DevOps Engineer - eDV - £650p/d Inside IR35

Exalto Consulting; Greater London; On-site; GBP 102,000 - 138,000; Full time

Job summary

Exalto Consulting is seeking an experienced DevOps Engineer to join a collaborative team in London or Gloucester, onsite five days per week. The contract spans 12 months, from 1 November 2026 to 31 October 2027, at a rate of £650 per day (Inside IR35).

You will be pivotal in developing containerised platforms, supporting CI/CD practices and ensuring high performance, reliability and scalable systems. The role requires Kubernetes expertise, knowledge of Kustomize/Helm/Docker, experience with

Qualifications

• Strong hands-on experience with Kubernetes.
• Understanding of Kustomize, or transferable knowledge of Helm and Docker.
• Experience with Argo.
• Working knowledge of Git and GitLab.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain containerised platforms and CI/CD pipelines.
• Support modern CI/CD practices and improve deployment reliability and performance.
• Collaborate with engineers to optimise resource usage and scalability.

Skills

Kubernetes

Kustomize/Helm

Argo

Git/GitLab

Tools

Docker

GitLab

Job description

DevOps Engineer – Contract

Location: London or Gloucester - onsite five days per week

Duration: 12 months, from 1 November 2026 to 31 October 2027

Rate: £650 per day, Inside IR35

Clearance: Current, active and transferable enhanced Developed Vetting (eDV) required

We're looking for an experienced DevOps Engineer to join a collaborative technical team delivering modern, secure and scalable platforms.

This opportunity would suit someone with strong Kubernetes expertise, a practical approach to solving technical challenges and the confidence to take ownership in a demanding engineering environment.

The role

You'll help develop and maintain containerised platforms, support modern CI/CD practices and contribute to the performance, reliability and scalability of systems. You'll work closely with other engineers to improve deployments and make effective use of platform resources.

Essential skills

• Strong hands-on experience with Kubernetes.
• Thorough understanding of Kustomize, or transferable knowledge of Helm and Docker.
• Experience with Argo.
• Working knowledge of Git and GitLab.

Desirable skills

• Experience with Elastic, Logstash and Kafka.
• Understanding of platform architecture and efficient use of compute resources.
• Experience with Grafana and Prometheus.
• Knowledge of Terraform.
• Familiarity with MinIO, Coder and Keycloak.

Eligibility

Applicants must hold current, active and transferable eDV clearance and be available to work onsite five days per week in London or Gloucester. Sole British nationality is required for this assignment.

If you meet the essential requirements and bring a proactive, collaborative approach, we’d like to hear from you.