As Principal Applications Engineer, you will lead the design and operation of a cloud-native engineering tooling environment on Azure to support UK engineering teams. You will drive the migration of legacy tools to modern cloud-based solutions while ensuring service continuity and a superb user experience. You’ll work in an agile team with a Technical Product Owner and mentors junior engineers, promoting automation and reliable deployment practices. This role sits at the intersection of platform engineering, DevOps, and developer experience, delivering scalable, secure tooling for engineers. Join a high-impact transformation that shapes how Thales delivers engineering tools across the UK.
Pay / Benefits
Performance-related bonus
Half day every Friday
28 days annual leave (plus bank holidays)
Private healthcare
Pension scheme
Life cover
Responsibilities
Deploy and support tools on Thales’ Azure infrastructure (CI/CD, artifact management, code quality, licensing)
Key requirements
Linux administration and scripting
CI/CD methodologies and pipeline design
Kubernetes and Docker
JFrog Platform (Artifactory/XRay)
GitLab for source control and CI
Ansible for configuration management
Python for scripting
Virtual Machines and cloud infrastructure concepts
Plus experience in Atlassian Suite (Jira, Bitbucket, Confluence)
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