DevSecOps Engineer – Secure Cloud, CI/CD for Public Sector

Methods Business and Digital Technology; Worcester; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

LinkedIn Learning access

Management development programme

Private Medical Insurance

Life Assurance 4x base salary

Pension Salary Exchange Scheme

Travel season ticket loan

Cycle to work

Job summary

Methods is an IT services consultancy partnering with central government and private sector clients to transform public services in the UK. The role focuses on secure on-premise and cloud infrastructure, infrastructure as code, and automated, secure delivery pipelines within an Agile environment.

The ideal candidate will bring hands-on DevSecOps expertise, strong cloud and on-prem design skills, and a solid understanding of security controls across the SDLC, working with cross-functional teams

Qualifications

• Strong DevOps/DevSecOps experience supporting enterprise platforms.
• Experience designing and implementing hybrid on-premise and cloud solutions.
• Strong understanding of infrastructure, networking and platform security.
• Experience with Kubernetes, Docker and container platforms.
• Experience with Terraform, Ansible and infrastructure automation tooling.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and release management processes.
• Experience integrating security tooling into delivery pipelines.
• Understanding of SaaS, PaaS and IaaS service models.
• Ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams, particularly Security and Engineering.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and support secure on-premise and cloud infrastructure.
• Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, YAML or equivalent).
• Automate deployment, configuration and operational processes to enable secure and repeatable releases.
• Embed security controls throughout the software development lifecycle (SDLC).
• Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines, including security scanning and compliance checks.
• Manage platform security, including secrets, certificates, tokens and access controls.
• Apply secure-by-design principles and align solutions with NCSC guidance.
• Identify security risks and vulnerabilities and implement appropriate mitigations.
• Monitor infrastructure, applications and security tooling to detect threats and issues.
• Work with engineering, architecture, security and business teams to deliver secure solutions.
• Conduct peer reviews of infrastructure and deployment code.
• Ensure deployment risks are understood, documented and appropriately managed.
• Support regulatory and security compliance requirements.
• Experience working within Agile delivery environments.

Skills

DevSecOps

Kubernetes

Docker

Terraform

Ansible

CI/CD

Security tooling

Agile delivery

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Kubernetes

Docker

Job description

Methods is an IT services consultancy partnering with central government and private sector clients to transform public services in the UK. The role focuses on secure on-premise and cloud infrastructure, infrastructure as code, and automated, secure delivery pipelines within an Agile environment.

The ideal candidate will bring hands-on DevSecOps expertise, strong cloud and on-prem design skills, and a solid understanding of security controls across the SDLC, working with cross-functional teams