Senior/Principal Devops Engineer - DV Cleared - Contract - Hybrid

OverviewWe are working with a growing technology consultancy delivering complex digital and cloud transformation programmes across UK Defence and the Public Sector. Due to continued project growth, they are looking to appoint a DV Cleared Senior/Principal DevOps Engineer to join their expanding engineering capability.This is a key technical role supporting the delivery of secure, automated and scalable cloud platforms across high-profile national security programmes.The role offers the opportunity to work on mission-critical systems, influence DevOps best practice, and help shape platform engineering capability within a growing consultancy environment.The RoleYou will design, build and support secure DevOps platforms and cloud infrastructure across AWS and Azure environments, helping development teams deliver reliable and automated deployments while ensuring strong security and operational practices.Working closely with engineering teams and stakeholders, you will help drive automation, platform reliability, and DevOps maturity across defence programmes.ResponsibilitiesDesign and maintain CI/CD pipelines to support automated build, testing and deploymentDevelop Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform, Bicep or CloudFormationDeliver and support secure cloud environments across AWS and AzureManage and support Red Hat/Linux based systemsImplement monitoring, logging and observability using tools such as Prometheus, Grafana or similarManage containerised workloads using Docker and KubernetesEnsure infrastructure meets security, compliance and governance standardsSupport incident response, reliability improvements and operational resilienceWork closely with development teams to improve deployment processes and automationProduce technical documentation including architecture decisions, runbooks and operational handover materialEssential SkillsCurrent DV Clearance prior to a start dateExperience working in DevOps, Platform Engineering or SRE rolesStrong experience with CI/CD tooling (GitHub Actions, GitLab, Jenkins or Azure DevOps)Hands-on experience with AWS and/or Azure cloud platformsExperience implementing Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Bicep, ARM or CloudFormation)Strong Linux/Red Hat administration experienceExperience with Docker and KubernetesScripting or programming experience (Python, Bash or PowerShell)Experience supporting production environments and reliability practicesDesirable ExperienceMicroservices architecturesDevSecOps and secure pipeline practicesCloud governance and landing zone designConfiguration management tools such as Ansible, Puppet or ChefGitOps tooling such as ArgoCD or FluxExperience working within Agile delivery environmentsLocationUK Hybrid working model, Wiltshire or London regions (with up to 3-4 days on site) #J-18808-Ljbffr