Senior DevOps Engineer (DV)

Senior DevOps Engineer (DV) in London | Sanderson Recruitment Find a job Post a job Sign up Tired of searching? Let’s find you the right jobs faster Get Started Search Senior DevOps Engineer (DV) Sanderson Recruitment London; City of London; East London; Central London; South East London; West London; Canary Wharf; South West London; North London; Greenwich; Stratford Freelance / Project collaboration; On-site Published: 1 day ago Up to £750 per day + Inside IR-35 Apply Save Senior DevOps Engineer (DV) Sanderson Recruitment Apply Senior DevOps Engineer Active MoD/UKSV DV Mandatory £750/day Inside IR-35 initially until the end of April 2027 Central London - 3 days/week We are supporting a major programme within the UK Defence sector and are seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to play a key role in the design, build and operation of secure, cloud-native platforms on AWS. Working within a highly skilled engineering environment, you will help drive DevOps best practice, automate infrastructure and deployment pipelines, and support the delivery of critical services in a complex and security-conscious setting. This is an opportunity for an experienced engineer who can combine strong technical capability with leadership, mentoring and stakeholder engagement skills. Key Responsibilities Design, build and maintain scalable AWS cloud infrastructure. Develop and enhance Infrastructure as Code solutions using Terraform. Build, optimise and maintain CI/CD pipelines to support rapid and reliable delivery. Champion DevOps culture, automation and engineering best practice across delivery teams. Improve platform resilience, observability, security and operational performance. Work closely with software engineers, architects and senior stakeholders to deliver platform capabilities. Support containerised workloads and cloud-native deployments. Lead technical discussions, provide guidance to engineers and contribute to strategic decisions around platform engineering. Required Skills & Experience Extensive hands-on DevOps or Platform Engineering experience within complex enterprise or government environments. Strong AWS expertise across core services, networking, security and platform design. Proven experience with Terraform and Infrastructure as Code methodologies. Strong CI/CD experience using tools such as Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions or similar. Containerisation and orchestration experience, including Kubernetes and Docker. Strong scripting and automation skills using Python, Bash or similar. Experience implementing monitoring, logging and observability solutions. Excellent communication skills with the ability to engage technical and non-technical stakeholders. Experience operating in secure or regulated environments. Desirable Experience Previous Defence, MoD or National Security project experience. Experience with AWS EKS and modern platform engineering practices. Knowledge of DevSecOps principles and cloud security controls. Familiarity with Agile delivery environments. AWS certifications. Reasonable Adjustments: Respect and equality are core values to us. We are proud of the diverse and inclusive community we have built, and we welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and perspectives. Our success is driven by our people, united by the spirit of partnership to deliver the best resourcing solutions for our clients. If you need any help or adjustments during the recruitment process for any reason , please let us know when you apply or talk to the recruiters directly so we can support you. 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