Application Architect - CI/CD

Application Architect - CI/CD

Posted Today by CBS Butler

£740 Per day
Outside
Undetermined
Hampshire, UK

Summary: The role of Application Architect/Technical Architect focuses on CI/CD and DevSecOps within a military IT environment, emphasizing the design and leadership of secure delivery pipelines. This hands-on position requires expertise in building compliant, enterprise-grade delivery platforms. The architect will also act as a senior technical authority across various platforms and programs. The role is outside IR35 and offers a competitive daily rate.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Architect and deliver secure CI/CD pipelines
  • Lead DevSecOps strategy and standards
  • Design pipelines for secure, restricted, and air-gapped environments
  • Define reusable pipeline frameworks and templates
  • Embed security-by-design across delivery
  • Act as senior technical authority across platforms and programmes

Key Skills:

  • Enterprise CI/CD architecture experience
  • Strong DevSecOps background
  • Tooling: GitLab CI, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps
  • Containers: Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift
  • IaC: Terraform, Ansible, Helm
  • Secure pipeline design experience
  • Scripting: Python, Bash, PowerShell

Salary (Rate): £740 per day

City: Hampshire

Country: UK

Working Arrangements: undetermined

IR35 Status: outside IR35

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: IT

Detailed Description From Employer:

Application Architect/Technical Architect - CI/CD & DevSecOps (Defence)

Location: Hampshire
Clearance: DV
Rate: £635 to £740 per day

+ Outside IR35

Overview

We're hiring a Technical/Application Architect specialising in CI/CD and DevSecOps to design and lead secure delivery pipelines in a military IT environment. This is a hands-on architecture role focused on building hardened, compliant, enterprise-grade delivery platforms.

Key Responsibilities

  • Architect and deliver secure CI/CD pipelines

  • Lead DevSecOps strategy and standards

  • Design pipelines for secure, restricted, and air-gapped environments

  • Define reusable pipeline frameworks and templates

  • Embed security-by-design across delivery

  • Act as senior technical authority across platforms and programmes


Essential Skills

  • Enterprise CI/CD architecture experience

  • Strong DevSecOps background

  • Tooling: GitLab CI, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps

  • Containers: Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift

  • IaC: Terraform, Ansible, Helm

  • Secure pipeline design experience

  • Scripting: Python, Bash, PowerShell


Desirable

  • Defence/military/government programme experience

  • Air-gapped systems & secure environments

  • MOD/NATO frameworks