DevOps Engineer; Security Clearance, defence, Ci/CD, Terraform, Kubernetes, vulnerability

DevOps Engineer; Security Clearance, Ci/CD, Terraform, Kubernetes, vulnerability,

Andover or Bristol (primary): 2 days per week mandatory at the client site

Security clearance is a must have, rate £450 per day outside IR35

Essential:
Proven experience administering CI/CD platforms such as GitLab, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or Nexus.
Strong understanding of DevOps and infrastructure automation principles (eg Ansible, Terraform, Scripting).
Experience managing secure, containerised environments (Kubernetes, Red Hat OpenShift).
Working knowledge of monitoring, logging, and vulnerability scanning tools (eg Prometheus, Grafana, SonarQube, ELK Stack).
Experience establishing and maturing technical environments or development platforms from inception.
Strong system administration background with knowledge of networking, access management, and system security.
Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities and lead small-scale innovation or capability development activities.

Desirable:
Experience within the UK Defence or other secure government digital programmes.
Understanding of Defence Digital governance frameworks, accreditation, and assurance processes.
Familiarity with secure software development practices, code quality monitoring, and vulnerability management.
Awareness of Defence capability integration and ISTAR-related systems.