DevOps Engineer
Posted Today by Trust In SODA
£585 Per day
Outside
Hybrid
Portsmouth, England, United Kingdom
Summary: As a DevOps Engineer, you will be responsible for building, operating, and improving the infrastructure and deployment pipelines for Royal Navy digital services. This hands-on role involves collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to ensure secure and efficient software delivery through automation and modern DevOps practices. You will have opportunities to influence platform standards and contribute to continuous learning within the team. Security clearance is required for this position.
Key Responsibilities:
- Build, operate, and improve infrastructure and deployment pipelines for digital services.
- Collaborate with software engineers, platform specialists, security teams, and delivery leads.
- Ensure services are resilient, observable, and compliant with MOD security requirements.
- Influence platform standards and DevOps practices across the programme.
- Work in a hands-on, delivery-focused environment.
Key Skills:
- Experience in a DevOps, infrastructure, or platform engineering role.
- Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (e.g., Azure, AWS).
- Strong understanding of CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure as code.
- Experience in regulated or secure environments.
- Proficiency in Java and React.
- Experience with AWS, Terraform, Docker, and Kubernetes.
- Strong proficiency in Git and CI/CD pipelines managed via GitLab.
- Comfortable with agile methodologies and effective communication skills.
- Ability to plan, schedule, and manage work to meet deadlines.
- Commitment to continuous learning and development.
Salary (Rate): £585 daily
City: Portsmouth
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
DevOps Engineer – SC CLEARED - OUTSIDE IR35 – HIRING ASAP
Start date: ASAP
Duration: 6 Months
Location: 1-2 days per fortnight in the Portsmouth office. Rest is remote working.
Rate: £500 - £585 per day OUTSIDE IR35 SECURITY CLEARANCE REQUIRED
Summary
As a DevOps Engineer, you will be responsible for building, operating, and improving the infrastructure and deployment pipelines that underpin a wide range of Royal Navy digital services. You will work as part of multidisciplinary delivery teams, enabling fast, reliable, and secure software delivery through automation, infrastructure as code, and modern DevOps practices. You will collaborate closely with software engineers, platform specialists, security teams, and delivery leads to ensure services are resilient, observable, and compliant with MOD security and accreditation requirements. This role is hands-on and delivery-focused, with opportunities to influence platform standards and DevOps ways of working across the programme.
Key Skills:
- Experience in a DevOps, infrastructure, or platform engineering role within complex digital environments.
- Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (e.g. Azure, AWS, or hybrid environments).
- Strong understanding of CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code, and modern DevOps practices.
- Experience working in regulated or secure environments (defence, government, or similar preferred).
- Ability to collaborate effectively and communicate technical concepts clearly.
- Proficiency in use of Java and React
- Use of AWS for cloud infrastructure, implementing Infrastructure as Code with Terraform.
- Docker and the Kubernetes ecosystem, including deployment and management of clusters using EKS.
- Integral to continuous delivery workflows, specifically through ArgoCD, driven by strong proficiency in Git and CI/CD pipelines managed via GitLab.
- Incorporates traditional VMware environments and direct Baremetal deployments for specific performance or security requirements.
- Key, primarily using Python or PowerShell within Linux environments
We need someone who is comfortable with agile methodologies and is ready to contribute to a team that focuses on continuous learning and delivering value to clients. You should also have the ability to clearly and effectively communicate with your team and clients, the capability to plan, schedule, and manage your own work to meet deadlines and a commitment to continually developing your knowledge and skills, with a broader appreciation for how your work fits into the business context.
Bonus Skills:
- Experience of doing all of the above at OS or S level
- Experience with MOD delivery processes