Senior DevSecOps Engineer

Senior DevSecOps Engineer

Posted 4 days ago by NP Group

£635 Per day
Outside
Remote
England, UK

Summary: The Senior DevSecOps Engineer will assess and enhance the platform architecture in line with best practices, focusing on performance and maturity within a high-availability environment. This role involves collaboration with internal and external stakeholders to implement strategic changes. The ideal candidate will have strong GitLab experience and a proven background in DevSecOps practices. The position is fully remote and offers a contract outside IR35.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Assess the current platform architecture for alignment with reference architecture principles.
  • Evaluate ecosystem maturity, particularly DevSecOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, and platform performance.
  • Design and implement architectural changes that support zero-downtime upgrades, leveraging GitLab GEO features.
  • Analyse current artifact management solutions (handling 7PB+ in Artifactory) and recommend improvements.
  • Champion scalable, fault-tolerant, and secure platform design across the organisation.

Key Skills:

  • Proven experience in DevSecOps, with a deep understanding of modern CI/CD ecosystems.
  • Strong background in platform architecture and infrastructure as code.
  • Hands-on experience with GitLab, ideally including GitLab GEO.
  • Designing and operating high-availability, fault-tolerant systems.
  • Strong stakeholder engagement and cross-functional collaboration skills.
  • Experience working in or with the automotive industry is a plus.

Salary (Rate): £635 per day

City: undetermined

Country: UK

Working Arrangements: remote

IR35 Status: outside IR35

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: IT

Detailed Description From Employer:

Job Title: Senior DevSecOps Engineer

Type: Contract (outside IR35)

Salary: £600 to £635 per day

Start Date - ASAP

Location - Fully remote

My client is looking for a Senior DevSecOps Engineer, who has strong GitLab experience to assess and evolve their platform architecture in alignment with best-in-class reference models. In this critical role, you'll evaluate the performance and maturity of the platform and DevSecOps ecosystem, helping them to scale and innovate across a complex, high-availability environment.

You will work closely with internal stakeholders and external partners to identify and implement strategic changes.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Assess the current platform architecture for alignment with reference architecture principles.
  • Evaluate ecosystem maturity, particularly DevSecOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, and platform performance.
  • Design and implement architectural changes that support zero-downtime upgrades, leveraging GitLab GEO features.
  • Analyse current artifact management solutions (handling 7PB+ in Artifactory) and recommend improvements.
  • Champion scalable, fault-tolerant, and secure platform design across the organisation.

Key Requirements:

  • Proven experience in DevSecOps, with a deep understanding of modern CI/CD ecosystems.
  • Strong background in platform architecture and infrastructure as code.

Hands-on experience with:

  • GitLab, ideally including GitLab GEO
  • Designing and operating high-availability, fault-tolerant systems
  • Strong stakeholder engagement and cross-functional collaboration skills.
  • Experience working in or with the automotive industry is a plus

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