Lead DevSecOps Engineer

Tektora Limited; Basingstoke; Hybrid; GBP 111,000 - 166,000; Part time

Job summary

Tektora Limited is seeking a DV-cleared Lead DevSecOps Engineer for a contract opportunity based in Hampshire, Basingstoke. The role focuses on delivering secure CI/CD tooling, infrastructure as code, and automation within an agile environment.

You will own technical implementation, mentor junior engineers, and collaborate with teams to ensure security and business outcomes are met on a critical programme.

Qualifications

• Active DV clearance is required.
• Experience building and delivering CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong background in DevSecOps tooling and secure engineering.
• Proven leadership and mentoring of junior engineers.

Responsibilities

• Own aspects of DevSecOps tooling delivery and assessment.
• Contribute to design decisions for secure automation.
• Develop reusable automation scripts and IaC artefacts.
• Write build automation with Ansible and IaC with Terraform; configure CI/CD pipelines.
• Advise end users on DevSecOps tools and security practices.
• Work in a Scrum team to plan, prioritise and manage risks.
• Mentor engineers and influence implementation choices.
• Report progress to the DevSecOps Technical Lead and align with security needs.

Skills

DV Clearance

CI/CD pipelines

Agile/Scrum

Technical leadership

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Harbor

Git

Azure DevOps

Snyk

Black Duck

JFrog

Job description

Location: Hampshire – Basingstoke, on site 5 days per week (Mon–Fri)
Working Pattern: On site, customer premises
Type: Contract, outside IR35
Rate: Open to discussion
Clearance: UK Sole National with active DV Clearance
Company: Tektora, supporting a leading Defence and National Security IT provider

Tektora are supporting a leading Defence and National Security IT provider who are looking to speak with DV Cleared Lead DevSecOps Engineers for a contract opportunity driving the technical delivery of CI/CD pipelines and integrated security tooling on one of the programme's most critical and technologically advanced workstreams.

This role would suit someone with a software development background and strong DevSecOps tooling experience who has worked in an agile, sprint-based lifecycle and is looking to develop further across secure engineering processes, automation and technical leadership.

The Role

You will be involved in:

• Owning aspects of the technical implementation, delivery and assurance of the DevSecOps tooling and associated ways of working
• Contributing to technical implementation and design activities, supporting design decisions and assessing options
• Developing and documenting re-usable automation scripts and Infrastructure as Code artefacts
• Writing build automation in Ansible and IaC in Terraform, and configuring and building CI/CD pipelines
• Advising end users on the use of DevSecOps technologies, tooling and secure engineering processes
• Working within a Scrum team to define and prioritise work and raise risks and dependencies
• Ensuring the DevSecOps implementation aligns to business outcomes and security needs
• Mentoring junior engineers and making implementation decisions
• Contributing to planning and reporting progress to the DevSecOps Technical Lead
• Engaging other teams on tooling usage and dependency management

Key Experience Required

• UK Sole National with active DV Clearance
• Significant experience implementing, configuring and using CI/CD pipelines, ideally Azure DevOps
• IaC tooling including Terraform, Ansible and Harbor
• SCA, IAST and DAST tooling such as Black Duck, Coverity, Codesight, JFrog or Snyk
• Automated test tooling, ideally Selenium or Robot Framework
• Secure secrets management, ideally Azure DevOps and HashiCorp Vault
• Version control with Git
• Comfortable across both Windows and Linux operating systems
• Test management tooling, ideally Azure Test Plans
• Experience working in an agile, sprint-based delivery lifecycle
• Previous experience mentoring or leading a team of engineers
• Prior delivery within a Defence or National Security programme
• Relevant DevSecOps or cloud certifications

Interested?

Tektora are looking to speak with DV Cleared Lead DevSecOps Engineers who are open to contract opportunities and keen to develop further across secure automation, CI/CD and Defence programme delivery.

Please apply with your CV and we will be in touch to discuss the opportunity in more detail.