DevOps Engineer - Security & Intelligence

• Design, implement, and maintain secure CI/CD pipelines to support efficient, automated software delivery.
• Develop and manage cloud-native infrastructure using AWS and Infrastructure as Code.
• Support containerised platforms and environments, including Kubernetes, OpenShift, EKS, and ECS.
• Embed security controls, quality gates, and compliance checks into DevSecOps workflows.
• Implement observability, monitoring, logging, and alerting to support reliable live services.
• Contribute to SRE practices, improving service reliability, performance, and operational resilience.
• Automate build, deployment, and platform processes to reduce manual overhead and improve release confidence.
• Collaborate within Agile teams, supporting delivery, troubleshooting, and continuous improvement.
• Provide technical guidance on platform engineering, cloud, and deployment best practices.
• Support production environments, including incident resolution, environment management, and release readiness.
• Work across multi-disciplinary teams and liaise with software engineers, test engineers, architects, SRE specialists, and mission stakeholders.

Technologies:

• AWS
• Ansible
• CI/CD
• Cloud
• DevSecOps
• DevOps
• Incident Management
• Support
• Kubernetes
• OpenShift
• Security
• Terraform
• Backbone
• Excel

• Experience working within UK Security & Intelligence, defence, or other secure government environments.
• Strong knowledge of cloud, platform engineering, and DevSecOps practices, with a focus on secure, automated delivery.
• Experience with AWS and container platforms such as Kubernetes, OpenShift, EKS, or ECS.
• Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code and automation tooling such as Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible, or similar.
• Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines, including automated build, test, deployment, and release processes.
• Familiarity with security integration, quality gates, and compliance controls within delivery pipelines.
• Experience implementing observability practices, including monitoring, logging, alerting, and service metrics.
• Understanding of SRE principles, including reliability engineering, incident management, and continuous improvement.
• Awareness of secure deployment, compliance requirements, and operational security best practices.
• The successful candidate must hold a current high level security clearance.

We are Envitia, a mission-focused company operating at the heart of the UKs most sensitive and high-profile operations. We deliver situational awareness and information advantage across C5ISR by fusing cyber, geospatial, and kinetic data into an operational picture, helping customers see more, decide faster, and act with confidence. Our solutions are secure-by-design and built to protect sensitive information in contested environments. We work in small, agile teams that deliver fast value and measurable outcomes. The role is for a DevOps / Platform Engineer supporting secure cloud and platform capabilities within classified government environments, working across AWS and cloud-native technologies. We offer benefits including 25 days annual leave plus your birthday off, the ability to buy and sell 5 days holiday, private healthcare, training and skills development, fitness reimbursement, life assurance, pension contributions, a Perkbox subscription, internal reward schemes, and community engagement and volunteer opportunities. The role is anticipated to require up to 80% onsite working at client locations in Cheltenham, London, or Manchester, based on project requirements. We are committed to inclusion, accessibility, and work-life balance.

last updated 37 week of 2026