Devops Lead

• Lead the technical review and evolution of existing CI/CD tooling, processes and engineering practices.
• Help define the future CI/CD and Route to Live approach, moving from Concourse CI and existing pipeline tooling to GitHub Actions.
• Design and establish reusable pipelines, workflows, templates and automation standards.
• Improve developer experience, simplify deployment processes and reduce unnecessary technical complexity.
• Make sure security, governance, approval and assurance requirements are built into automated CI/CD processes.
• Provide technical leadership and guidance on AWS infrastructure, DevSecOps and deployment automation.
• Define practical migration approaches that minimise disruption to existing services and engineering teams.
• Contribute to technical architecture and solution design, ensuring CI/CD capabilities are secure, scalable and maintainable.
• Work with engineering, architecture, security and delivery teams to drive consistent standards and best practice.

• Extensive experience in senior DevOps, platform engineering or technical leadership positions.
• Strong experience designing, developing and improving enterprise CI/CD platforms.
• Excellent knowledge of GitHub Actions and Concourse CI.
• Strong AWS experience, including cloud infrastructure, security, identity, integration and automation.
• Experience developing reusable pipeline templates, workflows and standardised engineering practices.
• A strong understanding of DevSecOps, security automation and governance within CI/CD environments.
• Experience with infrastructure as code, such as Terraform or CloudFormation.
• A good understanding of build, test, artefact management, deployment, release and approval processes.
• Experience supporting CI/CD platform migrations, modernisation or transformation.
• The ability to provide technical direction and influence stakeholders.

Desirable

• Bitbucket, SonarQube, Trivy and Checkov
• AWS event and API integration patterns
• Container and image build platforms, and artefact repositories
• Integrating CI/CD platforms with ServiceNow or similar ITSM tools
• Observability, platform resilience and release evidence capabilities

• Up to £650 per day (Inside IR35).
• A 12-month initial contract with real potential for longevity.
• Predominantly remote working.
• The chance to shape the CI/CD strategy on a major government transformation programme.
• Modern technology, including GitHub Actions, AWS and automated security controls.
• The opportunity to work with a highly skilled, high-calibre consultancy, with the potential for future work.

Please note: there is a 4-6 week onboarding period after offer, and you won’t be able to start until all checks have been completed.

I’m working with a highly respected, award-winning digital transformation consultancy on a major technology programme within a complex government environment. They’re looking for a DevOps Lead to help shape the future of how software is built, tested, secured and released.

You’ll play a key role in modernising an enterprise CI/CD environment, moving from existing tooling, including Concourse CI, to a strategic GitHub Actions-based delivery platform within AWS. This is a chance to set the direction rather than just follow it, defining the approach, creating the standards teams will adopt and planning a migration that minimises disruption to live services.