GA Senior/Principal DevOps Engineer Gemba Advantage · London · DevOps & Release Pay not stated 7mo ago
Senior/Principal DevOps Engineer building and automating secure, cloud-native platforms and CI/CD pipelines for UK public-sector clients. Day to day: IaC with Terraform/CloudFormation/CDK on AWS, Kubernetes/Docker, GitOps, plus leading technical reviews and mentoring. Requires active/recent SC or DV clearance and up to 4 days/week on-site in London.
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- London, United Kingdom
- Work setup
- Not specified
- Seniority
- Principal
- Employment
- Not specified
- Experience
- Not specified
- Category
- Devops
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- Active, or recently active, SC or DV clearance
- Willing to work on-site up to 4 days per week
- Strong experience with cloud platforms (like AWS) and production environments
- Deep hands-on experience with IaC tools (Terraform, CloudFormation, CDK)
- Deep hands-on experience with Kubernetes and Docker
- Confidence designing and operating secure CI/CD pipelines, using Git and modern DevOps practices
- Practical experience with databases, APIs, programming/scripting languages, and a range of operating systems
Full description
Please note: This role requires applicants to hold active, or recently active DV clearance.This role also requires applicants to be willing to work on-site up to 4 days per week.
At Gemba Advantage, we design and run secure, cloud‑native platforms for critical public‑sector organisations across the UK. Our teams build and automate the infrastructure and pipelines that high‑impact systems depend on.
We’re looking for experienced DevOps Engineers who want to shape modern delivery, lead technical decisions, and work with people who care about doing things properly. You’ll help design and evolve cloud environments, improve engineering practices, and solve challenging problems alongside our customers.
- Design and deliver robust automation, platforms, and CI/CD pipelines for complex systems
- Use Infrastructure as Code and cloud‑native tooling to create secure, scalable environments
- Lead technical reviews, guide engineering decisions, and support fault fixing and maintenance
- Mentor engineers, improve ways of working, and champion continuous improvement and security
- Active, or recently active, SC or DV clearance (essential)
- Strong experience with cloud platforms (Like AWS) and production environments
- Deep hands‑on experience with IaC tools (Terraform, CloudFormation, CDK) and Kubernetes/Docker
- Confidence designing and operating secure CI/CD pipelines, using Git and modern DevOps practices
- Practical experience with databases, APIs, programming/scripting languages, and a range of operating systems
Tech we commonly use
- Terraform - CloudFormation - CDK
- AWS - Kubernetes - Docker
- Git - CI/CD - GitOps
- Elasticsearch - MongoDB - relational DBs
- Python - Go - Bash