DevSecOps Infrastructure Enginee

DevSecOps Infrastructure Engineer – Business Operations  

Elbit Systems Ltd Overview 

ESUK has four wholly owned subsidiaries as well as two joint ventures. In total, over 500 personnel are employed by ESUK, in high tech roles in the defence, aerospace and rail sectors. ESUK’s parent company is Elbit Systems Ltd. (ESL), listed on the NASDAQ and TASE stock exchanges as ESLT.  

 
ESL is a global high technology company engaged in a wide range of programmes throughout the world. Developing and supplying a broad portfolio of airborne, land and naval systems and products for defence, homeland security and commercial aviation applications. 

The Role 

Location -  Bristol 

Reports to -  IT Manager 

Direct Reports -  None 

Security Clearance requirements: - SC (DV Capable)/UK National 

As a DevOps Infrastructure Team Leader you will be responsible for the efficient planning, provisioning, installation/configuration, and operations of systems hardware and software and related infrastructure in a collaborative software and systems engineering environment. 

The software development environment is currently a green physical infrastructure only environment and we require talented, self-starter engineers to work with our global parent to build the environment ready for accreditation and use. 

As a team leader, not only will you have technical expertise, but you will work alongside our engineers, product owners and stakeholders to lead and steer the technical conversations and ensure that what we build is fit for purpose.  

Working with our Engineering, Development and IT teams, you’ll be responsible for the tactical implementation, as well as building and running the DevOps Infrastructure team. 

This is an exciting opportunity to lay the foundations for the infrastructure, tools, and services powering our next generation of software and systems development across the entire organisation. 

Responsibilities include:  

• building and setting up new development tools and infrastructure 

• understanding the needs of stakeholders and conveying this to developers 

• working on ways to automate and improve development and release processes 

• ensuring that systems are safe and secure against cybersecurity threats 

• identifying technical problems and developing software updates and ‘fixes’ 

• working with software developers and software engineers to ensure that development follows established processes and works as intended 

• Ensuring that the organisation’s data and infrastructure are protected by enabling the appropriate security controls 

• Creating and maintaining technical documentation and knowledge base 

• Any additional tasks to ensure the success of the role and support to the Business Unit within ESUK.

• Person Specification 

• Ability to work under pressure in a fast-paced environment. 

• Strong attention to detail with an analytical mind and outstanding problem-solving skills. 

• Identity and Access Management, Network Security, Data Security, Digital Security 

• At least 3+ years hands-on experience in infrastructure engineering, DevOps, or software engineering staff member 

• Python, bash, and scripting fundamentals 

• Windows and Linux system administration 

• Virtualisation technology – VMWare, Nutanix 

• Git, Jira, Confluence, Jenkins, Artifactory 

• DevSecOps / Software Development environments 

• knowledge of programming languages 

• Proficient with containerization and cluster management technologies like Docker and Kubernetes 

• IBM ELM/Doors/Rhapsody 

• Nutanix 

• Azure DevOps (TFS)