Application Architect - CI/CD

Application Architect / Technical Architect - CI/CD & DevSecOps (Defence)

Location: Hampshire
Clearance: DV
Rate: £635 to £740 per day

+ Outside IR35

Overview

We're hiring a Technical/Application Architect specialising in CI/CD and DevSecOps to design and lead secure delivery pipelines in a military IT environment. This is a hands-on architecture role focused on building hardened, compliant, enterprise-grade delivery platforms.

Key Responsibilities

• Architect and deliver secure CI/CD pipelines

• Lead DevSecOps strategy and standards

• Design pipelines for secure, restricted, and air-gapped environments

• Define reusable pipeline frameworks and templates

• Embed security-by-design across delivery

• Act as senior technical authority across platforms and programmes

Essential Skills

• Enterprise CI/CD architecture experience

• Strong DevSecOps background

• Tooling: GitLab CI, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps

• Containers: Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift

• IaC: Terraform, Ansible, Helm

• Secure pipeline design experience

• Scripting: Python, Bash, PowerShell

Desirable

• Defence/military/government programme experience

• Air-gapped systems & secure environments

• MOD/NATO frameworks