouses/partners. We recognise the value of military skills and experience and are committed to ensuring that no applicant is unfairly disadvantaged during our recruitment and selection processes.

ALTEN is committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace and values the strength that comes from a global mix of backgrounds and perspectives. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates, regardless of background or protected characteristics under the Equality Act 2010. If you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please let us know.

This role may require you to have or be willing to go through Security Clearance. As part of the onboarding process candidates will be asked to complete a Baseline Personnel Security Standard; details of the evidence required to apply may be found on the government website Gov.UK. If you are unable to meet this and any associated criteria, then your employment may be delayed, or rejected . Details of this will be discussed with you at interview.