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# DevOps & Automation Engineer (Contract)

- **Company:** Envitia
- **Location:** Horsham, United Kingdom (Remote available)
- **Salary:** £53,256
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Microsoft Windows, Active Directory, Ubuntu (Operating System), Linux, DevOps, Internet Hosting Service, Cloud Services, Ansible, Software Engineering, VCloud, Tanzu, Kubernetes, Tenable Nessus, Nessus, Terraform, Vmware
- **Published:** November 14, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.adzuna.co.uk/jobs/details/5965569770

## About the Role

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Experience in DevOps within an infrastructure and network context.
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Experience of digital project delivery into the MOD and/or central UK Government clients.
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Exposure to highly secure / operational / mission critical environments.
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Must have operational experience in a production setting with VMWare Cloud Foundation operations, including: Aria Automation (formally VRA), VMware Aria Operations, VMware Aria Orchestrator.
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Linux operating system (Ubuntu preferred) design, deploy and troubleshoot.
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Windows OS, active directory and windows centric core services design, deploy and troubleshoot.
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Familiar with ITIL service management.
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Security best practices, system and OS level security hardening (CISCAT benchmarking etc) security vulnerability scanning tools such as Nessus.
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GITOPs experience.
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Experience in Terraform, Ansible and ideally packer in an air gapped environment.
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Desirable knowledge:k8 /container / Tanzu Kubernetes grid exposure / experience.

Security Clearance Requirements

The successful candidate must be eligible to go through a SC level security clearance, DV preferred.

## Description

We are recruiting for an DevOps & Automation Engineer to join one of our major defence programmes.

The role will work as an infrastructure DevOps engineer within the engineering team to build and enhance infrastructure automation tooling for the delivery of an efficient and high-quality private cloud hosting service., * Automation of cloud deployments and day 2 operational tasks in a cloud service provider environment.

 * Infrastructure (not software development) DevOps.
 * Creation of operating procedures and knowledge articles / process.
 * Creation and on-going updates to detailed system design and configuration documentation.
 * Contribute and add input to on-going designs and service improvements.