We are working with a growing technology consultancy delivering complex digital and cloud transformation programmes across UK Defence and the Public Sector. Due to continued project growth, they are looking to appoint a DV Cleared Senior/Principal DevOps Engineer to join their expanding engineering capability.
This is a key technical role supporting the delivery of secure, automated and scalable cloud platforms across high-profile national security programmes.
The role offers the opportunity to work on mission-critical systems, influence DevOps best practice, and help shape platform engineering capability within a growing consultancy environment.
The Role
You will design, build and support secure DevOps platforms and cloud infrastructure across AWS and Azure environments, helping development teams deliver reliable and automated deployments while ensuring strong security and operational practices.
Working closely with engineering teams and stakeholders, you will help drive automation, platform reliability, and DevOps maturity across defence programmes.
Key Responsibilities
Design and maintain CI/CD pipelines to support automated build, testing and deployment
Develop Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform, Bicep or CloudFormation
Deliver and support secure cloud environments across AWS and Azure
Manage and support Red Hat/Linux based systems
Implement monitoring, logging and observability using tools such as Prometheus, Grafana or similar
Manage containerised workloads using Docker and Kubernetes
Ensure infrastructure meets security, compliance and governance standards
Support incident response, reliability improvements and operational resilience
Work closely with development teams to improve deployment processes and automation
Produce technical documentation including architecture decisions, runbooks and operational handover material
Essential Skills
Current DV Clearance prior to a start date
Experience working in DevOps, Platform Engineering or SRE roles
Strong experience with CI/CD tooling (GitHub Actions, GitLab, Jenkins or Azure DevOps)
Hands-on experience with AWS and/or Azure cloud platforms
Experience implementing Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Bicep, ARM or CloudFormation)
Strong Linux/Red Hat administration experience
Experience with Docker and Kubernetes
Scripting or programming experience (Python, Bash or PowerShell)
Experience supporting production environments and reliability practices
Desirable Experience
Microservices architectures
DevSecOps and secure pipeline practices
Cloud governance and landing zone design
Configuration management tools such as Ansible, Puppet or Chef
GitOps tooling such as ArgoCD or Flux
Experience working within Agile delivery environments
Location:
UK Hybrid working model, Wiltshire or London regions (with up to 3-4 days on site)