CGEMJP00346044 - Lead DevSecOps Engineer

Job Description

Lead DevSecOps Engineer£645 per day inside ir35Remote6 months (scope for extension)SC Clearance is required for this roleLead the security and automation strategy behind one of the UK's most significant Defence digital transformation programmes.We're looking for an experienced Lead DevSecOps Engineer to drive secure software delivery across a complex, multi-cloud environment supporting critical UK Defence capabilities.This is a highly visible role where you'll shape DevSecOps standards, influence engineering teams, and ensure security is embedded throughout the entire software delivery lifecycle.What You'll Be DoingLeading DevSecOps practices across multiple digital productsDesigning and improving secure CI/CD and GitOps pipelinesEmbedding security scanning, vulnerability management and compliance controlsDriving Infrastructure as Code adoption and governanceImplementing secrets management, IAM and policy enforcementEnhancing observability through monitoring, logging and audit capabilitiesCollaborating with developers, testers, infrastructure and security teams to deliver secure-by-design solutionsTech StackGitHub ActionsArgo CD / Argo RolloutsTerraformDocker & Kubernetes (EKS)HashiCorp VaultTrivyGrafana & LokiPython & BashAWS, Azure & OCIWhat We're Looking ForProven experience leading DevSecOps teams and practicesStrong hands-on background across cloud, automation and security toolingExperience delivering within UK Government or GDS environmentsExcellent stakeholder engagement and communication skillsAbility to influence engineering standards across distributed teamsIf you are interested, please submit your CV.TPBN1_UKTJ