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Salary: £36,000 - 60,000 per year
Requirements: Active SC Clearance is essential.Strong Defence, MOD or Aerospace experience is required.Extensive experience in DevSecOps, DevOps, Platform Engineering or Cloud Security is required.Extensive experience building secure CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD or Jenkins is required.Strong Azure and/or AWS security experience is required.Hands-on Infrastructure as Code experience with Terraform, Bicep, ARM Templates or Ansible is required.Experience securing Kubernetes and containerised environments is required.Knowledge of Zero Trust Architecture, IAM, RBAC and Privileged Access Management (PAM) is required.Experience implementing SAST, DAST, SCA, container scanning and secrets management is required.Strong scripting skills with PowerShell, Python or Bash are required.Experience with SIEM, SOAR, logging and observability platforms is required.Good understanding of security frameworks including NIST, ISO 27001, NCSC and Cyber Essentials Plus is required.CISSP, CCSP, Security, CEH, CKS, CKA or similar certifications are preferred. Responsibilities: Lead the design and implementation of secure DevSecOps platforms and toolchains.Embed automated security controls into CI/CD pipelines.Develop secure Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, Bicep, ARM and Ansible.Design secure Azure, AWS and hybrid cloud environments.Implement vulnerability management, security monitoring and automated compliance.Support threat modelling, security architecture reviews and risk assessments.Drive adoption of Secure Software Development Lifecycle best practice.Implement container and Kubernetes security across enterprise platforms.Continuously improve automation, platform resilience and operational security. Technologies: ARMAWSAnsibleAzureBashCI/CDCloudDevSecOpsDevOpsGitHubGitLabIAMSupportJenkinsKubernetesPowerShellPythonRBACSecurityTerraformEmbedded More:
We are recruiting a Senior DevSecOps Engineer for high-profile Defence and Aerospace programmes based in Reading, with hybrid working available. This is an inside IR35 opportunity offering up to £71 per hour. You will help us deliver secure digital platforms by integrating security, automation and cloud engineering best practices throughout the software development lifecycle.
last updated 32 week of 2026