Sheraton Heathrow Hotel

DevSecOps Engineer – Lead

Sheraton Heathrow Hotel

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: London • United Kingdom

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Job Level

Senior

Tech Stack

Cloud

About the role

  • Heathrow Airport’s DevSecOps Engineer Lead plays a pivotal role in driving the organisation’s digital transformation by architecting and overseeing a unified CI/CD approach across all digital product teams.
  • This strategy is designed to streamline delivery, enhance secure code development, and support scalable, high-uptime operations, ensuring Heathrow delivers a modern, intuitive digital passenger experience.
  • It will drive efficiencies, value realisation and improve quality.
  • A key focus of this role is the integration and optimisation of Salesforce, recognised as a core platform at Heathrow, within the DevSecOps ecosystem.
  • The Lead DevSecOps Engineer is responsible for shaping strategy and executing the roadmap for towards a world-class DevSecOps capability, enabling seamless collaboration and efficient onboarding through a Cohesive development process.
  • Working closely with senior stakeholders, technical leadership, product owners and cross-functional teams, the role ensures technical feasibility, alignment with business objectives, and the optimisation of cloud infrastructure and deployment pipelines for reliability, security and cost efficiencies.
  • This position requires deep expertise in software engineering, DevSecOps leadership, and Salesforce architecture, with a proven focus on CI/CD toolchain and best practices.
  • The Lead will also engage with suppliers to integrate their solutions into Heathrow’s DevSecOps processes, ensuring consistency and compliance with organisational standards.
  • By mentoring and guiding DevOps engineers, the Lead fosters a culture of continuous improvement, innovation, and operational excellence, directly contributing to Heathrow’s vision of delivering the best airport service in the world.

Requirements

  • Develop a DevOps strategy and roadmap in support of (1) a future state Agentic DevOps capability and (2) a quality engineering approach for the design, implementation and operation of secure, reliable and cost-effective business software systems.
  • Ensure the design of platforms, systems and processes are aligned with overall strategic objectives and technical guidance set out by the Technology Department.
  • Stay up-to-date with and recommend the latest DevSecOps tools, practices, and trends to ensure the organisation is leveraging the best technologies.
  • Collaborate with product owners to manage the backlog, ensuring technical feasibility and alignment with business objectives.
  • Lead and mentor a team of DevOps engineers, offering guidance on best practices in CI/CD and automation. Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including developers, QA, and IT, to optimise DevOps workflows and improve deployment velocity. Working closely with product and development teams to align DevOps practices with project goals.
Benefits
  • Strong leadership qualities, with effective communication and interpersonal skills, and experience in translating business requirements into scalable technical solutions, effectively bridging the gap between business and technology teams.
  • Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills with the ability to think critically and strategically.
  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field and expertise in DevOps, with experience in a leadership role driving strategy and architecture.
  • Proven experience as a DevSecOps Engineer with a strong focus on agile and DevSecOps processes including DevSecOps tool, monitoring tools, scripting languages and secure code development.
  • Demonstrable experience in designing and implementing integration architectures using REST/SOAP APIs and middleware (e.g., MuleSoft)
  • Strong understanding of governance, change control processes, and compliance standards relevant to enterprise IT (e.g., SOX, GDPR)
  • Desirable:
  • DevSecOps related certifications such as: Salesforce Platform Development Lifecycle and Deployment Architect certification, Certified DevOps Engineer, Copado Consultant
  • Experience in working with e-commerce solutions at scale within a retail environment.
  • Experience in developing and maintaining automated testing frameworks using Copado Robotic Testing
  • Knowledge of Copado CI/CD and Copado Robotics Training.

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Hard skills
DevSecOpsCI/CDSalesforce architecturesoftware engineeringquality engineeringautomationcloud infrastructuredeployment pipelinessecure code developmentcost-effective business software systems
Soft skills
leadershipmentoringcollaborationcommunicationcontinuous improvementinnovationstrategic alignmentguidanceteam managementstakeholder engagement