Key skills
AnsibleAWSCloudKubernetesOpenShiftTerraformECSEKSCloudFormationAgileCI/CD
About this role
Role Overview
- Design, implement and maintain secure CI/CD pipelines to support efficient, automated software delivery
- Develop and manage cloud-native infrastructure using AWS and Infrastructure as Code (e.g. Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible)
- Support containerised platforms and environments, including Kubernetes, OpenShift, EKS and ECS
- Embed security controls, quality gates and compliance checks into DevSecOps workflows
- Implement observability, monitoring, logging and alerting to support reliable live services
- Contribute to SRE practices, improving service reliability, performance and operational resilience
- Automate build, deployment and platform processes to reduce manual overhead and improve release confidence
- Collaborate within Agile teams, supporting delivery, troubleshooting and continuous improvement
- Provide technical guidance on platform engineering, cloud and deployment best practices
- Support production environments, including incident resolution, environment management and release readiness
Requirements
- Experience working within the UK Security & Intelligence, defence or other secure government environments
- Strong knowledge of cloud, platform engineering and DevSecOps practices, with a focus on secure, automated delivery
- Experience with AWS and container platforms such as Kubernetes, OpenShift, EKS or ECS
- Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code and automation tooling (e.g. Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible or similar)
- Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines, including automated build, test, deployment and release processes
- Familiarity with security integration, quality gates and compliance controls within delivery pipelines
- Experience implementing observability practices, including monitoring, logging, alerting and service metrics
- Understanding of SRE principles, including reliability engineering, incident management and continuous improvement
- Awareness of secure deployment, compliance requirements and operational security best practices
- The successful candidate must hold a current high level security clearance.
Tech Stack
- Ansible
- AWS
- Cloud
- Kubernetes
- OpenShift
- Terraform
Benefits
- 25 days annual leave plus your birthday off
- Private Healthcare Coverage
- Training & Skills Development
- Fitness Reimbursement
- Life Assurance
- Pension Contribution
- Perkbox Subscription
- Internal Reward Schemes
- Community Engagement & Volunteer Opportunities