Senior DevOps Engineer - MOD/Defence
Posted 3 days ago by Talent Locker
£500 Per day
Outside
Hybrid
Bristol
Summary: The Senior DevOps Engineer role involves maintaining and supporting a critical application within a secure client environment for a defence consultancy. The position requires expertise in both Windows and Linux platforms, with a focus on manual deployments, scripting, and automation. The engineer will collaborate with various teams to ensure successful project delivery while mentoring junior engineers. Current SC clearance is mandatory for this position.
Key Responsibilities:
- Maintain and support a critical application in a secure environment.
- Build confidence in manual deployments through knowledge transfer and shadowing.
- Take ownership of deployment and support activities.
- Utilize scripting knowledge in Bash, SQL, and automation to streamline processes.
- Develop hands-on experience with Docker and containerized environments.
- Progress into using Ansible for automation of deployments.
- Collaborate with architecture, testing, and data migration teams.
- Provide support and guidance to junior DevOps engineers.
Key Skills:
- Experience with Windows and Linux platforms.
- Proficiency in scripting languages such as Bash and SQL.
- Knowledge of Docker and containerized environments.
- Experience with Ansible for automation.
- Strong collaboration and mentoring skills.
- Current SC clearance.
Salary (Rate): £500/day
City: Bristol
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: Senior
Industry: IT
Senior DevOps Engineer, SC Cleared (MOD/Defence) - Bristol / Corsham / Hybrid Outside IR35 £500 per day
Contract role for a defence consultancy on a MOD project for a senior DevOps engineer.
You'll be responsible for maintaining and supporting a critical application within a highly secure, air-gapped client environment across both Windows and Linux platforms. The role will involve building confidence in manual deployments through structured knowledge transfer and shadowing, while gradually taking ownership of deployment and support activities.
You'll use your scripting knowledge in areas such as Bash, SQL, and automation to help streamline deployments and operational processes, while also developing hands-on experience with Docker and containerised environments. There will also be the opportunity to progress into using Ansible to help automate and accelerate deployments, supported by established documentation and experienced team members.
Working closely with architecture, testing, and data migration teams, you'll play a key part in ensuring successful delivery across the wider programme, while also providing support and guidance to more junior DevOps engineers within the project team.
You will need to have current SC clearance and start within 2 weeks of offer.