Senior DevOps Engineer (DV Cleared)

• Developing tooling and platform services using Python and/or Java
• Owning and improving CI/CD pipelines and release processes
• Implementing Infrastructure as Code (Terraform / CloudFormation or similar)
• Improving reliability, observability, and resilience across critical systems
• Working closely with software engineers, security, and platform teams
• Contributing to architecture decisions and setting engineering best practices
• Mentoring engineers and raising the bar for DevOps and platform engineering

We're looking for a Senior DevOps Engineer with active DV clearance to join a high-impact engineering team working on mission-critical, secure systems.

You'll be operating in a modern, cloud-native environment with a strong focus on AWS, Kubernetes, automation, and engineering excellence. This is a hands-on role where you'll shape the platform, not just maintain it., * Strong experience as a Senior DevOps / Platform / SRE Engineer

• Hands-on AWS experience in production environments
• Strong Kubernetes experience (deploying, operating, scaling clusters)
• Solid programming experience with Python and/or Java
• Strong focus on automation across infrastructure, delivery, and operations
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation, Bicep, etc.)
• CI/CD experience (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, Azure DevOps, etc.)
• Good Linux knowledge and scripting skills
• Experience working in secure, regulated, or high-assurance environments
• A pragmatic, engineering-led mindset with strong ownership

Nice to have

• Experience in defence, government, or highly regulated sectors
• Software, DevOps, SRE or platform engineering background
• Knowledge of secure networking, zero-trust, or compliance-driven architectures
• Experience operating systems at scale, Senior DevOps Engineer (DV Cleared)

• Work on high-impact, genuinely meaningful systems
• Hybrid working - only 1 day per week in the Manchester office
• Salary up to £100,000 depending on experience
• Strong engineering culture with real technical ownership
• Long-term, stable programmes with modern cloud and platform tech