Senior DevSecOps Engineer | Hybrid, SC Clearance

Synergize Consulting Limited; Reading; Hybrid; GBP 81,000 - 115,000; Part time

Job summary

Synergize Consulting Limited in Reading is seeking a Senior DevSecOps Engineer to join a defence-focused team with hybrid working options. You will lead secure platform design, automate security into CI/CD pipelines and build secure cloud environments across Azure and AWS.

Active SC Clearance is essential, with extensive Defence or Aerospace experience. The role emphasises SSDLC, container security, Terraform, Ansible, and robust threat modelling to protect critical systems.

Qualifications

• Active SC Clearance is essential for the role.
• Experience in Defence, MOD or Aerospace sectors.
• Extensive DevSecOps and cloud security experience.
• Expertise in securing CI/CD pipelines and IaC.
• Hands-on with container security and Kubernetes.
• Knowledge of security frameworks: NIST, ISO 27001, NCSC, Cyber Essentials.
• Certifications: CISSP, CCSP, CEH, CKS, CKA or similar.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and implementation of secure DevSecOps platforms and toolchains.
• Embed automated security controls into CI/CD pipelines.
• Develop secure Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Bicep, ARM, Ansible).
• Design secure Azure, AWS and hybrid cloud environments.
• Implement vulnerability management, security monitoring and automated compliance.
• Support threat modelling, security architecture reviews and risk assessments.
• Drive adoption of SSDLC best practices.
• Implement container and Kubernetes security across enterprise platforms.
• Continuously improve automation, platform resilience and operational security.

Skills

SC Clearance

Defence/Aerospace

DevSecOps

CI/CD

Azure security

AWS security

IaC

Terraform

Kubernetes security

Zero Trust

IAM PAM

SAST/DAST

PowerShell

Python

Selenium/Observability

NIST ISO 27001

Cyber Essentials

CISSP

Tools

Azure DevOps

GitHub Actions

GitLab CI/CD

Jenkins

Terraform

Ansible

Bicep

ARM Templates

Kubernetes

Job description

Synergize Consulting Limited in Reading is seeking a Senior DevSecOps Engineer to join a defence-focused team with hybrid working options. You will lead secure platform design, automate security into CI/CD pipelines and build secure cloud environments across Azure and AWS.

Active SC Clearance is essential, with extensive Defence or Aerospace experience. The role emphasises SSDLC, container security, Terraform, Ansible, and robust threat modelling to protect critical systems.