DevOps Engineer - DV Cleared

JOB TITLE: DevOps Engineer - DV Cleared Rate: £600-£650/day (Outside IR35) Location: Onsite in Basingstoke Clearance: DV Cleared (Mandatory)

Job Summary

We are seeking a technically skilled DevOps Engineer with DV clearance to contribute across the full software development lifecycle and DevOps toolchain. You will design, implement, and maintain scalable, secure, and automated CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure-as-code (IaC), and system monitoring frameworks to support the continuous delivery of secure and reliable software.

This role demands a strong grasp of modern DevOps practices, cloud and container technologies, automation tooling, and software engineering principles. You will work closely with development, security, and operations teams to drive a culture of DevSecOps and continuous improvement.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain scalable CI/CD pipelines using modern DevOps tooling.
• Implement Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) to provision and manage cloud/on-prem infrastructure.
• Manage container orchestration platforms and develop containerized solutions.
• Monitor systems and applications for availability, performance, and security compliance.
• Automate operational tasks including testing, deployment, patching, and scaling.
• Apply DevSecOps principles to secure applications and infrastructure across SDLC.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (developers, testers, security analysts) to streamline software delivery.
• Participate in code reviews, architecture design, and incident resolution.
• Contribute to the development and documentation of internal DevOps standards and best practices.
• Mentor junior engineers and foster a DevOps-first mindset within delivery teams.

DevOps & Tooling Proficiency (Preferred)

CategoryTools & Technologies

• CI/CDGitLab CI/CD, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, CircleCI, Azure DevOps Pipelines
• Infrastructure-as-CodeTerraform, Ansible, AWS CloudFormation, Pulumi
• Cloud PlatformsAWS, Azure, GCP, or private cloud (OpenStack)
• ContainerizationDocker, Podman
• OrchestrationKubernetes (EKS, AKS, GKE), Helm, OpenShift
• Version ControlGit, GitLab, Bitbucket
• Monitoring & LoggingPrometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack, Splunk, Datadog
• Security & ComplianceHashiCorp Vault, Snyk, SonarQube, Trivy, AWS IAM, CIS Benchmarks
• Configuration Mgmt.Ansible, Puppet, Chef
• Build ToolsMaven, Gradle, NPM, Webpack
• Testing ToolsSelenium, JUnit, Postman, Cypress
• OtherNexus/Artifactory (artifact repositories), REST APIs, JSON/YAML, Linux system admin