DevSecOps Engineer

Summary

Senior DevSecOps Engineer owning technical projects, deciding on tooling, and implementing AWS architectures (shared VPCs, well-architected setups) with strong focus on compliance and governance including ISO27001 and FCA regulations.

Salary: £62,000 - 102,000 per year

Requirements:
  • We are looking for a senior-level DevSecOps Engineer with extensive experience in a broad SME capacity.
  • We need someone with a strong track record of owning technical projects and making key decisions on tooling and technology.
  • We require deep proficiency in AWS, including well-architected account setups, shared VPCs, and best-practice implementations.
  • We value strong expertise in compliance and governance; experience with ISO27001 and FCA-regulated environments would be a bonus.
  • We need advanced automation skills, particularly with Terraform, and familiarity with Terragrunt would be beneficial.
  • We are looking for experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines, ideally with Jenkins.
  • We need strong cloud security knowledge, including data encryption and preventing data leakage.
  • Experience with serverless and event-driven architectures such as Lambdas, Docker, RDS, Aurora Serverless, and Kafka is important.
  • Familiarity with Datadog, PagerDuty, Google Workspace, JumpCloud, GCP, S3, 1Password, and GitHub Actions would be advantageous.
Responsibilities:
  • We will rely on you to integrate security and compliance into our DevOps process.
  • You will own the technical direction of our DevSecOps function and help shape our infrastructure strategy.
  • You will collaborate closely with our engineering team and engage with stakeholders across the business.
  • You may take part in client-facing discussions as needed.
  • You will lead conversations around AWS cost optimisation and infrastructure best practices.
  • You will create and manage infrastructure for serverless and event-driven environments.
  • You will develop and maintain secure CI/CD pipelines.
  • You will focus on cloud security, including encryption and data leakage prevention.
  • You will develop and maintain SOPs to support compliance and operational efficiency.
  • You will manage infrastructure using Terraform, with possible use of Terragrunt.
  • You will oversee monitoring and incident management using Datadog and PagerDuty.
  • You will manage endpoint device detection and access control tooling, including Google Workspace, JumpCloud, and 1Password.
  • You will handle aspects of GCP management, backup policies, and related AWS storage processes.
  • You will automate processes using GitHub Actions.
Technologies:
  • AWS
  • CI/CD
  • Cloud
  • Datadog
  • DevSecOps
  • DevOps
  • Docker
  • GCP
  • GitHub
  • Incident Management
  • Support
  • Jenkins
  • Kafka
  • PagerDuty
  • Security
  • Serverless
  • Terraform
  • UX UI Design

More:

We are an innovative fintech company working to transform the financial services industry. We offer a dynamic, collaborative environment where your ideas and expertise can shape our future and influence our technical and strategic direction. This is a unique opportunity to join us as our first Senior DevSecOps Engineer in a London-based hybrid role, working two days onsite per week. We are a specialist recruitment client through Consortia, and this position offers the chance to make a meaningful impact in a highly regulated environment while helping us strengthen our infrastructure, security, and compliance practices.

last updated 35 week of 2026

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