Senior Software Engineer

UK Citizenship Required

UK citizenship is required for this position.

Relocation Assistance

Relocation assistance may be available.

Clearance Type

UK Highest Level of Government Clearance.

Travel

Travel is required, approximately 10% of the time.

Salary

£50,700 – £76,100

Your Opportunity

Collaborate with Architects, Software Developers, and Testers to align complex systems to exacting standards and deliver mission value that transforms client systems, improving reliability, cost, and organisational agility.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain mission-critical systems.
• Automate system deployment, operation, and maintenance using Infrastructure as Code and Configuration Management tooling.
• Support Leads to drive decisions to implement best-fit tools to solve complex project problems.
• Create and maintain CI/CD pipelines to ensure stability and quality throughout the SDLC.
• Perform migration activities to position projects for cloud readiness and micro‑services architecture.
• Continuously expand your own skills, maintaining and enhancing relevant certifications.

Experience & Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or an equivalent subject, or equivalent relevant experience.
• AWS Certified to Practitioner or Associate level with experience designing, deploying, and administering cloud-based solutions.
• Experience creating and maintaining DevOps CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, Concourse, Maven, Bamboo).
• Experience automating tasks using Ansible, Bash, PowerShell, Puppet, or Python.
• Experience administering virtualised or containerised systems in VMWare or Docker/Kubernetes/OpenShift.
• Strong collaboration and excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, using Atlassian Suite (Confluence, Jira, Bitbucket).
• Strong agile background, keen to learn and succeed across multiple teams and adapt where required.
• Cloud experience and awareness in AWS, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud Platforms.
• Experience designing, deploying, and administering Linux or Unix-based solutions using virtualization, containerisation, or Infrastructure as Code.
• Experience with performance monitoring tools such as Elastic Stack, Grafana, or CheckMK (advantageous).

Benefits

• Flexible working schedules, including hybrid arrangements.
• Flexible Benefits Package – choose NGUKL benefits that meet your needs (e.g., Healthcare, Dental, Life Assurance, Pension).
• Optional benefits such as Critical Illness Cover, Health Cash Plan, and Health Assessments.
• Employee Incentive Programme – annual incentive for top performers.
• Career Development – ongoing professional development and growth opportunities.

EEO Statement

Northrop Grumman is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce and encourages individuals from all backgrounds and abilities to apply.

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