Senior DevSecOps Lead — AWS, Security & IaC

SR2 | Socially Responsible Recruitment | Certified B Corporation; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

SR2 is seeking a Senior DevSecOps / AWS Lead to own the technical direction across cloud platforms on a major public sector programme. This role blends leadership with hands-on engineering, setting strategy and mentoring a small team.

You will secure and scale AWS environments, implement DevSecOps practices, IaC with Terraform, CI/CD pipelines, and governance in regulated government contexts. Hybrid UK location; permanent role.

Qualifications

• Strong AWS engineering and architecture experience.
• DevSecOps and secure-by-design principles.
• Terraform and Infrastructure as Code.
• CI/CD pipelines and automation.
• AWS security, IAM and networking.
• Security tooling and vulnerability management.
• Kubernetes / EKS / ECS.
• Leading and mentoring engineers.
• Experience within government, financial services or regulated environments.

Responsibilities

• Set technical direction for cloud platforms and DevSecOps practices.
• Lead and mentor a small team of engineers.
• Shape secure, scalable AWS environments and DevSecOps controls.
• Collaborate with programme teams to ensure governance and compliance.

Skills

AWS engineering

DevSecOps

Terraform

CI/CD

AWS security

IAM & networking

Security tooling

Kubernetes

Mentoring engineers

Regulated environments

Job description

SR2 is seeking a Senior DevSecOps / AWS Lead to own the technical direction across cloud platforms on a major public sector programme. This role blends leadership with hands-on engineering, setting strategy and mentoring a small team.

You will secure and scale AWS environments, implement DevSecOps practices, IaC with Terraform, CI/CD pipelines, and governance in regulated government contexts. Hybrid UK location; permanent role.