Senior DevOps Engineer - UKIC DV/eDV Cleared | Cheltenham

Matchtech Group; Cheltenham; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Matchtech Group is seeking DevOps Engineers for a permanent, onsite role in Cheltenham supporting a National Security client. Active UKIC DV or eDV clearance is required.

The position focuses on DevOps, CI/CD, and cloud-native environments across AWS/Azure/GCP. The successful candidate will have strong Linux administration skills, IaC experience with Terraform/Ansible, and hands-on work with Docker, Kubernetes, and CI/CD pipelines such as Jenkins or GitHub Actions.

Qualifications

• Strong experience with DevOps and CI/CD practices.
• Linux administration and troubleshooting.
• Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, Ansible or similar tools.
• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes.
• Cloud platform experience (AWS, Azure or GCP).
• CI/CD tooling such as Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions or similar.
• Scripting and automation using Python, Bash or PowerShell.
• Experience managing and supporting enterprise environments.
• Understanding of networking fundamentals including TCP/IP, DNS & DHCP, Routing & Switching, VLANs.
• Knowledge of security best practices and secure-by-design principles.
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Skills

DevOps practices

Linux administration

Infrastructure as Code

Docker

Kubernetes

Cloud platforms

CI/CD tooling

Scripting languages

Networking fundamentals

Security concepts

Stakeholder collaboration

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

AWS

Azure

GCP

Jenkins

GitLab CI

GitHub Actions

Python

Bash

PowerShell

Job description

Matchtech Group is seeking DevOps Engineers for a permanent, onsite role in Cheltenham supporting a National Security client. Active UKIC DV or eDV clearance is required.

The position focuses on DevOps, CI/CD, and cloud-native environments across AWS/Azure/GCP. The successful candidate will have strong Linux administration skills, IaC experience with Terraform/Ansible, and hands-on work with Docker, Kubernetes, and CI/CD pipelines such as Jenkins or GitHub Actions.