Metrea delivers effects-as-a-service to national security partners across five domains and more than a dozen mission areas. This role sits within Platform Group area of Metrea, providing the Information Technology and Information Systems ecosystem that Metrea is utilising for day-to-day operations, communication, collaboration and information sharing across its Platform business block.
🏢 About Metrea
Metrea delivers effects-as-a-service to national security partners across five domains and more than a dozen mission areas. These include airborne ISR, electronic warfare, secure communications, aerial refueling, special air missions, aerial firefighting, and advanced simulation. We own the whole stack: designing, building, and operating turnkey capabilities that give our partners decisive, asymmetric advantage against rapidly evolving threats.
🎯 The Role
In this role, you will lead the design and operation of secure, reliable Azure platforms that enable Metrea's UK teams to build, deploy, and support mission-focused services with confidence. You will shape how we use Azure, Azure DevOps, GitHub, automation, and DevSecOps practices to improve delivery speed, platform resilience, and developer experience.
✅ Key Responsibilities
Assist with the design, implementation, and operation of secure, scalable Azure platform services for UK programmes and internal teams
Own Azure DevOps or GitHub-based CI/CD standards, pipelines, release controls, and deployment automation across platform and application workloads
Architect and manage Azure infrastructure using infrastructure as code, including networking, identity, compute, storage, container platforms, monitoring, and governance
Build and optimise containerised workloads using Docker and Azure Kubernetes Service, with resilient and repeatable deployment patterns
Define observability standards using Azure-native and third-party tooling for monitoring, logging, alerting, diagnostics, and service health reporting
Implement DevSecOps practices, including shift-left security, policy as code, secrets management, vulnerability management, and secure software supply chain controls
Troubleshoot complex infrastructure, networking, identity, security, pipeline, and production issues to maintain reliable business-critical services
Advise software, platform, and support teams on effective Azure architecture, automation, CI/CD, and operational practices
Drive cost-aware platform decisions using data, service metrics, capacity trends, and clear value measures
Mentor engineers, champion platform engineering best practices, and help build a collaborative, high-performing DevSecOps culture
📌 Required Qualifications
Proven experience in a senior platform, cloud, DevOps, or infrastructure engineering role supporting business-critical services
Strong hands-on experience designing, deploying, and operating Microsoft Azure environments, including networking, identity, compute, storage, monitoring, and governance
Deep experience with Azure DevOps or GitHub for source control, pull requests, CI/CD pipelines, release management, deployment automation, and environment controls
Proven experience delivering infrastructure as code using Bicep, Terraform, ARM templates, or similar technologies
Strong understanding of Docker, Kubernetes, and Azure Kubernetes Service, including scalable, resilient, and automated deployment patterns
Experience implementing DevSecOps practices, including secure configuration, least privilege access, secrets management, vulnerability awareness, and shift-left security
Strong troubleshooting capability across cloud infrastructure, networking, identity, observability, pipeline, and application deployment issues
Ability to mentor engineers, influence technical direction, and collaborate effectively with software, platform, security, and support teams
🎁 Benefits
Private Medical Insurance
Subsided gym membership / plans through Wellhub
Electric Car scheme
Cycle to work scheme
Salary sacrificed pension scheme
Free lunch on office days
Enhanced Parental Leave
30 days annual PTO plus b/h
Bonus Scheme
Personal development opportunities
🛂 Visa & Eligibility
The successful candidate must be able to qualify for UK Security Clearance. The employee will have the legal right to work in the United Kingdom and will be able to produce right to work documentation.
This is a full-time non-exempt position with typical working hours of Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Hours and work shifts may change in accordance with department and business needs. This job operates in a hybrid work setting, with 3 days in the office. The office is located at The Aircraft Factory, 100 Cambridge Grove, London, W6 0LE. Some travel may be required to European/US destinations.
