DevSecOps Automation Lead

Vodafone Group Plc; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary yearly bonus: 10%

Annual leave: 28 days + bank holidays

Paternity leave: 16 weeks fully paid

Private pension with Vodafone matching

Private medical and dental

Share save scheme

Discounts: Vodafone retail

Job summary

Vodafone Group Plc is seeking an automation-focused engineer to enhance platform reliability and drive hands-on automation across security and monitoring platforms.

You will implement CI/CD pipelines, configuration management, and infra automation while collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver continuous improvements in platform operations and security controls.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with Elastic Stack or similar observability platforms.
• Strong scripting or development skills in Python or similar languages.
• Good knowledge of Kubernetes operations and containerised environments.
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform and configuration management with Ansible.
• Experience with cloud platforms such as GCP, AWS, or Azure.
• Ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams and communicate technical issues clearly.
• Experience with Elastic Stack, Kubernetes, cloud platforms, CI/CD, Git, DevOps tooling, automation frameworks, and Linux administration.
• Cyber Security, SIEM/SOAR, on-premises infrastructure, ML/AI, and SAFe Agile exposure.

Responsibilities

• Configure, develop, and maintain automation solutions to improve service reliability and efficiency.
• Implement and support CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure automation, and deployment workflows.
• Collaborate with Product Owners, engineers, and stakeholders to deliver backlog items and platform improvements.
• Develop automation capabilities to reduce manual effort and strengthen cyber risk controls.
• Support platform patching, monitoring, tooling, and operational activities to keep services secure.
• Troubleshoot platform, automation, and deployment issues and contribute to root cause analysis.
• Contribute to documentation and engineering standards for automation and observability.

Skills

Elastic Stack

Python

Kubernetes

Terraform

Ansible

CI/CD

Git

DevOps tooling

Linux

Cloud platforms

SIEM/SOAR

SAFe Agile

Automation frameworks

Observability

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Git

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

Join Us

At Vodafone, we’re not just shaping the future of connectivity for our customers – we’re shaping the future for everyone who joins our team. When you work with us, you’re part of a global mission to connect people, solve complex challenges, and create a sustainable and more inclusive world. If you want to grow your career whilst finding the perfect balance between work and life, Vodafone offers the opportunities to help you belong and make a real impact.

Work within the Cyber Security/Prevent team in Logging & Monitoring, supporting security platforms and delivering hands‑on automation engineering to improve platform reliability, efficiency, and operational resilience across Vodafone Group and local markets.

What you’ll do

• Configure, develop, and maintain platform automation solutions to improve service reliability and operational efficiency.
• Implement and support CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure automation, and deployment workflows across platform environments.
• Work closely with Product Owners, engineers, and stakeholders to deliver backlog items and continuous platform improvements.
• Develop and enhance automation capabilities that reduce manual effort, improve consistency, and strengthen cyber risk controls.
• Support platform patching, monitoring, tooling, and operational activities to maintain secure and stable services.
• Troubleshoot platform, automation, and deployment issues, and contribute to root cause analysis and service improvement actions.
• Contribute to documentation, engineering standards, and best practices for automation, observability, and platform operations.

Who you are

• Hands‑on experience with Elastic Stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana, Beats) or similar observability platforms.
• Strong scripting or development skills in Python and/or similar automation languages.
• Good knowledge of Kubernetes operations and containerised environments.
• Experience with infrastructure‑as‑code and configuration management tools such as Terraform and Ansible.
• Experience working with cloud platforms such as GCP, AWS, or Azure.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with cross‑functional teams and communicate technical issues clearly.
• Experience with Elastic Stack, Kubernetes, cloud platforms (GCP preferred), CI/CD, Git, DevOps tooling, automation frameworks, and Linux administration.
• Cyber Security, SIEM/SOAR, on‑premises infrastructure, Machine Learning/AI, and SAFe Agile exposure.
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills with attention to detail.
• Good communication and collaboration skills with the ability to work across technical teams.
• Proactive, adaptable, and able to work effectively in a fast‑paced environment.

Not a perfect fit?

Worried that you don’t meet all the desired criteria exactly?

At Vodafone we are passionate about empowering people and creating a workplace where everyone can thrive, whatever their personal or professional background.

What’s in it for you

• Discretionary yearly bonus: 10%
• Annual leave: 28 days + bank holidays + the opportunity to buy/carry over 5 days/year
• Charity days: 5 days/year
• Maternity/adoption leave: 52 weeks out of which the first 13 weeks are fully paid followed by 26 weeks of half pay and 6 months - working 4 days, getting paid 5
• Paternity leave: 16 weeks fully paid
• Private pension: You can contribute up to 5% of your basic pay with 2:1 matching from Vodafone up to 10%.
• Access to: private medical, private dental, free health assessments, share save scheme
• Additional discounts: Vodafone retail, gym, cinema, cycle to work, season ticket loan

Who we are

We are a leading international Telco, serving millions of customers. At Vodafone, we believe that connectivity is a force for good. If we use it for the things that really matter, it can improve people’s lives and the world around us. Through our technology we empower people, connecting everyone regardless of who they are or where they live and we protect the planet, whilst helping our customers do the same.

Belonging at Vodafone isn’t a concept; it’s lived, breathed, and cultivated through everything we do. You’ll be part of a global and diverse community, with many different minds, abilities, backgrounds and cultures. ;We’re committed to increase diversity, ensure equal representation, and make Vodafone a place everyone feels safe, valued and included.

If you require any reasonable adjustments or have an accessibility request as part of your recruitment journey, for example, extended time or breaks in between online assessments, please refer to https://careers.vodafone.com/application-adjustments/ for guidance.

Together we can.