CGEMJP00346044 - Lead DevSecOps Engineer

Lead DevSecOps Engineer

£645 per day inside ir35

Remote

6 months (scope for extension)

SC Clearance is required for this role

Lead the security and automation strategy behind one of the UK's most significant Defence digital transformation programmes.

We're looking for an experienced Lead DevSecOps Engineer to drive secure software delivery across a complex, multi-cloud environment supporting critical UK Defence capabilities.

This is a highly visible role where you'll shape DevSecOps standards, influence engineering teams, and ensure security is embedded throughout the entire software delivery lifecycle.

What You'll Be Doing

Leading DevSecOps practices across multiple digital products
Designing and improving secure CI/CD and GitOps pipelines
Embedding security scanning, vulnerability management and compliance controls
Driving Infrastructure as Code adoption and governance
Implementing secrets management, IAM and policy enforcement
Enhancing observability through monitoring, logging and audit capabilities
Collaborating with developers, testers, infrastructure and security teams to deliver secure-by-design solutions

Tech Stack

GitHub Actions
Argo CD / Argo Rollouts
Terraform
Docker & Kubernetes (EKS)
HashiCorp Vault
Trivy
Grafana & Loki
Python & Bash
AWS, Azure & OCI

What We're Looking For

Proven experience leading DevSecOps teams and practices
Strong hands-on background across cloud, automation and security tooling
Experience delivering within UK Government or GDS environments
Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills
Ability to influence engineering standards across distributed teams

If you are interested, please submit your CV
Only candidates based in UK and eligible to work in UK are allowed