DevSecOps Cloud Engineer -- SC Cleared

We are heading up a recruitment drive for a global consultancy that require a DevSecOps Cloud Engineer to join them on a major Defence project that's based in London. Job Title - DevSecOps Cloud Engineer Day Rate - £650/day Location - London (2 days per week) iR35 determination - Inside Duration - 6 months initial

SC Clearance is a must as a pre-requisite

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Design, deploy, and maintain enterprise cloud landing zones, security frameworks, and infrastructure tooling
• Enable secure connectivity across multiple sovereign cloud environments in different countries
• Work closely with government stakeholders, security teams, and policy groups to support system accreditation and compliance
• Build and maintain infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and automation tools
• Implement observability, monitoring, and secure configuration baselines for scalable environments
• Collaborate with engineering and product teams to integrate infrastructure into development and deployment workflows
• Lead technical activities during environment setup, troubleshooting, and validation
• Support the development of secure, next-generation architectures for multinational systems and data sharing
• Act as a technical representative in customer engagements, demonstrations, and operational environments

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE

• Eligibility to obtain UK SC Clearance

• Strong background in cloud engineering, infrastructure, or platform engineering (8+ years)

• Hands-on experience with:

• Cloud platforms such as AWS or Azure

• Infrastructure as Code tools (Terraform or CloudFormation)

• Source control systems (eg Git-based platforms)

• CI/CD pipelines (eg GitLab, CircleCI or similar)

• Identity and access management solutions (eg SSO, federated identity)

Experience working in secure or regulated environments

Ability to operate across distributed teams and international stakeholders

DESIRABLE EXPERIENCE

• Experience in defence, government, or other highly regulated industries
• Exposure to large-scale enterprise cloud environments
• Experience supporting AI, autonomy, or data-intensive platforms
• Strong stakeholder management and ability to work in fast-paced, ambiguous environments
• Experience working across multinational programmes

• Eligibility to obtain UK SC Clearance

• Strong background in cloud engineering, infrastructure, or platform engineering (8+ years)

• Hands-on experience with:

• Cloud platforms such as AWS or Azure

• Infrastructure as Code tools (Terraform or CloudFormation)

• Source control systems (eg Git-based platforms)

• CI/CD pipelines (eg GitLab, CircleCI or similar)

• Identity and access management solutions (eg SSO, federated identity)

Experience working in secure or regulated environments

Ability to operate across distributed teams and international stakeholders, * Experience in defence, government, or other highly regulated industries

• Exposure to large-scale enterprise cloud environments
• Experience supporting AI, autonomy, or data-intensive platforms
• Strong stakeholder management and ability to work in fast-paced, ambiguous environments
• Experience working across multinational programmes