National Security Infra & DevOps Engineer – eDV Clearance

Forward Role; Cheltenham; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Forward Role is seeking Infrastructure & DevOps Engineers (eDV) to join a national security-focused engineering team. The role emphasizes strong Linux infrastructure, automation, cloud platforms, and secure engineering practices within secure-site environments.

Ideal candidates will have hands-on experience with AWS/Azure, Terraform, Ansible/Puppet, Docker/Kubernetes, and a drive to deepen cloud-native platform engineering while working within confidential programmes and secure facilities.

Qualifications

• Solid Linux infrastructure fundamentals with automation experience.
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS/Azure) and IaC tooling.
• Exposure to DevSecOps practices and secure engineering pipelines.
• Networking and security-focused infrastructure experience.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and scale Linux infrastructure across cloud and on-prem environments.
• Develop and manage IaC using Terraform and configuration management tools.
• Implement secure CI/CD pipelines and automate security controls.
• Collaborate with security teams to embed security into the engineering lifecycle.
• Support vulnerability management, monitoring, and incident response.

Skills

Linux

Automation

Cloud security

Networking

Tools

AWS

Azure

Terraform

Ansible

Puppet

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Forward Role is seeking Infrastructure & DevOps Engineers (eDV) to join a national security-focused engineering team. The role emphasizes strong Linux infrastructure, automation, cloud platforms, and secure engineering practices within secure-site environments.

Ideal candidates will have hands-on experience with AWS/Azure, Terraform, Ansible/Puppet, Docker/Kubernetes, and a drive to deepen cloud-native platform engineering while working within confidential programmes and secure facilities.