Principal DevSecOps Engineer

Principal DevSecOps Engineer - Permanent

Bristol | Hybrid - 3 days per week on-site

£110,000-£125,000 + 5-10% bonus + pension + benefits | Permanent

Build secure, scalable platforms that enable transformation.

We're looking for a Principal DevSecOps Engineer to lead the adoption and continuous improvement of DevSecOps practices across complex technology transformation programmes.

You'll combine hands-on engineering with technical leadership - embedding security, automation, governance and reliability throughout the path to live.

What you'll do

* Design and continuously improve secure, automated CI/CD and GitOps pipelines
* Embed security scanning, vulnerability management and secrets management into delivery workflows
* Establish secure-by-design engineering practices and enforce security and technical standards
* Lead Infrastructure as Code (IaC) practices across teams and environments
* Drive observability, monitoring, logging and 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 for

You'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) life cycle on a public sector engagement

Why join?

You'll work on complex, high-impact transformation programmes where 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.

Security Check (SC) clearance is required, including continuous UK residency for the last five years, alongside the relevant eligibility requirements.

Important: You must be a Sole UK National for this requirement.

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.