Platform & Dev Sec Ops Lead

Frazer-Nash Consultancy

Leatherhead

Hybrid

GBP 52,000 - 62,000

Full time

7 hours ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hybrid working

Competitive salary

25 days' holiday entitlement

Company pension scheme

Private healthcare membership

Bonus scheme linked to performance

Professional membership support

Cycle to work scheme

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Job summary

Frazer-Nash Consultancy is seeking a Platform & Dev Sec Ops Lead to oversee development and continuous improvement of our Digital Engineering Environment. You will implement DevSecOps across CI/CD pipelines, IaC and automation tooling, and work with architects, security specialists and delivery teams to ensure secure, scalable software delivery.

The role requires coaching engineers, maintaining secure environments, and delivering governance evidence for accreditation.

Qualifications

Significant experience operating and managing digital engineering platforms within regulated environments.

Responsibilities

Operate and improve digital engineering platforms and environments.

Skills

DevSecOps

CI/CD pipelines

Infrastructure as Code

Automation tooling

Cloud security

Governance & auditing

Documentation

Stakeholder engagement

Coaching & mentoring

Tools

Terraform

Docker

Kubernetes

Azure

Job description

Platform & Dev Sec Ops Lead

£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.

Ideal Candidate

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

The following additional requirements are advantageous:
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.

Due to the nature of the work that Frazer-Nash Consultancy undertake, candidates will be required to undergo pre-employment screening and must be able to satisfy clearance criteria for UK National Security Vetting.

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