Senior DevOps Engineer - Public Sector (Clearance)

Summer Browning Associates; Nottingham; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Summer-Browning Associates is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer for a 12-month assignment in the public sector. The role is hybrid with 60% onsite across multiple UK cities, including Leeds, Manchester and Birmingham.

Ideal candidates will hold active security clearance and bring hands-on DevOps experience with AWS, Git/Jenkins/Docker/Ansible/Terraform, F5 load balancers and firewall platforms. Mentoring juniors and working within DDAT/GDS frameworks is expected.

Qualifications

• Active Security Clearance with proven DevOps background.
• Experience with AWS services including EC2/ELB/VPC/IAM/CloudWatch/S3.
• Hands-on with Git, Jenkins, Docker, Ansible and Terraform.
• Strong know‑how of F5 load balancers and firewall platforms (Palo Alto/Check Point).
• Familiarity with Zscaler and scripting in Bash/Python.

Responsibilities

• Mentor junior team members and support production systems in high-availability environments.
• Collaborate across Digital, Data and Technology and public sector frameworks.
• Manage and optimize CI/CD pipelines and cloud infrastructure.

Skills

Security clearance

Bash

Python

Public sector experience

DevOps

Tools

AWS services (EC2, ELB, VPC, IAM, CloudWatch, S3)

Git

Jenkins

Docker

Ansible

Terraform

F5 Load Balancers

Palo Alto Firewalls

Check Point Firewalls

Zscaler

Job description

Summer-Browning Associates is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer for a 12-month assignment in the public sector. The role is hybrid with 60% onsite across multiple UK cities, including Leeds, Manchester and Birmingham.

Ideal candidates will hold active security clearance and bring hands-on DevOps experience with AWS, Git/Jenkins/Docker/Ansible/Terraform, F5 load balancers and firewall platforms. Mentoring juniors and working within DDAT/GDS frameworks is expected.