Platform Software Engineer - Cloud Infrastructure

Location: Cheadle, United Kingdom
Thales people provide armed forces customers with operational advantage at every decisive moment throughout the mission. Defence and armed forces customers rely on us to deliver the full range of defence mission systems solutions at land, sea, and air. Our platforms extend across the battlespace including Above and Sonar, Electronic Combat, and Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance systems.
Together we offer fantastic opportunities for committed employees to learn and develop their career with us. At Thales UK, we research, develop, and supply technology and services that impact the lives of millions of people each day to make life better, and keep us safer. We innovate across five major industries; Aerospace, Defence, Ground Transportation, Security and Space. Your health and well-being matters to us and that's why we offer you the flexibility to do what's important to you; whether that's part time hours, job sharing, home working, or the ability to flex your start and finish times. Where possible, we support a working pattern that suits your lifestyle and helps you reach your ambitions.
Software Engineer - Cloud Infrastructure (R)
Location - Cheadle (Manchester)
Thales is a technology company that is part of the of the global Thales organisation. Thales worldwide has 88000 employees in 50 countries.
Thales teams deliver cutting-edge solutions to armed forces all over the world. We are Europe's number one supplier of state-of-the-art defence electronics and systems. Our people don't just work with incredibly advanced technology, our people make the world safer.
Our systems are developed for a wide range of significant defence projects; including the UK Royal Navy submarines, Type 23 frigates, Merlin helicopters and the Sandown/Hunt class mine countermeasures vessels.
Are you looking for a different kind of infrastructure challenge? At Thales we provide platforms operating on isolated systems operating in the harshest environments for extended periods. We supply and support defence industries in the UK and internationally to build robust and resilient systems to host mission critical applications with a heavy focus on security.
Our next generation platforms will form the basis for our customers for the upcoming projects using a modern stack based on platform and infrastructure as code. We are looking for engineers with a forward thinking mind-set to help us define and develop our platforms, reusing what makes sense but refactoring and coding from scratch what doesn't.
You will be a key member of the Software Development team with hybrid working from home and at the Thales site in Stockport, and will have the opportunity to collaborate with Thales sites in the UK and overseas.
The Role
As a Cloud Infrastructure focused Software Engineer within Thales, you will take a lead role involving the design, implementation and test of infrastructure and middleware software using industry standard tools and methods.
Develop our systems by working as a key member of a project team to deliver a high quality, robust software deliverable that meets customer requirements, on time and within budget
Support our systems by working with customer support functions to ensure that currently deployed software products are maintained on both land and at sea
You should have the ability to work well within a team and to obtain co-operation and lead change. You will be self-motivated, with the ability to see innovative solutions to problems and the enthusiasm to drive them to a successful conclusion.
You will have the opportunity to travel to Thales and non-Thales sites throughout the UK when working on Thales projects. Therefore a willingness to undertake some business travel is essential.
Your Skills and Experience
A pragmatic, "can do" attitude and good engineering practices are at the core of what we want to drive, so don't worry if you don't have all the skills listed below, we are looking for the right people and we will help you develop alongside the rest of the team in areas you don't have right now

• Experience of container deployment through technologies such as Docker, Podman and/or Kubernetes
• Experience in implementing various development, testing, automation tools, and IT infrastructure.
• Track record of using scripting (Shell, Python, )
• Experience of Linux based Infrastructure
• Strive for continuous improvement and build continuous integration, continuous development pipeline (CI/CD Pipeline)
• Experience of DevOps and Agile methodologies
• Experience of configuration management using Git, Jenkins and Jira
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• An ability to work as a key member of the team
• Experience of IaC technologies, preferably Ansible roles/playbooks
• Working knowledge of Kubernetes and CNCF ecosystem
• Awareness of automated testing
• Awareness of certificate chain process and security policies

What We Can Offer
We're committed to giving you opportunities to be your best. We believe in embracing the passion and potential of our people, and to achieve this we offer market leading training, development and experiences, along with the opportunity to be mentored and coached by some of the smartest minds in the industry. We hire from within as our first priority, so you'll have a myriad of opportunities within our diverse, global organisation.
Flexibility
Your health and well-being matters to us and that's why we offer you the flexibility to do what's important to you; whether that's part time hours, job sharing, home working, or the ability to flex your start and finish times. Where possible, we support a working pattern that suits your lifestyle and helps you reach your ambitions.
Thales is an equal opportunities employer and diversity and inclusion are integral to the success of Thales.
In line with Thales' Baseline Security requirements, candidates will be asked to provide evidence of identity, eligibility to work in the UK and employment and/or education history for up to three years. Some vacancies may require full Security Clearance which can require further evidence to be provided. For further details of the evidence required to apply for Baseline and Security Clearance please refer to the Defence Business Services National Security Vetting (DBS NSV) Agency.
At Thales we provide CAREERS and not only jobs. With Thales employing 80,000 employees in 68 countries our mobility policy enables thousands of employees each year to develop their careers at home and abroad, in their existing areas of expertise or by branching out into new fields. Together we believe that embracing flexibility is a smarter way of working.
Thales UK is committed to providing an inclusive and barrier-free recruitment process. We will provide reasonable adjustments and support to ensure neuro-diverse applicants or those with a disability or long-term condition can be their best during the recruitment process. To request an adjustment, if you need this job advert in an alternative format or if you have any questions about the recruitment process, please contact Resourcing Ops for mid to senior roles, or the Early Careers Team for graduate and apprentice roles.
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