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# DevOps Engineer - SC Cleared

- **Company:** CGI Group Inc.
- **Location:** London, United Kingdom
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Bash Shell, Cloud Engineering, DevOps, Python (Programming Language), Public Key Infrastructure, Windows PowerShell, Reliability Engineering, Google Cloud, Cloud Platform System, Delivery Pipeline, Git, Kubernetes, Atlassian Bamboo, Docker, Jenkins
- **Published:** November 12, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.free-work.com/en-gb/tech-it/job-mission/cloud-devops-engineer/senior-devops-engineer-sc-cleared

## About the Role

To succeed in this role, you'll bring extensive DevOps engineering experience, strong technical leadership and a passion for solving complex challenges. You'll be confident working across modern cloud and automation technologies, combining hands-on expertise with the ability to mentor others and influence technical direction. We value curiosity, creative thinking and a collaborative approach, and welcome applications from experienced engineers who meet most, even if not all, of the criteria.

Essential experience and skills

Minimum of 5 years of professional DevOps engineering experience.

Proven experience leading DevOps teams and mentoring junior engineers.

Strong experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure or GCP.

Demonstrable expertise designing, building and managing CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, Git, Bamboo or cloud-native equivalents.

Hands-on experience with Docker, Kubernetes and container orchestration.

Strong scripting and automation skills using Python, Bash or PowerShell.

Experience producing technical designs and engineering documentation.

Excellent communication, collaboration and stakeholder engagement skills.

A proactive approach to problem-solving, continuous learning and innovation.

Desirable experience:

Understanding of Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) principles and practices.

Knowledge of security protocols and technologies, including PKI and TLS.

## Description

As a Lead DevOps Engineer, you will take ownership of designing, implementing and optimising secure, scalable infrastructure and automated delivery pipelines that support critical government programmes. You'll lead technical initiatives, guide DevOps best practices and help shape innovative solutions using modern cloud, containerisation and automation technologies.

Working within a collaborative, forward-thinking team, you'll have the opportunity to influence technical decisions, mentor colleagues and explore new approaches to complex engineering challenges. You'll be encouraged to bring fresh ideas, continuously develop your expertise and deliver solutions that improve performance, reliability and security.

Key responsibilities include:

Lead & Innovate: Provide technical leadership across DevOps initiatives, mentoring engineers and promoting engineering excellence.

Design & Deliver: Architect, build and maintain secure, reliable and scalable infrastructure across cloud environments including AWS, Azure and GCP.

Automate & Optimise: Design, implement and enhance CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Jenkins, Git and Bamboo to accelerate software delivery.

Containerise & Orchestrate: Develop and manage containerised environments using Docker and Kubernetes to improve deployment efficiency and scalability.

Script & Streamline: Create automation solutions using Python, Bash or PowerShell to reduce manual effort and improve operational performance.

Secure & Strengthen: Embed security, resilience and reliability into engineering processes and infrastructure.

Collaborate & Influence: Work closely with technical teams and stakeholders to translate complex requirements into effective solutions.

Document & Share: Produce clear technical designs and documentation, encouraging knowledge sharing and continuous improvement.