ARCHITECTE DEVOPS (F/H)

Job Overview

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.

Key Responsibilities

• Define the architecture of the CI/CD pipelines for the software solutions developed by the team, and implement them.
• Ensure solutions comply with the "Mission Critical" solution and the functional and operational requirements of our customers.
• Deliver and deploy the solution across various platforms.
• Ensure the high availability of the pipelines as well as the quality and security of the solution's components.
• Work with various teams based in France and Finland.
• 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 IT/DevOps skills.
• Implement the security level in line with project requirements and contribute to continuous improvement of tools, methods, and upgrade procedures.
• Participate in investigations and problem-solving.
• Lead technical discussions with the project and product managers regarding DevSecOps aspects.

Requirements

• Significant professional experience of at least 5 years (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), Database administration skills with MongoDB replica sets clusters/Sharding, PostgreSQL.
• 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 appreciated.
• This position requires a security clearance or will require being eligible for clearance by recognised authorities.
• Candidate must hold French nationality (constrained by Interministerial Instruction 901).

Benefits & Perks

• 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, 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 centre, concierge services, gym, carpooling application.
• Individual development: Great upskilling opportunities and development prospects with unlimited access to +10.000 e‑learning courses to develop employability, certifications, expert career path, accelerated development programmes, national and international mobility.
• Flexible working arrangements.

Work Location & Hours

Based in Elancourt, just a stone's throw from the Palace of Versailles and located near Paris, 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.

Contract Type: Permanent

Classe Emploi (France): Classe G13Experience Level: ProfessionalJob Family: Software Engineering

Diversity & Inclusion

Airbus is committed to achieving workforce diversity and creating an inclusive working environment. We welcome all applications irrespective of social and cultural background, age, gender, disability, sexual orientation or religious belief. Airbus is, and always has been, committed to equal opportunities for all.