Lead DevOps Engineer: Cloud, IaC, CI/CD & SRE

Sanderson Government and Defence; Altofts; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Sanderson Government and Defence is seeking an experienced cloud engineering leader to build, test, and deploy cloud infrastructure and applications. You will drive CI/CD, IaC, and automation, while mentoring the team and guiding incident resolution and contingency planning.

This role requires 6+ years delivering cloud solutions, strong DevSecOps, and extensive AWS experience. The position focuses on delivering production-grade cloud platforms in a hybrid/public-private environment, with

Qualifications

• 6 years delivering production-grade cloud solutions.
• DevSecOps and Zero Trust Architecture experience.
• Commercial experience deploying and operating infrastructure and applications on AWS and other public/private hybrid cloud environments.
• Experience with source control and code review (GitHub, GitLab, or Atlassian Suite).
• Experience with CI/CD and Infrastructure-as-Code tooling (Terraform and Ansible).
• Experience with Test Driven Development and related tools/frameworks.
• Experience with containerisation/orchestration (Kubernetes, Docker, ECS, EKS, AKS).
• Knowledge of event streaming technologies such as Kafka and Flink.

Responsibilities

• Build, test, and deploy cloud infrastructure and apps using CI/CD and IaC.
• Contribute to custom test automation frameworks.
• Maintain and update scripts as requirements evolve.
• Support environment setup for manual and automated testing.
• Investigate and resolve production incidents.
• Conduct gap analysis and scope modifications.
• Support contingency planning including backup/restore procedures.
• Document changes to modules and test activities.
• Mentor and lead the team on delivery.

Tools

AWS

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

Ansible

GitHub

GitLab

Atlassian

Kafka

Flink

Job description

Sanderson Government and Defence is seeking an experienced cloud engineering leader to build, test, and deploy cloud infrastructure and applications. You will drive CI/CD, IaC, and automation, while mentoring the team and guiding incident resolution and contingency planning.

This role requires 6+ years delivering cloud solutions, strong DevSecOps, and extensive AWS experience. The position focuses on delivering production-grade cloud platforms in a hybrid/public-private environment, with