DevOps Engineer

DevOps Engineer – Defence & Security Newcastle Requires SC Clearance or Eligible for SC Clearance The Opportunity Join a high-performing engineering team delivering secure, scalable infrastructure and platforms for mission-critical Defence & Security programmes. This role is ideal for DevOps engineers who thrive in complex environments and want to work with modern cloud, automation, and container technologies. What You’ll Do - Build, automate, and maintain CI/CD pipelines - Develop infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible, Packer) - Manage containerised applications using Docker and Kubernetes - Implement monitoring, logging, and observability solutions (ELK, Grafana) - Support cloud environments across AWS, Azure, or GCP - Ensure secure, reliable deployments with strong DevSecOps practices - Work across Windows & Linux environments, including virtualisation (VMware) - Manage artefacts, code quality, and release processes What You’ll Need - Experience with scripting or development (Python, PowerShell, C#, Java, or C++) - Strong CI/CD experience (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, TeamCity or similar) - Knowledge of containerisation and orchestration tools - Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP) - Understanding of monitoring, logging, and system performance - Familiarity with databases (e.g. SQL Server) and job scheduling tools - Experience with Atlassian tools (e.g. Jira, Confluence) Bonus Skills - Experience with Artifactory, SonarQube - VMware (vSphere), SAN environments - Security best practices (secrets management, vulnerability scanning) Security Requirement SC clearance (or willingness/eligibility to obtain) is required.