DevOps Engineer

Experience with relevant Kubernetes, GCP, Python, and Jenkins/Tekton

Responsibilities:

  • Design and maintain Groovy pipeline steps (build, test, package, scan, deploy).
  • Extend Python tooling for SLSA provenance, SBOM generation, hash/digest accuracy, and security scan aggregation (SonarQube, Sonatype IQ,
  • Optimize performance.
  • Ensure artifact integrity.
  • Refactor legacy scripts (remove global state, consolidate hashing, standardize templates).
  • Document ci-config.yaml standards and usage patterns.
  • Mentor engineers on secure pipeline development and supply-chain practices.
  • Troubleshoot and prevent pipeline incidents.

Essential Skills: -

  • 5+ years of engineering.
  • Strong Jenkins + Groovy shared library expertise.
  • Advanced Python automation (JSON/YAML processing, tooling scripts).
  • Deep Maven/NPM/Python packaging knowledge; exposure to Helm/Terraform and container image metadata.
  • Supply-chain security (SLSA, CycloneDX SBOM, digests).
  • Experience with SonarQube, Sonatype IQ, containers, and SAST scanning.
  • Proven performance tuning (caching, parallelization, dependency pruning).

Job Details

Company
Vallum Associates
Location
Handsworth, West Midlands, UK
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted