DevOps Engineer - DV Cleared

Location: Worcestershire
JOB TITLE:

Dev Ops Engineer - DV Cleared

Rate: £550-£600/day (Outside IR35)

Location:

Onsite
Clearance: DV Cleared (Mandatory)
Flexible Work Option:
Condensed working week (e.g., 3 long days, paid for
5)

Job Summary

We are seeking a technically skilled Dev Ops & Software Engineer with DV clearance to contribute across the full software development lifecycle and Dev Ops toolchain. You will design, implement, and maintain scalable, secure, and automated CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure-as-code (IaC), and system monitoring frameworks to support the continuous delivery of secure and reliable software.

This role demands a strong grasp of modern Dev Ops practices, cloud and container technologies, automation tooling, and software engineering principles. You will work closely with development, security, and operations teams to drive a culture of Dev Sec Ops  and continuous improvement.

Key Responsibilities

Design, build, and maintain scalable CI/CD pipelines using modern Dev Ops tooling.

Implement Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) to provision and manage cloud/on-prem infrastructure.

Manage container orchestration platforms and develop containerized solutions.

Monitor systems and applications for availability, performance, and security compliance.

Automate operational tasks including testing, deployment, patching, and scaling.

Apply Dev Sec Ops  principles to secure applications and infrastructure across SDLC.

Collaborate with cross-functional teams (developers, testers, security analysts) to streamline software delivery.

Participate in code reviews, architecture design, and incident resolution.

Contribute to the development and documentation of internal Dev Ops standards and best practices.

Mentor junior engineers and foster a Dev Ops-first mindset within delivery teams.

Dev Ops & Tooling Proficiency (Preferred)

Category Tools & Technologies
CI/CDGitLab CI/CD, Jenkins, Git Hub Actions, Circle

CI, Azure Dev Ops Pipelines
Infrastructure-as-Code Terraform, Ansible, AWS Cloud Formation, Pulumi
Cloud Platforms

AWS, Azure, GCP, or private cloud (Open Stack)
Containerization Docker, Podman
Orchestration Kubernetes (EKS, AKS, GKE), Helm, Open Shift
Version Control Git, Git Lab, Bitbucket
Monitoring & Logging Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack, Splunk, Datadog
Security & Compliance Hashi Corp  Vault, Snyk, Sonar Qube, Trivy, AWS IAM, CIS Benchmarks
Configuration Mgmt.

Ansible, Puppet, Chef
Build Tools Maven, Gradle, NPM, Webpack
Testing Tools Selenium, JUnit, Postman, Cypress
Other Nexus/Artifactory (artifact repositories), REST APIs, JSON/YAML, Linux system admin