DevSecOps Engineer

HOK Consulting - Technical Recruitment Consultancy; Sheffield; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technical recruitment consultancy is seeking a skilled DevSecOps Consultant to drive engineering excellence and integrate security practices. You will lead initiatives for standardisation and automation across Cyber Security, ensuring compliance and usability. Ideal candidates will possess a strong background in security engineering and related fields, with the opportunity to work in a hybrid model from Sheffield.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience in DevSecOps and security engineering.
• Experience in leading engineering initiatives in complex environments.
• Understanding of compliance and secure systems architecture.

Responsibilities

• Drive engineering excellence across DevSecOps, Cyber, and improve standardisation.
• Embed security engineering best practices and define clear processes.
• Design standard build and deployment pipelines for Cyber Security.
• Champion reuse-first architecture across the enterprise.

Skills

DevSecOps expertise

Security engineering

Engineering improvement initiatives

Secure systems engineering

Architecture governance

Education

Degree in Engineering or Computer Science

Job description

Location: Hybrid (x2 days from Sheffield)

The DevSecOps Consultant will drive engineering excellence across DevSecOps, Cyber Security, embedding secure-by-design principles, standardisation, automation, and DevOps best practices. The role partners closely with Cyber Engineering, and Product teams to deliver secure, scalable, and reusable security capabilities across the enterprise.

Key Responsibilities

• Drive engineering excellence across DevSecOps, Cyber, promoting standardisation, automation, and continuous improvement.
• Embed security engineering best practices across teams, defining clear processes, tools, and patterns.
• Define security requirements that meet regulatory controls while enabling usability and operational efficiency.
• Design and promote standard build and deployment pipelines across Cyber Security.
• Champion reuse-first architecture, enabling “build once, use many times” solutions.

Skills & Experience

• Strong DevSecOps and security engineering expertise, both hands-on and at design level.
• Background in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical discipline.
• Experience leading engineering improvement initiatives in complex environments.
• Strong understanding of secure systems engineering, architecture governance, and compliance.