Senior Build Pipeline DevOps Engineer - CI/CD & Security

Experis - ManpowerGroup; Sheffield; Hybrid; GBP 85,860 - 112,661; Full time

Job summary

Experis - ManpowerGroup in Sheffield seeks a DevX Build Pipeline/DevOps Engineer on a contract to 30 November 2026. Hybrid position, three days onsite with travel to other UK offices.

Own and evolve Jenkins Shared Library powering multi-language builds (Java/Maven, Node/NPM, Python, Helm, Terraform, containers) to deliver secure, provenance-rich pipelines. We require 7+ years engineering with 3+ years in CI/CD/DevSecOps, strong Jenkins Groovy expertise, Python automation, and packaging know-how.

Qualifications

• 7+ years engineering; 3+ in CI/CD platform or DevSecOps.
• Strong Jenkins + Groovy shared library expertise.
• Advanced Python automation (JSON/YAML processing, tooling scripts).
• Deep Maven/NPM/Python packaging knowledge; exposure to Helm/Terraform and container image metadata.
• Supply-chain security (SLSA, CycloneDX SBOM, digests).
• Experience with SonarQube, Sonatype IQ, container and SAST scanning.
• Proven performance tuning (caching, parallelization, dependency pruning). Compliance Awareness.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain Groovy pipeline steps (build, test, package, scan, deploy).
• Extend Python tooling for SLSA provenance, SBOM generation, hash/digest accuracy, and security scan aggregation.
• Optimize performance (parallel builds, caching, scope-reduced BOMs, dependency prefetch).
• Ensure artifact integrity (correct SHA1/SHA256 mapping, reproducible inputs, evidence modeling).
• Refactor legacy scripts (remove global state, consolidate hashing, standardize templates).
• Document ci-config.yaml standards and usage patterns.
• Mentor engineers on secure pipeline development and supply-chain practices; troubleshoot incidents.

Skills

Jenkins Groovy

Python automation

Maven packaging

NPM packaging

Supply-chain security

Security tools

Performance tuning

GitOps

Cloud experience

Tools

Jenkins

Groovy

SonarQube

Sonatype IQ

CycloneDX SBOM

Terraform

Helm

Job description

Experis - ManpowerGroup in Sheffield seeks a DevX Build Pipeline/DevOps Engineer on a contract to 30 November 2026. Hybrid position, three days onsite with travel to other UK offices.

Own and evolve Jenkins Shared Library powering multi-language builds (Java/Maven, Node/NPM, Python, Helm, Terraform, containers) to deliver secure, provenance-rich pipelines. We require 7+ years engineering with 3+ years in CI/CD/DevSecOps, strong Jenkins Groovy expertise, Python automation, and packaging know-how.