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# DevOps Engineer - Security & Intelligence

- **Company:** Hackajob Ltd
- **Location:** Cheltenham, UK
- **Salary:** £61,000.0 - £101,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Microsoft Excel, Agile Methodology, Amazon Web Services, Build Automation, Cloud Computing, Continuous Integration, DevOps, Live Connect (Windows), OpenShift, Reliability Engineering, Site Reliability Engineering Practices, Ansible, Software Deployment, Data Logging, Cloud Platform System, Delivery Pipeline, Software Security, Cloudformation, Containerization, Kubernetes, Terraform, Devsecops
- **Published:** September 13, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.adzuna.co.uk/jobs/details/5880952833

## About the Role

* 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.

## Description

* 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


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