Senior DevOps Engineer: GitHub & Terraform Security Automation

Olive Jar Digital Ltd; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Olive Jar Digital is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to support a public sector digital project. This hands-on role emphasizes automating security controls, GitHub and Terraform tooling, and integrating checks into CI/CD workflows.

You will collaborate with engineering and security teams to document results, close gaps, and maintain production‑quality code with clear documentation. A passion for automation and secure software delivery is essential.

Qualifications

• Active SC security clearance.
• Strong experience configuring and managing GitHub repository controls and settings.
• Hands-on experience with Terraform and infrastructure or configuration automation.
• Experience developing automation to assess technical controls, configurations or compliance requirements.
• Good understanding of DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines and automated testing.
• Experience maintaining existing codebases, troubleshooting issues and improving engineering tooling.
• Ability to write production‑quality code, maintain documentation and collaborate with technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Automating code security and repository compliance checks.
• Improving shared GitHub tooling and Terraform‑based configuration.
• Integrating automated controls into CI/CD pipelines and engineering workflows.
• Reviewing existing repositories, identifying gaps and implementing improvements.
• Producing clear evidence of compliance checks, exceptions and areas requiring manual review.
• Writing maintainable, tested code and technical documentation.
• Collaborating with engineering and security teams to prioritise improvements and share knowledge.

Skills

Security clearance

GitHub configuration

Automation for compliance

CI/CD knowledge

Troubleshooting and tooling

Technical collaboration

DevOps practices

Tools

GitHub

Terraform

Job description

Olive Jar Digital is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to support a public sector digital project. This hands-on role emphasizes automating security controls, GitHub and Terraform tooling, and integrating checks into CI/CD workflows.

You will collaborate with engineering and security teams to document results, close gaps, and maintain production‑quality code with clear documentation. A passion for automation and secure software delivery is essential.