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# Lead / Principal DevSecOps Engineer

- **Company:** Devsecops
- **Location:** Bristol, UK
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** £110,000.0 - £125,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Amazon S3, Bash Shell, Computer Networks, Continuous Integration, Github, Identity and Access Management, Python (Programming Language), Octopus Deploy, Tripwire, Software Vulnerability Management, Grafana, Technical Debt, Hashicorp, Terraform, Devsecops, AWS EKS, Docker
- **Published:** September 18, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.apply4u.co.uk/jobs/lead-principal-devsecops-engineer/47713881

## About the Role

engineering, security and technology come together.You'll have access to extensive learning and development opportunities, professional certifications and flexible hybrid working - with the opportunity to shape DevSecOps practices across a growing technology environment. *You need to be a Sole UK national for this requirement* Security Check (SC) clearance is required, including continuous UK residency for the last five years, alongside the relevant eligibility requirements. Ready to shape the future of secure engineering? If you're a senior DevSecOps professional who enjoys solving complex technical challenges, leading from the front and building secure engineering practices that scale, we'd love to hear from you. Apply now.

## Description

audit controls* Support incident response, patching, compliance reporting and technical debt remediation* Partner with developers and delivery teams to improve engineering quality and security* Document security processes, controls and operational runbooks* Provide technical leadership and help establish effective DevSecOps ways of working What we're looking forYou'll be an experienced DevSecOps Lead or Principal Engineer with strong hands-on and leadership experience across: * CI/CD & GitOps - GitHub Actions, Argo CD, Argo Rollouts* Security & compliance - Trivy, vulnerability management, HashiCorp Vault, cert-manager* Containers & cloud - Docker, AWS EKS, AWS IAM, S3 and network policies* Infrastructure as Code - Terraform* Observability - Grafana, Loki* Automation - Python and Bash* Experience delivering within the UK Government Digital Service (GDS) lifecycle on a public sector engagement Why join?You'll work on complex, high-impact transformation programmes where