Senior DevSecOps Engineer

Salary: £? - ? per year

Requirements:

• Active SC Clearance, already held and current.
• 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 onsite in Reading 3 days per week.
• Strong commercial experience in 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 CI/CD and pipeline tooling such as Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, or similar technologies.
• Strong understanding of Infrastructure as Code practices.
• Experience with container technologies including Docker, Kubernetes, or container orchestration platforms.
• Experience with scripting languages such as Python, Bash, or PowerShell.
• Strong understanding of security principles, secure engineering practices, and vulnerability management.
• Knowledge of authentication and security protocols including OAuth, SAML, and TLS.
• Experience troubleshooting complex build, deployment, and production issues.
• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Desirable: experience supporting secure government or Defence environments.
• Desirable: AWS DevOps Engineer certification or equivalent.
• Desirable: Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) or similar container certification.
• Desirable: experience with data platforms, ETL processes, and integration technologies.
• Desirable: knowledge of microservices architecture and API management.
• Desirable: experience implementing GDPR or other data privacy requirements.
• Desirable: exposure to security automation, compliance tooling, and cloud security frameworks.
• Desirable: experience working with hybrid cloud environments.

Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and maintain secure DevSecOps pipelines supporting data and integration services.
• Implement Infrastructure as Code 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.

Technologies:

• API
• AWS
• Azure
• Bash
• CI/CD
• Cloud
• DevSecOps
• DevOps
• Docker
• ETL
• GitHub
• GitLab
• Support
• Jenkins
• Kubernetes
• OAuth
• PowerShell
• Python
• SAML
• Security
• Terraform
• microservices

More:

We are seeking an experienced Senior SecDevOps Engineer to join a high-profile Secure Digital Platform programme supporting critical UK Defence and Aerospace initiatives. This is a 12-month contract based in Reading with hybrid working, requiring 3 days onsite per week. The role offers an hourly rate of £65.00 to £71.43 inside IR35 and provides the opportunity to work on secure digital platforms, modern cloud and automation technologies, and data integration capabilities within a collaborative environment alongside experienced engineering and architecture teams.

last updated 30 week of 2026