ARCHITECTE DEVOPS (F/H)

Airbus Defence & Space is looking for a DevOps Architect (f/m) to join its Public Safety and Security subsidiary based in Elancourt. You will be part of the "Terminal Software Engineering" team, which works on secure communication solutions particularly used by public safety forces. You will work on a Broadband "Mission Critical" solution.

Responsibilities

• Gather and analyze the functional and technical requirements of the customer project, and define the pipeline architecture required for the solutions to be developed.
• Develop the solution’s CI/CD pipelines in an environment as close as possible to the customer’s using your IT/DevOps skills.
• Implement the security level in line with project requirements and contribute to the continuous improvement of tools, methods, and upgrade procedures.
• Participate in investigations and problem-solving.
• Lead technical discussions with the project and product managers to define the solution’s development stages regarding DevSecOps aspects.

Qualifications

• Significant professional experience in the field of at least 5 years (which may include work‑study periods).
• Containerization & Orchestration: Kubernetes (rancher, k3s…) + Helm, Docker Swarm, Docker, Podman, LXC.
• CI/CD & Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Gitlab CI, Jenkins, Canary/Blue-Green, Terraform, OpenTofu, Ansible.
• DevSecOps & Quality: Scanning (Trivy, Xray, Snyk, IaC scanning), Secrets (HashiCorp Vault, OpenBao), mTLS, JWT, Software Supply Chain Security (SBOM / SLSA), Linting and SAST (Hadolint, Sonarqube, TFlint, Ruff, ESLint).
• Networking, Cloud & Observability: Networking/Gateway API (Native Gateway API, KGateway, Istio, NGINX, Kong), Monitoring/Supervision (Prometheus, Grafana, Loki), Cloud (GCP, AWS, Serverless, Cloud Run, EKS, AKS, GKE).
• IT, Database & Virtualization: Mastery of Linux environments, automation (Bash, Jfrog-CLI, Python), Virtualization (VMWare, Proxmox), and Database (MongoDB replica sets clusters/Sharding, PostgreSQL) with database administration skills.
• Good interpersonal skills, team spirit, ability to manage tense contexts, autonomy, commitment, analytical skills, and ability to report on complex subjects. Fluent technical English. Knowledge of Broadband Mission Critical solutions would be appreciated.

Working Environment

Just a stone’s throw from the Palace of Versailles and located near Paris, Elancourt is a dynamic city, part of the Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines agglomeration. The city offers various cultural and outdoor activities thanks to a rich network of associations. Several options are available to reach the Airbus site by public transport.

Benefits

• Financial rewards: Attractive salary, agreements on success and profit sharing schemes, employee savings plan abounded by Airbus and employee stock purchase plan on a voluntary basis.
• Work / Life Balance: Extra days-off for special occasions, holiday transfer option, a Staff council offering many social, cultural and sport activities and other services.
• Wellbeing / Health: Complementary health insurance coverage (disability, invalidity, death). Depending on the site: health services center, concierge services, gym, carpooling application.
• Individual development: Great upskilling opportunities and development prospects with unlimited access to +10.000 e-learning courses to develop your employability, certifications, expert career path, accelerated development programmes, national and international mobility.

This position requires a security clearance or will require being eligible for clearance by the recognized authorities. The candidate must hold French nationality (constrained by Interministerial Instruction 901).

Company

AIRBUS DS SLC SAS

Contract Type

Permanent

Classe Emploi (France)

Classe G13

Experience Level

Professional

Job Family

Software Engineering

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