DevOps / Platform Engineer (National Security)

Location: Opportunities across all compass points, with particular demand across South West, North West and London National Security hubs
Hybrid: Secure-site working required (typically 3–4 days per week depending on programme)
Salary: £70,000 – £120,000 plus bonus and benefits, depending on experience and SFIA grading
Clearance: Active DV / eDV clearance preferred

The Opportunity

You will be joining a specialist engineering consultancy at a key stage in the growth of its National Security capability.

Already well established across Defence and Government, the business is investing heavily in cloud, data and platform engineering as it expands its secure delivery teams across multiple long-term programmes.

What makes this environment stand out is the balance between technical challenge and culture. The organisation has built a strong reputation as a genuinely people-first business, recognised through Best Workplace awards, positive Glassdoor reviews and a consistent focus on supporting its engineers.

Many people join from larger organisations looking for broader technical exposure, more ownership and less bureaucracy. Teams remain relatively small, meaning engineers have genuine influence over platform direction, engineering standards and customer outcomes.

As the National Security practice continues to scale, there is a real opportunity to grow with the business and help shape how secure cloud and platform capability is delivered in the years ahead.

The Role

As a DevOps / Platform Engineer, you will help design, build and operate secure cloud platforms supporting mission-critical applications, analytics environments and operational services.

Working within multidisciplinary engineering teams, you will collaborate closely with software engineers, architects and stakeholders to deliver reliable, scalable and secure cloud-native platforms.

Typical responsibilities include:

• Building and maintaining AWS-based cloud platforms using Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation and Ansible
• Supporting containerised environments using Kubernetes, OpenShift, EKS or ECS
• Designing and improving CI/CD pipelines to support secure and efficient software delivery
• Embedding security controls, compliance checks and quality gates into DevSecOps workflows
• Implementing monitoring, observability and reliability practices across production environments
• Supporting cloud transformation and platform modernisation initiatives within secure environments
• Working directly with customers and engineering teams to improve platform capability and operational resilience

The environment combines cloud engineering, platform engineering and DevSecOps practices, often supporting data-intensive and operationally critical systems.

The organisation values pragmatic engineers who can communicate effectively, solve problems collaboratively and contribute across the wider engineering lifecycle rather than operating within narrow technical silos.

Security Requirements

Due to the nature of the work, active DV / eDV clearance is preferred. Candidates should typically be sole UK nationals and comfortable operating within secure National Security environments.

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