Senior DevOps Engineer (DV)
Contract Senior DevOps Engineer (inside IR-35, £750/day) on a UK MoD defence programme in central London, 3 days/week on-site, running until end of April 2027. Designs, builds and operates secure AWS cloud-native platforms using Terraform, CI/CD, Kubernetes and Docker; an active MoD/UKSV DV clearance is mandatory.
- Compensation
- £750 / day
- Location
- London, United Kingdom
- Work setup
- Not specified
- Seniority
- Senior
- Employment
- Not specified
- Experience
- Not specified
- Category
- Devops
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- Active MoD/UKSV DV clearance
- Extensive hands-on DevOps or Platform Engineering experience in complex enterprise or government environments
- Strong AWS expertise across core services, networking, security and platform design
- Proven experience with Terraform and Infrastructure as Code methodologies
- Strong CI/CD experience using tools such as Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions or similar
- Containerisation and orchestration experience, including Kubernetes and Docker
- Strong scripting and automation skills using Python, Bash or similar
- Experience implementing monitoring, logging and observability solutions
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to engage technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Experience operating in secure or regulated environments
Nice to have
- Previous Defence, MoD or National Security project experience
- Experience with AWS EKS and modern platform engineering practices
- Knowledge of DevSecOps principles and cloud security controls
- Familiarity with Agile delivery environments
- AWS certifications
Full description
Senior DevOps Engineer
Active MoD/UKSV DV Mandatory
£750/day Inside IR-35 initially until the end of April 2027
Central London - 3 days/week
We are supporting a major programme within the UK Defence sector and are seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to play a key role in the design, build and operation of secure, cloud-native platforms on AWS.
Working within a highly skilled engineering environment, you will help drive DevOps best practice, automate infrastructure and deployment pipelines, and support the delivery of critical services in a complex and security-conscious setting. This is an opportunity for an experienced engineer who can combine strong technical capability with leadership, mentoring and stakeholder engagement skills.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, build and maintain scalable AWS cloud infrastructure.
- Develop and enhance Infrastructure as Code solutions using Terraform.
- Build, optimise and maintain CI/CD pipelines to support rapid and reliable delivery.
- Champion DevOps culture, automation and engineering best practice across delivery teams.
- Improve platform resilience, observability, security and operational performance.
- Work closely with software engineers, architects and senior stakeholders to deliver platform capabilities.
- Support containerised workloads and cloud-native deployments.
- Lead technical discussions, provide guidance to engineers and contribute to strategic decisions around platform engineering.
Required Skills & Experience
- Extensive hands‑on DevOps or Platform Engineering experience within complex enterprise or government environments.
- Strong AWS expertise across core services, networking, security and platform design.
- Proven experience with Terraform and Infrastructure as Code methodologies.
- Strong CI/CD experience using tools such as Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions or similar.
- Containerisation and orchestration experience, including Kubernetes and Docker.
- Strong scripting and automation skills using Python, Bash or similar.
- Experience implementing monitoring, logging and observability solutions.
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to engage technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Experience operating in secure or regulated environments.
Desirable Experience
- Previous Defence, MoD or National Security project experience.
- Experience with AWS EKS and modern platform engineering practices.
- Knowledge of DevSecOps principles and cloud security controls.
- Familiarity with Agile delivery environments.
- AWS certifications.