Platform & Dev Sec Ops Lead

KBR, Inc; Leatherhead; Hybrid; GBP 52,000 - 62,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible Working

25 days' holiday entitlement

Company pension scheme

Private healthcare membership

Bonus scheme linked to company

Job summary

Frazer-Nash is seeking a Platform & Dev Sec Ops Lead to oversee the development and continuous improvement of our Digital Engineering Environment and DevSecOps capability. You will work with architects, engineers and security teams to implement standards and evidence for governance while enabling secure software delivery.

The role requires significant platform engineering and DevSecOps experience, including cloud security, IaC and automation tooling, with hybrid working between office, client

Qualifications

• Significant experience operating and managing digital engineering platforms within regulated environments.
• Solid DevSecOps skills, including CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure as Code, automation and cloud security.
• Experience enabling multiple delivery teams through shared engineering platforms, tooling and standards.
• Comprehensive knowledge of governance, assurance, audit, and accreditation requirements.
• Experience implementing secure software delivery practices and engineering controls.
• Knowledge of platform engineering principles and modern software delivery approaches.
• Ability to identify and manage technical risks, dependencies and constraints.
• Effective stakeholder engagement and communication skills.
• Experience producing technical documentation and assurance evidence for governance purposes.

Responsibilities

• Operating the operation, development and improvement of digital engineering platforms and environments.
• Implementing and supporting DevSecOps practices across CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure as Code and automation tooling.
• Designing and maintaining secure engineering environments, release controls and quality assurance processes.
• Working with architecture and security teams to translate technical standards and guardrails into practical engineering solutions.
• Managing platform risks, dependencies, constraints and improvement initiatives.
• Supporting cloud security, secrets management, environment segregation and automated assurance controls.
• Developing reusable tooling, templates and engineering standards that improve consistency across delivery teams.
• Supporting governance, audit, assurance and accreditation activities through the provision of technical evidence and documentation.
• Coaching and supporting engineers and delivery teams in the adoption of DevSec Ops best practice.
• Providing technical recommendations and advice on delivery, security, resilience, performance and cost trade-offs.

Skills

DevSecOps

CI/CD

Platform engineering

Governance

Stakeholder engagement

Tools

Terraform

Bicep

Docker

Kubernetes

Azure

Job description

Title: Platform & Dev Sec Ops Lead Platform & Dev Sec Ops Lead Salary: £52,000 - £62,000 Location: Any Frazer-Nash office location with flexible hybrid working between office, client sites and home. Closing date: 16th September 2026

At Frazer-Nash, we empower endeavour for meaningful results. Our Digital & AI team delivers innovative digital, data and AI solutions that support complex programmes in regulated and assurance-led environments.

We are seeking an experienced Platform Dev Sec Ops Lead to oversee the development and continuous improvement of our Digital Engineering Environment and Dev Sec Ops capability. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in enabling secure, scalable and high-quality digital delivery across the organisation. You will work closely with architects, engineers, security specialists and delivery teams to implement best practices, establish technical standards and ensure our platforms support efficient and compliant software delivery. The ideal candidate will have a solid platform engineering and DevSec Ops background, with experience that should include several of the following:

• Operating the operation, development and improvement of digital engineering platforms and environments.
• Implementing and supporting DevSec Ops practices across CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure as Code and automation tooling.
• Designing and maintaining secure engineering environments, release controls and quality assurance processes.
• Working with architecture and security teams to translate technical standards and guardrails into practical engineering solutions.
• Managing platform risks, dependencies, constraints and improvement initiatives.
• Supporting cloud security, secrets management, environment segregation and automated assurance controls.
• Developing reusable tooling, templates and engineering standards that improve consistency across delivery teams.
• Supporting governance, audit, assurance and accreditation activities through the provision of technical evidence and documentation.
• Coaching and supporting engineers and delivery teams in the adoption of DevSec Ops best practice.
• Providing technical recommendations and advice on delivery, security, resilience, performance and cost trade-offs.

Essential Requirements

• Significant experience operating and managing digital engineering platforms within regulated environments.
• Solid DevSecOps skills, including CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure as Code, automation and cloud security.
• Experience enabling multiple delivery teams through shared engineering platforms, tooling and standards.
• Comprehensive knowledge of governance, assurance, audit, and accreditation requirements.
• Experience implementing secure software delivery practices and engineering controls.
• Knowledge of platform engineering principles and modern software delivery approaches.
• Ability to identify and manage technical risks, dependencies and constraints.
• Effective stakeholder engagement and communication skills.
• Experience producing technical documentation and assurance evidence for governance purposes.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills.

Desirable Requirements

• Experience working within highly regulated sectors such as defence, nuclear, energy, transport or government.
• Experience with Microsoft Azure cloud platforms and associated security services.
• Experience implementing Infrastructure as Code using tools such as Terraform or Bicep.
• Experience with containerisation and orchestration technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.
• Knowledge of secure software development lifecycle (SSDLC) practices.
• Experience supporting security accreditation and compliance activities.
• Familiarity with monitoring, observability and platform performance management tools.
• Experience developing platform engineering roadmaps and improvement strategies.
• Experience mentoring engineers and promoting DevSec Ops best practice across teams.
• Relevant cloud, security or DevOps certifications.

Benefits

• Happy To Talk
• Flexible Working
• Competitive salary
• 25 days' holiday entitlement
• Holiday purchase scheme
• Company pension scheme
• Targeted professional development
• Life Assurance
• Private healthcare membership
• Bonus scheme linked into company performance
• Paid membership fees to a professional institution
• Support in attaining professional membership
• Cycle to work scheme
• Share purchase scheme
• Season rail ticket loan

Frazer-Nash is a leading systems, engineering and technology company. We help organisations deliver innovative engineering and technology solutions to make lives safe, secure, sustainable, and affordable. With over 1000 employees, we work from a network of nine UK and four Australian locations. Our people apply their expertise to develop, enhance and protect our clients' critical assets, systems and processes. We use our skills and talents to ensure a sustainable future for society. Our work helps deliver a safe and secure world, where natural resources are conserved, and clean energy is available to all. And we focus on actions to reduce climate change; supporting rapid and far-reaching transformations in the delivery of energy, security, industry, and transport.

At the heart of our business are a set of self-defined core values. These are part of our DNA and we’re committed to upholding them – internally as part of our Frazer-Nash family; in the way we work with our customers; and when we engage with the wider world.

We care At Frazer-Nash, we care about each other; always looking to collaborate and see things from the other person’s point of view We offer mutual support, learn from one another, and work as a team to deliver the best results Everyone has a voice, and we all make the time to listen We will work with openness and collaborate effectively – thinking about our clients and our people, and responding to their needs We care about the difference we make to the wider world. We are trusted Effective collaboration is founded upon trust. We earn the trust of our customers and colleagues by delivering on the commitments we have made to them.

We deliver success We deliver value and success to our customers and to our business. We continually strive to be the best at what we do. We want to do things that matter We seek out interesting and satisfying work that helps makes a difference in society We use our expertise to provide trusted, impartial professional advice to our clients By making a difference to today, we benefit the world of tomorrow – so we can all go home each day knowing that we’ve done something that really mattered.