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

• AWS - MODCloud ICE

• 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

• Design and govern secure CI/CD and GitOps pipelines

• Integrate security scanning, vulnerability management and compliance controls

• Drive Infrastructure as Code using Terraform

• Work across Kubernetes / Docker / AWS EKS

• Implement secrets, identity and access management using technologies such as HashiCorp Vault

• Establish observability, monitoring, logging and audit controls

• Develop secure-by-design engineering practices aligned to MOD security requirements

• Coordinate DevSecOps engineers, developers, testers and infrastructure teams

• Create and maintain security processes, technical standards and operational runbooks

• 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

• UK Government / GDS delivery experience

• Strong stakeholder and communication skills

• 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