DevOps Engineer - DV Cleared

JOB TITLE: DevOps Engineer - DV Cleared

Rate: 550- 600/day (Outside IR35)
Location: Onsite
Clearance: DV Cleared (Mandatory)
Flexible Work Option: Condensed working week (e.g., 3 long days, paid for 5)

Job Summary

We are seeking a technically skilled DevOps & Software Engineer with DV clearance to contribute across the full software development lifecycle and DevOps toolchain. You will design, implement, and maintain scalable, secure, and automated CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure-as-code (IaC), and system monitoring frameworks to support the continuous delivery of secure and reliable software.

This role demands a strong grasp of modern DevOps practices, cloud and container technologies, automation tooling, and software engineering principles. You will work closely with development, security, and operations teams to drive a culture of DevSecOps and continuous improvement.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain scalable CI/CD pipelines using modern DevOps tooling.

• Implement Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) to provision and manage cloud/on-prem infrastructure.

• Manage container orchestration platforms and develop containerized solutions.

• Monitor systems and applications for availability, performance, and security compliance.

• Automate operational tasks including testing, deployment, patching, and scaling.

• Apply DevSecOps principles to secure applications and infrastructure across SDLC.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (developers, testers, security analysts) to streamline software delivery.

• Participate in code reviews, architecture design, and incident resolution.

• Contribute to the development and documentation of internal DevOps standards and best practices.

• Mentor junior engineers and foster a DevOps-first mindset within delivery teams.DevOps & Tooling Proficiency (Preferred)

CategoryTools & Technologies
CI/CDGitLab CI/CD, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, CircleCI, Azure DevOps Pipelines
Infrastructure-as-CodeTerraform, Ansible, AWS CloudFormation, Pulumi
Cloud PlatformsAWS, Azure, GCP, or private cloud (OpenStack)
ContainerizationDocker, Podman
OrchestrationKubernetes (EKS, AKS, GKE), Helm, OpenShift
Version ControlGit, GitLab, Bitbucket
Monitoring & LoggingPrometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack, Splunk, Datadog
Security & ComplianceHashiCorp Vault, Snyk, SonarQube, Trivy, AWS IAM, CIS Benchmarks
Configuration Mgmt.Ansible, Puppet, Chef
Build ToolsMaven, Gradle, NPM, Webpack
Testing ToolsSelenium, JUnit, Postman, Cypress
OtherNexus/Artifactory (artifact repositories), REST APIs, JSON/YAML, Linux system admin