Lead Kubernetes Engineer

Client: BAE Systems
Job Title: Lead Kubernetes Engineer
Location: Frimley
Contract length: 12 months
Days on site: 2/3 days on-site per week
Rate: £50 PAYE or £67.47 Umbrella

Key Responsibilities:

• End to end architecture for CI workloads running on Kubernetes
• Workload isolation, networking, and artifact flow design
• Image build, scanning, and promotion architecture
• Registry design and environment separation model
• Logging, metrics and monitoring for CI workloads
• Platform level visibility and alerting
• Identification of candidate workload
• Phased adoption plan

Skills & Qualifications:

Candidates must be sole UK nationals to be eligible due to the security requirements on this position.

• Ability to operate at engineering leadership / architecture level
• Strong experience designing Kubernetes platforms, not just operating them
• Proven experience integrating Kubernetes with CI/CD systems
• Experience with multi-team platform design and governance

Desirable Skills

• Experience with GitOps (e.g., ArgoCD, Flux)
• Experience with cloud-native build tooling (e.g., BuildKit, Kaniko)
• Familiarity with enterprise-scale engineering environments

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.

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