Senior DevSecOps Engineer

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: • ARM • AWS • Ansible • Azure • Bash • CI/CD • Cloud • DevSecOps • DevOps • GitHub • GitLab • IAM • Support • Jenkins • Kubernetes • PowerShell • Python • RBAC • Security • Terraform • Embedded 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 34 week of 2026