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
