Principal Engineer - Software Engineering

Principal Engineer - Software Engineering (Kubernetes )Client: BAE Systems (Submarine Solutions)Location: Frimley, Surrey (hybrid 2 to 3 days onsite)Contract: 12 months Rate: 50 PAYE or 67.47 UMBBAE Systems (Submarine Solutions) is looking for an experienced Kubernetes Principal Engineer / Platform Architect to shape the architecture and engineering standards for introducing containerised workloads into their Continuous Integration environment.This is not a "run and operate a cluster" role. The focus is on technical leadership and platform design: defining the approach, standards and governance that will support secure, scalable adoption across teams.What you''ll be doingDefine end-to-end target architecture for CI workloads running on KubernetesDesign workload isolation, networking, artefact flow, autoscaling and resource managementBuild out a secure container supply chain approach (image build, scanning, promotion, registry design, environment separation)Set direction on policy enforcement and secrets management integrationEstablish an observability/operating model (logging, metrics, monitoring, alerting)Create a migration strategy (candidate workloads, phased plan, risks and rollback)Provide hands-on input into an on-prem Kubernetes environment to support experimentation, analysis and design decisionsMentor engineers and influence delivery across a complex engineering environmentWhat we''re looking forStrong experience designing Kubernetes platforms (not just ..... full job details .....