Lead DevSecOps Engineer

Job title: Lead DevSecOps Engineering Lead (MOD / MODCloud) Rate: £645 per day inside ir35 Location: Remote Contract 6 months+ Active SC security clearance is required for this role We're looking for a Lead DevSecOps Engineer to take a key role on a major UK MOD digital transformation programme, working with a leading technology partner delivering secure digital products into the Defence environment. This is a genuinely high-impact MODCloud role, spanning multiple cloud estates and products across the MOD digital landscape, you'll help engineer and govern will be deployed across the MOD digital estate (MODCloud), including: Microsoft Azure - MODCloud ACE / i-ACE<br />AWS - MODCloud ICE<br />Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - OCI / MODCloud OCE You'll help establish consistent, secure and automated DevSecOps practices across multiple products and engineering teams, embedding security, compliance and automation throughout the software delivery lifecycle.

Responsibilities:

Lead and embed DevSecOps engineering practices across multiple MOD digital products<br />Design and govern secure CI/CD and GitOps pipelines<br />Integrate security scanning, vulnerability management and compliance controls<br />Drive Infrastructure as Code using Terraform<br />Work across Kubernetes / Docker / AWS EKS<br />Implement secrets, identity and access management using technologies such as HashiCorp Vault<br />Establish observability, monitoring, logging and audit controls<br />Develop secure-by-design engineering practices aligned to MOD security requirements<br />Coordinate DevSecOps engineers, developers, testers and infrastructure teams<br />Create and maintain security processes, technical standards and operational runbooks<br />Support incident response, patching, risk management and compliance activity Expereince required: You'll need strong hands-on experience across: AWS | Kubernetes/EKS | Terraform | GitHub Actions | GitOps | Argo CD | Docker | Vault | Trivy | cert-manager | Grafana | Loki | Python | Bash You'll also need: Proven DevSecOps leadership experience<br />UK Government / GDS delivery experience<br />Strong stakeholder and communication skills<br />Experience working across distributed engineering teams If you're an SC-cleared DevSecOps Lead who wants to work on genuinely mission-critical MOD technology, please feel free to submit your CV