DevOps Engineer DV Cleared

JR United Kingdom; Hounslow; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the defense sector seeks a highly skilled DevOps Engineer with DV clearance for a role in south west London. Responsibilities include designing and maintaining secure infrastructure using CI/CD and Kubernetes in a classified environment. Ideal candidates will have strong technical skills across various platforms and technologies, focusing on automation and security compliance. This is an urgent position with an ASAP start date.

Qualifications

• Proven experience with CI/CD pipelines and Kubernetes clusters.
• Solid working knowledge of Linux (RedHat) and Windows environments.
• Familiarity with deploying and managing applications in secure environments.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement CI/CD pipelines using tools like GitLab CI and Terraform.
• Build and maintain Kubernetes clusters ensuring availability and security.
• Deploy applications and manage Infrastructure as Code (IaC) practices.

Skills

CI/CD tooling

Kubernetes

Terraform

Ansible

Python

PowerShell

REST API

Education

Active DV Clearance

Certifications such as CKA, CKAD

Tools

GitLab CI

HashiCorp Vault

Elastic ECK

Apache NiFi

JFrog Artifactory

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DevOps Engineer DV Cleared, south west london

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Client:

LHH

Location:

south west london, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

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EU work permit required:

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Posted:

04.06.2025

Expiry Date:

19.07.2025

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Job Description:

Senior Software Engineer – CI/CD & Kubernetes

Location: Bristol

Clearance Level: DV Cleared

Start Date ASAP

Duration: 6 Months / rolling

Overview:

We are supporting a key defence client in their search for a highly skilled Dev ops /Senior Software Engineer with hands-on experience across modern DevOps, platform engineering, and application delivery tooling. This role will involve designing, deploying, and maintaining secure and scalable infrastructure environments using CI/CD pipelines, Kubernetes, and IaC frameworks within a classified or secure environment.

The ideal candidate will be comfortable working across both Linux (RedHat) and Windows operating systems, and will bring deep technical knowledge across CI/CD tooling, Kubernetes cluster build, and secure application deployment practices.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines using tools such as GitLab CI, Terraform, Ansible, PowerShell, and Python.
• Build, configure, and maintain Kubernetes clusters, ensuring high availability, scalability, and security.
• Deploy and support key applications such as Apache NiFi, Elastic ECK, and JFrog Artifactory.
• Develop and manage Helm Charts to standardise application deployment.
• Integrate with and manage HashiCorp Vault for secure secrets management and token-based authentication within pipeline workflows.
• Build and consume REST APIs to support automation and platform integration.
• Apply Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles to enforce repeatability, consistency, and scalability across environments.
• Ensure platform and infrastructure solutions adhere to security and compliance standards relevant to a defence environment.
• Collaborate closely with software developers, platform engineers, security teams, and DevOps specialists in a multidisciplinary team.

Key Skills and Experience:

CI/CD & Automation:

• Proven experience with GitLab CI, Terraform, Ansible, Python, PowerShell, and REST API development/integration.
• Experience creating reusable automation scripts and maintaining configuration management best practices.

Platform & Containerisation:

• Strong understanding of Kubernetes design, configuration, and operations in production environments.
• Experience managing applications with Helm Charts and supporting microservices-based architecture.

Applications & Services:

• Direct experience deploying and supporting Apache NiFi, Elastic ECK (ElasticSearch on Kubernetes), and Artifactory.
• Familiarity with container image management and application lifecycle support.

Security & Infrastructure:

• Use of HashiCorp Vault for managing secrets, certificates, and access tokens.
• Solid working knowledge of Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Windows Server environments.
• Understanding of operating within secure, high-assurance environments.

Desirable Qualifications:

• Active SC or DV clearance highly desirable.
• Experience working on defence or national security programmes.
• Certifications such as CKA, CKAD, Terraform Associate, or HashiCorp Vault certification.

Additional Information:

• Due to the nature of the work, candidates must be UK nationals and eligible for security clearance.
• Out-of-hours availability may occasionally be required to support deployment windows.