Hiring: DevOps Engineer - DV Cleared

Job Description \n JOB TITLE: DevOps Engineer - DV Cleared \n Rate: £600-£650/day (Outside IR35) Location: Onsite in Basingstoke Clearance: DV Cleared (Mandatory) Job Summary\n We are seeking a technically skilled DevOps Engineer with DV clearance to contribute across the full software development life cycle 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. \n 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\n \n \n \n \n Design, build, and maintain scalable CI/CD pipelines using modern DevOps tooling. \n \n Implement Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) to provision and manage cloud/on-prem infrastructure. \n \n Manage container orchestration platforms and develop containerized solutions. \n \n Monitor systems and applications for availability, performance, and security compliance. \n \n Automate operational tasks including testing, deployment, patching, and scaling. \n \n Apply DevSecOps principles to secure applications and infrastructure across SDLC. \n \n Collaborate with cross-functional teams (developers, testers, security analysts) to streamline software delivery. \n \n Participate in code reviews, architecture design, and incident resolution. \n \n Contribute to the development and documentation of internal DevOps standards and best practices. \n \n Mentor junior engineers and foster a DevOps-first mindset within delivery teams. DevOps & Tooling Proficiency (Preferred) \n \n Category Tools & Technologies \n CI/CD GitLab CI/CD, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, CircleCI, Azure DevOps Pipelines\n Infrastructure-as-Code Terraform, Ansible, AWS CloudFormation, Pulumi\n Cloud Platforms AWS, Azure, GCP, or private cloud (OpenStack)\n Containerization Docker, Podman\n Orchestration Kubernetes (EKS, AKS, GKE), Helm, OpenShift\n Version Control Git, GitLab, Bitbucket\n Monitoring & Logging Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack, Splunk, Datadog\n Security & Compliance HashiCorp Vault, Snyk, SonarQube, Trivy, AWS IAM, CIS Benchmarks\n Configuration Mgmt. Ansible, Puppet, Chef\n Build Tools Maven, Gradle, NPM, Webpack\n Testing Tools Selenium, JUnit, Postman, Cypress\n Other Nexus/Artifactory (artifact repositories), REST APIs, JSON/YAML, Linux system admin\n