Senior DevOps Engineer - SC Clearance

Senior DevOps Engineer

Whitehall Resources are currently looking for a Senior DevOps Engineer based in London for an initial 6-month contract.

***INSIDE IR35***

***ACTIVE SC CLEARANCE REQUIRED***

Job Spec:

Highly experienced DevOps engineer with deep expertise in Kubernetes platform engineering and OpenLDAP integration, operating at senior level. Responsible for designing, implementing, and leading secure, scalable containerised platforms within a regulated environment. Provides hands-on technical leadership while managing a small DevOps team delivering test-focused CI/CD capabilities.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Kubernetes (Platform Engineering & Operations)
• Cluster design, provisioning, upgrade and lifecycle management
• RBAC, network policies, pod security standards
• Ingress controllers, service mesh integration
• Multi-environment strategy (Dev/Test/Prod)
• Troubleshooting complex production issues
• Helm/Kustomize-based deployments
• Performance tuning and resilience engineering
• OpenLDAP (Enterprise Identity Integration)
• Installation, configuration and hardening of OpenLDAP
• Schema design and directory structuring
• Secure authentication integration (LDAPS, certificates, RBAC mapping)
• Kubernetes authentication via LDAP
• Identity federation patterns across CI/CD tooling
• High availability and replication strategies
• Troubleshooting directory performance and sync issues
• Jenkins (CI/CD Architecture & Engineering)
• Pipeline-as-code (Groovy)
• Shared libraries and pipeline governance
• Integration with Kubernetes agents
• Secure credential management
• Test automation integration
• Release orchestration
• Docker – image optimisation, multi-stage builds, secure base images
• Python – automation, scripting, infrastructure tooling
• AWS – IAM, networking concepts, container services
• Terraform – infrastructure-as-code principles, module consumption
• Team Leadership
• Accountability for individual engineer performance, development and delivery
• Regular performance feedback and coaching
• Skills development and knowledge uplift within the team
• Delivery & Governance
• Point of contact for DevOps-related requests
• Assist the tech lead with technical design authority for incoming work
• Oversight and governance of Production releases
• Ensuring secure delivery aligned to SC-cleared environment requirements

Technical Skills & Competencies:

• Operates independently within defined frameworks (SFIA Level 4)
• Provides technical leadership and direction
• Makes informed decisions in complex secure environments
• Strong stakeholder communication skills
• Security-first mindset suitable for government / regulated environments other networking technologies