DevOps Engineer - Public Sector | Active eSC/eDV Clearance Required
IBM
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Job summary
IBM Consulting UK FutureNow is seeking a DevOps Engineer to join the Public Sector team, delivering scalable cloud platforms and secure delivery pipelines. You will automate infrastructure, embed DevSecOps, and collaborate with cross-functional teams across delivery centers to support regulated environments.
The role emphasizes modern cloud platforms, automation, and continuous improvement, with a hybrid work arrangement and a focus on security clearances.
Qualifications
- Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using tools such as GitLab CI/CD, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps or similar technologies.
- Knowledge of Infrastructure as Code approaches, including Terraform and/or CloudFormation.
- Experience working with container technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.
- Understanding of cloud platforms including AWS, Azure and/or Google Cloud.
- Experience scripting and automating tasks using Python, Bash, PowerShell or similar languages.
- Knowledge of monitoring, logging and observability tooling such as Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Splunk or Datadog.
- Understanding of security principles and how they apply throughout the software delivery lifecycle.
- Experience working with Git-based source control and collaborative development practices.
- Strong problem-solving, communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
- Experience working within consulting, public sector or regulated environments would be advantageous.
Responsibilities
- Design, build and support modern cloud and platform solutions.
- Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code using tools such as Terraform and CloudFormation.
- Build, improve and support CI/CD pipelines to enable secure and reliable software delivery.
- Implement and maintain containerised solutions using technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.
- Embed DevSecOps principles throughout cloud infrastructure, applications and deployment pipelines.
- Implement monitoring, logging and observability solutions to improve service reliability and performance.
- Automate operational processes and reduce manual effort through scripting and tooling.
- Collaborate closely with multidisciplinary delivery teams and client stakeholders.
- Contribute to technical best practice, continuous improvement and knowledge sharing across engineering teams.
- Support the delivery of solutions within highly regulated and security-conscious environments.
Skills
Education
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Job description
At IBM Consulting UK FutureNow, you’ll build a career at the forefront of hybrid cloud and AI, working with leading clients across the public and private sectors.
You’ll collaborate with top industry professionals, gain hands on experience with cutting edge technologies, and deliver solutions that create real business impact. From day one, you’ll work on meaningful, high profile programmes that stretch your skills and accelerate your growth.
We invest heavily in you—supporting continuous learning, in demand skills development, and long term career progression. You’ll thrive in a flexible, inclusive environment that values curiosity, encourages reinvention, and recognises what makes you unique.
We offer:
- Tools and policies to support your work-life balance from flexible working approaches, sabbatical programs, paid paternity leave, maternity leave and an innovative maternity returners scheme
- More traditional benefits, such as 25 days holiday (in addition to public holidays), private medical, dental & optical cover, online shopping discounts, an Employee Assistance Program, life assurance and a group pension plan through salary sacrifice.
In this role, you'll work in one of our IBM Consulting Client Innovation Centers (Delivery Centers), where we deliver deep technical and industry expertise to a wide range of public and private sector clients around the world. Our delivery centers offer our clients locally based skills and technical expertise to drive innovation and adoption of new technology.
Build, Automate and Transform Modern Delivery Platforms
At IBM Consulting FutureNow, we're helping clients modernise how technology is built, deployed and operated. We're looking for DevOps Engineers to join our growing team, working across large-scale transformation programmes in some of the UK's most complex and security-conscious environments.
This is a hands-on engineering role where you'll help build modern cloud platforms, automate software delivery, improve operational reliability and embed security into the development lifecycle. You'll work alongside developers, architects, security specialists and client teams to solve challenging technical problems while continuously developing your own skills and expertise.
We're interested in capable engineers with a passion for automation, cloud technologies and continuous improvement. You don't need to have experience with every tool listed below. If you have a solid DevOps foundation and enjoy learning new technologies, we'd love to hear from you.
As a DevOps Engineer, you will:
- Design, build and support modern cloud and platform solutions.
- Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code using tools such as Terraform and CloudFormation.
