Senior DevSecOps Engineer

Essential Requirements

• Active SC Clearance (must already hold current clearance).
• Sole UK National due to project security requirements.
• Proven experience working within Defence, Aerospace, MOD, Defence Digital or other highly regulated environments.
• Ability to work 3 days per week onsite in Reading.

The Role

As a Senior SecDevOps Engineer, you will be responsible for developing secure delivery pipelines, automating infrastructure deployment, integrating security controls and supporting modern cloud-based platforms.

Working alongside engineers, architects, security specialists and delivery teams, you will help ensure digital services are secure, resilient and capable of supporting mission-critical data and integration capabilities.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop and maintain secure DevSecOps pipelines supporting data and integration services.
• Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation or equivalent technologies.
• Embed security best practices throughout the software development and delivery lifecycle.
• Automate security testing, vulnerability assessments and compliance checks within CI/CD workflows.
• Monitor and troubleshoot build, deployment and runtime environments.
• Support the reliability, availability and security of cloud-hosted platforms.
• Develop and maintain automation solutions to improve engineering efficiency.
• Support secure data integration solutions and ensure data availability, integrity and protection.
• Work with cross-functional teams including engineering, security, infrastructure and architecture.
• Provide technical guidance and mentoring to engineers and stakeholders.
• Identify opportunities to improve DevSecOps processes, tooling and platform capability.

Essential Skills & Experience

• Strong commercial experience working within DevSecOps environments.
• Experience designing and supporting secure CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong knowledge of cloud platforms including Microsoft Azure, AWS or Google Cloud Platform.
• Experience with automation and pipeline tooling such as: Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Similar CI/CD technologies.
• Strong understanding of Infrastructure as Code practices.
• Experience with container technologies including: Docker, Kubernetes, Container orchestration platforms.
• Experience with scripting languages such as: Python, Bash, PowerShell.
• Strong understanding of security principles, secure engineering practices and vulnerability management.
• Knowledge of authentication and security protocols including: OAuth, SAML, TLS.
• Experience troubleshooting complex build, deployment and production issues.
• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills.

Desirable Experience

• Experience supporting secure government or Defence environments.
• AWS DevOps Engineer certification or equivalent.
• Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) or similar container certification.
• Experience with data platforms, ETL processes and integration technologies.
• Knowledge of microservices architecture and API management.
• Experience implementing GDPR or other data privacy requirements.
• Exposure to security automation, compliance tooling and cloud security frameworks.
• Experience working with hybrid cloud environments.

What's on Offer?

• 12-month contract
• £65.00 - £71.43 per hour (Inside IR35)
• Hybrid working with 3 days per week onsite in Reading
• Opportunity to work on secure digital platforms supporting UK Defence and Aerospace programmes
• Exposure to modern cloud, automation, security and data integration technologies
• Collaborative environment working alongside experienced engineering and architecture teams.