Security-Cleared Senior DevOps Engineer - Public Sector

Summer-Browning Associates Ltd; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Summer-Browning Associates is assisting a public sector client in recruiting a Senior DevOps Engineer for a 12-month assignment. The role requires active security clearance and hands-on expertise across AWS and CI/CD tooling.

The position offers a hybrid work pattern with 60% onsite across Leeds, Manchester, Blackpool, Newcastle, Sheffield, and Birmingham, and opportunities to mentor junior staff within a regulated, high-availability environment.

Qualifications

• Active security clearance is required.
• AWS with EC2/ELB/VPC/IAM/CloudWatch/S3; Terraform/Jenkins/Docker/Ansible.
• Git, Jenkins, Docker, Ansible, Terraform proficiency.
• Extensive hands-on with F5 load balancers.
• Experience with Palo Alto and Check Point firewalls.
• Zscaler familiarity is a plus.
• Strong Bash or Python scripting skills.
• Production systems experience in regulated/high-availability environments.
• Proven mentoring skills for junior team members.
• DDAT/GDS/public sector framework experience is highly desirable.

Skills

AWS services

Git

Jenkins

Docker

Ansible

Terraform

F5 Load Balancers

Palo Alto Firewalls

Check Point Firewalls

Zscaler

Bash

Python

Production Systems

Mentoring

Public Sector / DDAT

Job description

Summer-Browning Associates is assisting a public sector client in recruiting a Senior DevOps Engineer for a 12-month assignment. The role requires active security clearance and hands-on expertise across AWS and CI/CD tooling.

The position offers a hybrid work pattern with 60% onsite across Leeds, Manchester, Blackpool, Newcastle, Sheffield, and Birmingham, and opportunities to mentor junior staff within a regulated, high-availability environment.