DevOps Engineer
Summary
Designs and automates secure AWS cloud platforms for a national-security consultancy, using IaC, ECS, Docker and Ansible while embedding security best practices.
Catalysing Delivery | Enabling Advantage | Defence, Government and Industry
We’re supporting a National Security-focused technology consultancy in the search for a SC‑cleared Cloud Engineer with strong experience automating secure, scalable cloud platforms in highly regulated environments.
Responsibilities
- Automate application and infrastructure provisioning, configuration and deployment within highly secure AWS environments
- Design, build and maintain CI/CD pipelines operating under strict security constraints
- Deploy and manage containerised workloads at scale
- Embed security best practice by design across infrastructure, pipelines and runtime environments
- Work as part of a multi‑disciplined Agile/Scrum delivery team
- Contribute to continuous improvement of tooling, automation and delivery processes
- Engage professionally with customers and stakeholders in sensitive environments
Required Experience
- Infrastructure as Code (CloudFormation)
- Amazon ECS
- Docker
- Ansible
- Strong understanding of security best practice, including:
- Network segmentation / security groups
- HTTP security headers & platform hardening
Nice to have
- Experience working in restricted or air‑gapped environments
- Agile / Scrum delivery experience
- Comfortable working across cross‑functional teams
- Confident in customer‑facing situations
- High levels of integrity and discretion
- Clear, professional communication
Security Clearance
- SC Clearance required (Active and transferable — mandatory)
Seniority level
Mid‑Senior level
Employment type
Contract
Job function
- Engineering and Information Technology
- IT Services and IT Consulting, Defense and Space Manufacturing, and Data Infrastructure and Analytics
Location: Greater London, England, United Kingdom