DevOps Engineer - DV Cleared

Summary: The role of DevOps & Software Engineer requires a DV cleared professional to engage in the full software development life cycle and DevOps toolchain. The engineer will design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure-as-code, and system monitoring frameworks to ensure secure and reliable software delivery. Collaboration with development, security, and operations teams is essential to promote DevSecOps practices and continuous improvement. A strong understanding of modern DevOps practices and automation tooling is crucial for success in this position.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, build, and maintain scalable CI/CD pipelines using modern DevOps tooling.
• Implement Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) to provision and manage cloud/on-prem infrastructure.
• Manage container orchestration platforms and develop containerized solutions.
• Monitor systems and applications for availability, performance, and security compliance.
• Automate operational tasks including testing, deployment, patching, and scaling.
• Apply DevSecOps principles to secure applications and infrastructure across SDLC.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (developers, testers, security analysts) to streamline software delivery.
• Participate in code reviews, architecture design, and incident resolution.
• Contribute to the development and documentation of internal DevOps standards and best practices.
• Mentor junior engineers and foster a DevOps-first mindset within delivery teams.

Key Skills:

• Proficiency in CI/CD tools such as GitLab CI/CD, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, CircleCI, Azure DevOps Pipelines.
• Experience with Infrastructure-as-Code tools like Terraform, Ansible, AWS CloudFormation, Pulumi.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms including AWS, Azure, GCP, or private cloud (OpenStack).
• Knowledge of containerization technologies such as Docker and Podman.
• Experience with orchestration tools like Kubernetes (EKS, AKS, GKE), Helm, OpenShift.
• Version control experience with Git, GitLab, Bitbucket.
• Monitoring and logging skills using Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack, Splunk, Datadog.
• Understanding of security and compliance tools like HashiCorp Vault, Snyk, SonarQube, Trivy, AWS IAM, CIS Benchmarks.
• Configuration management experience with Ansible, Puppet, Chef.
• Familiarity with build tools such as Maven, Gradle, NPM, Webpack.
• Testing tools experience with Selenium, JUnit, Postman, Cypress.
• Knowledge of artifact repositories (Nexus/Artifactory), REST APIs, JSON/YAML, and Linux system administration.

Salary: £600/day

City: Worcestershire

Country: UK

Working Arrangements: on-site

IR35 Status: outside IR35

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: IT