Lead DevSecOps Engineer

Acceler8 Talent; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private healthcare

7% pension

Equity

Free daily meals

Job summary

Acceler8 Talent in the United Kingdom is seeking a Lead DevSecOps Engineer to own the DevSecOps platform, set the roadmap and make decisions on tooling, architecture and engineering standards.

This hands-on role focuses on improving developer experience, security, reliability and repeatability of software delivery, including CI/CD, IaC and GitOps. You will collaborate with software, AI and infrastructure teams and mentor the DevSecOps function.

Qualifications

• Experience building developer platforms or complex CI/CD environments.
• Strong cloud infrastructure knowledge.
• Hands-on Kubernetes experience.
• Terraform, OpenTofu or Pulumi.
• Python, Go or Bash scripting.
• Security-focused delivery and modern DevSecOps.
• Automation, simplicity and developer experience.

Responsibilities

• Own and evolve the internal developer platform.
• Design and improve CI/CD pipelines and deployment tooling.
• Build secure, repeatable patterns for cloud infrastructure.
• Drive Infrastructure as Code and GitOps.
• Own GitLab and the wider engineering toolchain.
• Embed security into delivery without slowing engineers down.
• Improve automation, observability and platform reliability.
• Help grow and mentor the DevSecOps team.

Skills

DevSecOps leadership

CI/CD platforms

Kubernetes

Terraform

OpenTofu

Pulumi

Python/Go/Bash

GitOps

Automation

Tools

GitLab

Docker

CloudFormation

OpenTelemetry

Job description

Lead DevSecOps Engineer

You'll take technical ownership of the DevSecOps platform, setting the roadmap and making the key decisions around tooling, architecture and engineering standards.

What's in it for you?

• Own the DevSecOps platform and technical roadmap
• Genuine influence over tooling, architecture and engineering standards
• Build a platform used bysoftware, AI and infrastructure engineers
• Grow and mentor the DevSecOps capability as the business scales
• Tackle technically challenging problems wheresecurity and reliability really matter
• Competitive salary +equity
• Private healthcare,7% pensionand free daily meals

What you'll be doing

This is a hands-on lead role with real technical ownership. You'll improve the developer experience while making software delivery more secure, reliable and repeatable.

• Own and evolve theinternal developer platform
• Design and improve CI/CD pipelines and deployment tooling
• Build secure, repeatable patterns for cloud infrastructure
• DriveInfrastructure as Code and GitOps
• Own GitLab and the wider engineering toolchain
• Embed security into delivery without slowing engineers down
• Improve automation, observability and platform reliability
• Help grow and mentor the DevSecOps team

What you'll bring

• Experience buildingdeveloper platforms, platform tooling or complex CI/CD environments
• Strong cloud infrastructure knowledge
• Hands-onKubernetesexperience
• Terraform, OpenTofu or Pulumi
• Python, Go or Bash
• scripting/software engineering skills
• Strong understanding of secure software delivery and modern DevSecOps
• A mindset focused onautomation, simplicity and developer experience

A couple of practical points

• This is primarily anoffice-based role, working closely with software, AI and infrastructure engineering teams.
• You'll need theright to work in the UKand be eligible to obtainUK Security Check (SC) clearance.
• If you're an experienced DevSecOps or Platform Engineer who wants more ownership than simply maintaining someone else's setup,get in touch to find out more.