DV-Cleared Lead DevSecOps Engineer (On-Site, Contract)

Tektora; Basingstoke; Hybrid; GBP 129,000 - 185,000; Full time

Job summary

Tektora, supporting a leading Defence and National Security IT provider, is seeking a DV Cleared Lead DevSecOps Engineer for a contract role on-site in Hampshire. You will drive the technical delivery of CI/CD pipelines and integrated security tooling, with a focus on secure engineering, automation, and rapid delivery within an agile team.

You will own aspects of implementation, mentor junior engineers, and collaborate with stakeholders to ensure tooling aligns with business outcomes and

Qualifications

• DV Clearance (UK Sole National) required.
• Extensive CI/CD experience with Azure DevOps, Terraform and Ansible.
• Strong security tooling knowledge (SCA/IAST/DAST).
• Experience mentoring juniors in an agile environment.

Responsibilities

• Own technical implementation, delivery and assurance of DevSecOps tooling.
• Contribute to design decisions and assess options.
• Develop reusable automation scripts and IaC artefacts.
• Write build automation in Ansible and IaC in Terraform; configure CI/CD pipelines.
• Advise end users on DevSecOps tooling and secure engineering practices.
• Work in a Scrum team to define, prioritise work and manage risks.

Skills

DV Clearance

CI/CD pipelines

Azure DevOps

Terraform

Ansible

Harbor

Snyk

Security tooling

Selenium

Git

Agile / Scrum

Mentoring

Tools

Azure DevOps

Terraform

Ansible

Harbor

Snyk

Black Duck

Coverity

Codesight

JFrog

Job description

Tektora, supporting a leading Defence and National Security IT provider, is seeking a DV Cleared Lead DevSecOps Engineer for a contract role on-site in Hampshire. You will drive the technical delivery of CI/CD pipelines and integrated security tooling, with a focus on secure engineering, automation, and rapid delivery within an agile team.

You will own aspects of implementation, mentor junior engineers, and collaborate with stakeholders to ensure tooling aligns with business outcomes and