- Build, improve and support CI/CD pipelines to enable secure and reliable software delivery.
- Implement and maintain containerised solutions using technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.
- Embed DevSecOps principles throughout cloud infrastructure, applications and deployment pipelines.
- Implement monitoring, logging and observability solutions to improve service reliability and performance.
- Automate operational processes and reduce manual effort through scripting and tooling.
- Collaborate closely with multidisciplinary delivery teams and client stakeholders.
- Contribute to technical best practice, continuous improvement and knowledge sharing across engineering teams.
- Support the delivery of solutions within highly regulated and security-conscious environments.
None
Bachelor's Degree
We're looking for experience in several of the following areas:
- Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using tools such as:
- GitLab CI/CD, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps or similar technologies. - Knowledge of Infrastructure as Code approaches, including Terraform and/or CloudFormation.
- Experience working with container technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.
- Understanding of cloud platforms including AWS, Azure and/or Google Cloud.
- Experience scripting and automating tasks using Python, Bash, PowerShell or similar languages.
- Knowledge of monitoring, logging and observability tooling such as Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Splunk or Datadog.
- Understanding of security principles and how they apply throughout the software delivery lifecycle.
- Experience working with Git-based source control and collaborative development practices.
- Strong problem-solving, communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
- Experience working within consulting, public sector or regulated environments would be advantageous.
This role is subject to successful completion of pre-employment screening in line with the UK Government Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS). Depending on the client and assignment, additional National Security Vetting (NSV) may be required, including eligibility for Enhanced Security Check (eSC) or Enhanced Developed Vetting (eDV).
One or more of the following certifications would be beneficial:
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect
- HashiCorp Terraform Associate
IBM Consulting is IBM’s consulting and global professional services business, with market leading capabilities in business and technology transformation. With deep expertise in many industries, we offer strategy, experience, technology, and operations services to many of the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Our people are focused on accelerating our clients’ businesses through the power of collaboration. We believe in the power of technology responsibly used to help people, partners and the planet.
In a world where technology never stands still, we understand that, dedication to our clients success, innovation that matters, and trust and personal responsibility in all our relationships, lives in what we do as IBMers as we strive to be the catalyst that makes the world work better.
Being an IBMer means you’ll be able to learn and develop yourself and your career, you’ll be encouraged to be courageous and experiment everyday, all whilst having continuous trust and support in an environment where everyone can thrive whatever their personal or professional background.
Our IBMers are growth minded, always staying curious, open to feedback and learning new information and skills to constantly transform themselves and our company. They are trusted to provide on-going feedback to help other IBMers grow, as well as collaborate with colleagues keeping in mind a team focused approach to include different perspectives to drive exceptional outcomes for our customers. The courage our IBMers have to make critical decisions everyday is essential to IBM becoming the catalyst for progress, always embracing challenges with resources they have to hand, a can-do attitude and always striving for an outcome focused approach within everything that they do.
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IBM’s greatest invention is the IBMer. We believe that through the application of intelligence, reason and science, we can improve business, society and the human condition, bringing the power of an open hybrid cloud and AI strategy to life for our clients and partners around the world.
Restlessly reinventing since 1911, we are not only one of the largest corporate organizations in the world, we’re also one of the biggest technology and consulting employers, with many of the Fortune 500 companies relying on the IBM Cloud to run their business.
At IBM, we pride ourselves on being an early adopter of artificial intelligence, quantum computing and blockchain. Now it’s time for you to join us on our journey to being a responsible technology innovator and a force for good in the world.
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IBM wants you to bring your whole self to work and for you this might mean the ability to work flexibly. If you are interested in a flexible working pattern, please talk to our recruitment team to find out if this is possible in the current working environment.
DevOps Engineer - Public Sector | eSC/eDV Clearance Required
134717
State / Province
Hampshire, Gloucestershire, London, City of, Manchester, Leicester
United Kingdom
Hybrid
Infrastructure & Technology
Regular
Professional
Company
General (daytime)
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