Contract DevOps Engineer SC Cleared
Contract DevOps Engineer (SC Cleared)
KEY HIGHLIGHTS
- £500 - £575 per day
- 2 days per month onsite - Greater London / remote flexibility
- Active SC clearance required
- Work on a secure, cloud-native platform supporting critical UK programmes
ABOUT THE CLIENT
Our client is delivering secure cloud and platform engineering services within a highly regulated UK environment. They operate modern, containerised infrastructure across AWS and Kubernetes, supporting mission-critical services. Due to continued platform growth and enhancement work, they are seeking an experienced DevOps Engineer to strengthen their cloud and CI/CD capability.
THE BENEFITS
- Day rate of £500 - £575
- Minimal onsite requirement (2 days per month, Greater London)
- Secure, long-term programme
- Modern cloud-native environment (AWS & Kubernetes)
- High-performing DevOps team
THE DEVOPS ENGINEER ROLE
As a DevOps Engineer, you will support and enhance a secure AWS-hosted Kubernetes platform. You will manage containerised workloads, maintain CI/CD tooling, implement infrastructure as code, and ensure the stability, security and performance of cloud environments. The role includes platform support, monitoring, automation, and continuous improvement across container orchestration and cloud-native services.
DEVOPS ENGINEER ESSENTIAL SKILLS
- Active SC clearance
- Strong experience with Docker and Kubernetes (CKA desirable)
- Experience with AWS (VPC networking, EC2, RDS, S3, SQS)
- Knowledge of Terraform for infrastructure as code
- Linux administration and shell scripting
- Experience supporting CI/CD tooling (e.g. Jenkins, Drone CI, Sonarqube, Artifactory)
- Monitoring/logging tools such as Sysdig and ELK / Opensearch
- Experience supporting secure connectivity (e.g. OpenVPN)
- Exposure to Kafka / MSK beneficial
- Experience with KOPS desirable
TO BE CONSIDERED
Please either apply through this advert or email me directly via .For further information please call .By applying for this role, you give express consent for us to process and submit (subject to required skills) your application to our client in conjunction with this vacancy only.
KEY SKILLS
DevOps Engineer, SC Clearance, AWS, Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, Linux, CI/CD, Jenkins, Drone CI, ELK, Sysdig, OpenVPN, Kafka, NSD