DevOps Engineer

SR2South West Englandreedpublished 09/28/2026
Must-have:PythonAzureDockerKubernetesCloudDevOpsCI/CDHybrid
Nice-to-have:Git

Defence Systems | Contract

Location: Wiltshire, hybrid (1-2 days a week on site) Rate: £550 - 600 per day, Inside IR35 Start: ASAP Duration: 6 months Clearance: Active SC Clearance or higher

The role

This is a hands-on DevOps role across a mainly on-premises estate, while also standing up new Azure cloud environments. You'll own the pipelines, automation and infrastructure that get software safely into secure, controlled environments.

  • Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for secure, repeatable releases
  • Provision and manage infrastructure with Terraform and Ansible
  • Run containerised workloads on Docker and Kubernetes
  • Help implement and secure new Azure environments alongside on-prem
  • Embed DevSecOps practices: secure configuration, scanning, vulnerability, access and secrets management
  • Set up monitoring, logging and alerting
  • Troubleshoot deployments and support rollback, recovery and disaster recovery
  • Produce the documentation and assurance evidence that secure delivery needs

What you'll bring

  • A background in DevOps, platform, infrastructure or cloud engineering
  • Hands-on Terraform, Docker, Kubernetes and Azure
  • CI/CD experience with Azure DevOps or Jenkins, plus Git (JFrog is a plus)
  • Scripting in Bash, Python or PowerShell
  • Comfort working to governance and change control in regulated environments
  • Clear, concise communication