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Principal DevOps Engineer

Leonardo • UK

Salary

£88k – £88k

Posted

6 October 2026

Work mode

Full-time

Sponsor match

high

Skilled WorkerWorker (A rating)

Role overview

Leonardo is hiring a Principal DevOps Engineer in UK, a full-time it role advertised as permanent. The advertised salary is £88k – £88k. Leonardo holds an active licence on the UK Home Office register of sponsors for the Skilled Worker route, which means it can sponsor a visa for this hire if it chooses to.

Job Description: Your Impact Do you want to shape the future of DevOps across the UK’s most critical missions? At Leonardo, our Lead DevOps Engineers are recognised authorities in automation and secure software delivery. They set technical direction, act as subject matter experts across programmes, and ensure our DevOps solutions remain robust, secure, and innovative. We are recruiting a Lead DevOps Engineer to join an established team working closely with one of our customers on an important d…

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Visa sponsorship snapshot

Employer: Leonardo — confirmed licensed sponsor
Visa route: Skilled Worker
Advertised salary: £88k – £88k
How this salary compares: about 54% above the £57,000 median across 1,245 it roles with published salaries on FindSponsorJobs
Location: UK · Full-time
Similar roles nearby: 187 other live it roles in UK — browse them
Posted: 6 October 2026
How we verify sponsors: employers are matched against the UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors — read our methodology.

About this sector

IT and technology roles are one of the most consistently sponsored categories in the UK. Software engineers, data scientists, cloud architects, DevOps specialists, and cybersecurity professionals are in demand across finance, retail, the public sector, and specialist tech firms. Many large IT employers maintain established sponsorship processes through their HR and talent teams.