Lead DevSecOps Engineer (Infrastructure)

Our client, a defence prime, is seeking a Lead DevSecOps Engineer with a strong infrastructure engineering background. You will design, build and secure scalable, reliable infrastructure supporting mission-critical solutions, working within a multi-disciplined agile team. The role is based in the United Kingdom and requires eDV security clearance.

What you will do

• Design, build, deploy and manage a broad set of IT infrastructure aligned to customer needs, with a focus on automation and repeatability.
• Develop Infrastructure as Code and scripts, and integrate them with CI/CD pipelines and a wider ecosystem of tools.
• Provide end-to-end systems lifecycle management, from architecture and design through to support, decommissioning and migration.
• Support the integration and delivery of large, complex solutions into a wider system-of-systems, ensuring components are robust and interoperable.
• Undertake deployments in public, private and hybrid cloud environments, addressing constraints while optimising performance and security.

What you will bring

• Ability to obtain and maintain eDV security clearance (you do not need to hold it when you apply)
• Advanced understanding of DevSecOps, and agile delivery using Scrum, Sprints, Jira and Confluence
• Expert in Windows and Linux systems administration, including Active Directory
• Expert in virtualisation: VMware vSphere, ARIA Ops performance monitoring and NSX software-defined networking
• Experience with Terraform, Ansible and Packer for complex builds, and CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins
• Proficient in Kubernetes and Docker, and in PowerShell, bash and Python scripting
• Understanding of Git, Bitbucket and GitLab integration and branching strategies; advanced understanding of web proxy servers (Squid)
• Networking skills (IPv4 addressing and routing); experience of Zabbix and Splunk logging and monitoring; AWS and cloud concepts

Nice to have

• Experience supporting the maturation of automated CI/CD pipelines for cloud deployments
• Hands-on AWS experience, such as EC2, EKS, Fargate, IAM, S3 and Lambda
• Experience using the AWS SDK (Boto3) to automate integration tasks
• Understanding of IaC for deploying services to cloud, and of hybrid-cloud application deployments
• Understanding of CloudTrail for diagnosing integration issues
• Certifications such as RHCSA/RHCE, Windows Server Hybrid Administrator Associate, EX407, Terraform Associate, AWS, CCNA, Oracle Java, ISTQB or OSCP