CI/CD DevOps Engineer

ALTEN is a global engineering and technology consultancy operating across over 35 countries worldwide. The company partners with industry leaders across sectors including Aeronautics, Aerospace, Defence, Naval, Automotive, Energy, Rail and IT to deliver engineering solutions that support technological advancement and sustainable transformation.

ALTEN is seeking a CI/CD DevOps Engineer (Automotive / Embedded Software) to support the development and optimisation of automated software delivery pipelines across embedded and automotive environments.

You will work within a cross-functional engineering team to improve build systems, streamline testing workflows, and ensure consistent, high-quality deployments across multiple environments.

This position suits an engineer with strong automation experience, solid DevOps tooling knowledge, and exposure to embedded or automotive software systems.

Role details

• Location: London
• On site: Yes
• Clearance: None
• Experience level: Mid-Level

• Maintain and enhance automated CI/CD pipelines supporting automotive and embedded software delivery.
• Configure and manage build and deployment workflows using tools such as Jenkins, GitLab CI, or GitHub Actions.
• Implement containerised build environments using Docker to ensure reproducible and scalable builds.
• Integrate automated testing frameworks, static analysis tools, and validation checks into CI pipelines.
• Develop deployment automation across development, staging, and production environments, including rollback mechanisms.
• Provide internal DevOps tooling and scripting support to engineering teams to improve development efficiency.
• Monitor pipeline performance, ensuring reliability, stability, and fast feedback loops for developers.
• Work closely with version control systems and Git-based workflows to support continuous integration practices.
• Create and maintain technical documentation covering CI/CD architecture, workflows, and operational processes.
• Set up alerting and notification systems for build failures, test results, and deployment issues.

Required skills

• Strong hands-on experience with CI/CD platforms such as Jenkins, GitLab CI, or GitHub Actions.
• Solid understanding of Git and modern version control workflows.
• Experience developing automation scripts using Python, Java, or Bash.
• Proven experience with build automation and pipeline orchestration.
• Practical knowledge of Docker and container-based development environments.
• Background in CI/CD processes including automated testing, builds, and deployments.
• Experience working in automotive or embedded systems environments is an essential requirement.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering, or equivalent military experience.
• This role may require you to have or be willing to go through Security Clearance.
• As part of onboarding, candidates will be asked to complete a Baseline Personnel Security Standard.

• Familiarity with automotive software standards such as AUTOSAR or similar embedded frameworks.
• Exposure to embedded Linux or real-time software systems.
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform or Ansible.
• Understanding of build systems like CMake, Maven, or Gradle.
• Experience working in fast-paced engineering environments with distributed teams.

ALTEN states that employees get:

• A personalised career path and a rewarding management style.
• A huge diversity of engineering projects and industries.
• Private Medical Insurance.
• Cycle & Tech Scheme.
• Employee assistance programme.
• Life insurance and Pension Scheme.
• Social atmosphere, regular gatherings and team buildings.
• Flexible way of working, role dependent.

LinkedIn also lists Medical insurance as a benefit found in the job post.