Devsecops Engineer - Contract

GCS Recruitment; Dublin; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

GCS Recruitment is seeking a Senior DevSecOps Engineer to join a hybrid Dublin City Centre team. You will design, deploy, and secure cloud-native platforms in AWS, using Terraform and Kubernetes, while driving security and reliability across the stack.

The role covers platform engineering, SRE, and cloud governance, with a focus on automation, CI/CD, and scalable infrastructure. 2 days onsite, long-term cloud/infrastructure delivery.

Qualifications

• Strong hands-on experience designing and supporting solutions within AWS cloud environments.
• Extensive experience with Terraform and Infrastructure as Code methodologies.
• Commercial experience with Kubernetes and container orchestration platforms.
• Strong knowledge of cloud networking, security, and enterprise infrastructure design.
• Experience implementing IAM, security controls, and cloud governance frameworks.
• Background working within DevOps, Platform Engineering, SRE, or Cloud Operations functions.
• Experience designing and supporting CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation.
• Strong Linux administration skills.
• Experience with monitoring, observability, and operational tooling.
• Understanding of modern application architectures, microservices, and cloud-native technologies.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, secure, and support cloud-native platforms and applications within AWS environments.
• Build and manage infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform).
• Administer and support Kubernetes-based container platforms, including Amazon EKS.
• Implement secure networking, connectivity, and cloud architecture best practices.
• Develop and maintain cloud security controls, identity management, and access governance frameworks.
• Contribute to CI/CD pipeline development and automation initiatives.
• Champion DevSecOps practices throughout the software delivery lifecycle.
• Implement monitoring, logging, observability, and alerting solutions to enhance platform reliability.
• Support Linux-based and containerised workloads across development and production environments.
• Collaborate with cross-functional engineering, development, security, and operations teams.
• Troubleshoot complex infrastructure, application, and platform issues.
• Drive operational excellence through automation, standardisation, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Support the ongoing enhancement of cloud governance, resilience, and platform security capabilities.

Skills

AWS

Terraform

Kubernetes

Linux

CI/CD

DevOps

SRE

Cloud security

Tools

Terraform

Job description

Senior DevSecOps Engineer

Contract | Dublin City Centre (Hybrid - 2 Days Onsite Per Week)

Overview

I'm looking to speak with Senior DevOps & Cloud Security Engineers to join a high-performing technology team delivering secure, scalable, and cloud-native solutions within a complex enterprise environment.

This role offers the opportunity to work across cloud infrastructure, platform engineering, automation, security, and reliability initiatives. The successful candidate will play a key role in designing, implementing, and supporting modern cloud platforms while driving best practices across DevOps, Security, and Site Reliability Engineering disciplines.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, secure, and support cloud-native platforms and applications within AWS environments.
• Build and manage infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform).
• Administer and support Kubernetes-based container platforms, including Amazon EKS.
• Implement secure networking, connectivity, and cloud architecture best practices.
• Develop and maintain cloud security controls, identity management, and access governance frameworks.
• Contribute to CI/CD pipeline development and automation initiatives.
• Champion DevSecOps practices throughout the software delivery lifecycle.
• Implement monitoring, logging, observability, and alerting solutions to enhance platform reliability.
• Support Linux-based and containerised workloads across development and production environments.
• Collaborate with cross-functional engineering, development, security, and operations teams.
• Troubleshoot complex infrastructure, application, and platform issues.
• Drive operational excellence through automation, standardisation, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Support the ongoing enhancement of cloud governance, resilience, and platform security capabilities.

Required Experience

• Strong hands-on experience designing and supporting solutions within AWS cloud environments.
• Extensive experience with Terraform and Infrastructure as Code methodologies.
• Commercial experience with Kubernetes and container orchestration platforms.
• Strong knowledge of cloud networking, security, and enterprise infrastructure design.
• Experience implementing IAM, security controls, and cloud governance frameworks.
• Background working within DevOps, Platform Engineering, SRE, or Cloud Operations functions.
• Experience designing and supporting CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation.
• Strong Linux administration skills.
• Experience with monitoring, observability, and operational tooling.
• Excellent troubleshooting and problem-solving skills across infrastructure and application layers.
• Understanding of modern application architectures, microservices, and cloud-native technologies.

Desirable Skills

• Experience with Python, scripting, or infrastructure automation.
• Exposure to cloud security, compliance, vulnerability management, or security engineering practices.
• Experience supporting end-to-end web applications and distributed systems.
• Knowledge of database technologies within cloud environments.
• Experience with AWS Landing Zone frameworks and enterprise cloud governance models.
• Familiarity with platform engineering, zero-trust principles, or security-by-design approaches.

Contract Details

• Dublin City Centre
• Hybrid Working Model
• 2 Days Per Week Onsite
• Competitive daily rate
• Long-term programme of work within a modern cloud and infrastructure environment

This opportunity would suit a Senior DevOps Engineer, Cloud Engineer, Platform Engineer, SRE, or Cloud Security Engineer looking to work across automation, cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes, security, and enterprise-scale platform delivery. If you have any questions, apply and we can have a call today.

GCS is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.