Lead DevSecOps Engineer
Job title: Lead DevSecOps Engineering Lead (MOD / MODCloud)
Rate: £645 per day inside ir35
Location: Remote
Contract 6 months+
Active SC security clearance is required for this role
We're looking for a Lead DevSecOps Engineer to take a key role on a major UK MOD digital transformation programme, working with a leading technology partner delivering secure digital products into the Defence environment.
This is a genuinely high-impact MODCloud role, spanning multiple cloud estates and products across the MOD digital landscape, you'll help engineer and govern will be deployed across the MOD digital estate (MODCloud), including:
- Microsoft Azure - MODCloud ACE / i-ACE
- AWS - MODCloud ICE
- Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - OCI / MODCloud OCE
You'll help establish consistent, secure and automated DevSecOps practices across multiple products and engineering teams, embedding security, compliance and automation throughout the software delivery lifecycle.
Responsibilities:
- Lead and embed DevSecOps engineering practices across multiple MOD digital products
- Design and govern secure CI/CD and GitOps pipelines
- Integrate security scanning, vulnerability management and compliance controls
- Drive Infrastructure as Code using Terraform
- Work across Kubernetes / Docker / AWS EKS
- Implement secrets, identity and access management using technologies such as HashiCorp Vault
- Establish observability, monitoring, logging and audit controls
- Develop secure-by-design engineering practices aligned to MOD security requirements
- Coordinate DevSecOps engineers, developers, testers and infrastructure teams
- Create and maintain security processes, technical standards and operational runbooks
- Support incident response, patching, risk management and compliance activity
Expereince required:
You'll need strong hands-on experience across:
AWS | Kubernetes/EKS | Terraform | GitHub Actions | GitOps | Argo CD | Docker | Vault | Trivy | cert-manager | Grafana | Loki | Python | Bash
You'll also need:
- Proven DevSecOps leadership experience
- UK Government / GDS delivery experience
- Strong stakeholder and communication skills
- Experience working across distributed engineering teams
If you're an SC-cleared DevSecOps Lead who wants to work on genuinely mission-critical MOD technology, please feel free to submit your CV