DevOps Engineer

Client: BAE Systems Job Title: DevOps Engineer Location: Preston - 1-2 days onsite per month Daily Rate: 500-600 per day inside IR35 Duration: 9 months - extension highly likely Key Responsibilities: • Applies deep technical expertise in infrastructure automation, environment provisioning, and deployment pipelines supporting the EDP platform and its AI/ML workloads. • Designs, maintains, and supports the CI/CD pipelines using GitLab CI, enabling frequent, reliable deployments to Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS). • Manages containerisation using Docker, builds and publishes container images to registries, and ensures secure and efficient AKS cluster deployments. • Implements infrastructure as code using Terraform, including network, security, and compute resources. • Supports Airflow as part of platform orchestration. Skills & Qualifications: • Azure Landing Zone principles, vNet design, RBAC, networking, and hybrid connectivity. • CI/CD tooling, especially GitLab CI/CD. • Container orchestration (AKS) and Docker best practices. • Infrastructure as code (Terraform or Bicep). • Networking principles, including hub/spoke topology and private endpoints. If you would like to be considered for this role please don't hesitate to click apply or call Sam Pierre-Louis on for more information. About BAE: BAE Systems is a leading global defence, aerospace, and security company. They’re experts in delivering advanced solutions for air, land, and naval forces, as well as commercial aerospace and cyber security. Known for its commitment to innovation and excellence, BAE Systems offers exciting career opportunities for those looking to make a significant impact in cutting-edge technology and defence sectors. Inclusion statement Outsource UK is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. You'll receive consideration for your application without regard to race, religion or belief, gender identity or expression, sex, sexual orientation, disability, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, or age.