DevOps Consultant
+9 months +
+DV cleared
+Hybrid 2 days a week on site in Corsham
+Inside IR35
+£650 - £700 a day
Key Skills:
+ Terraform
+ DV Clearance
We're looking for an experienced DevOps Consultant to join a high-profile UK Government programme, designing and delivering secure DevOps platforms within highly secure, air-gapped environments.
This is an opportunity to play a key role in shaping the DevOps capability that underpins critical national infrastructure, working with modern tooling and providing technical leadership across architecture, automation and platform assurance.
The Role
You'll lead the design, implementation and ongoing assurance of secure DevOps tooling, ensuring solutions meet stringent security and accreditation standards while enabling efficient software delivery in disconnected environments.
Key Responsibilities
Architect and implement secure DevOps platforms using GitLab, Jira, Confluence and Ansible
Design integrated CI/CD solutions for air-gapped environments
Develop secure software promotion, patching and update processes
Define toolchain integration and automation strategies
Champion Infrastructure as Code, automation and DevOps best practices
Produce High-Level and Low-Level Designs (HLDs/LLDs), operational documentation and security artefacts
Conduct technical design reviews, security assurance and compliance activities
Support platform optimisation, troubleshooting and stakeholder engagement across secure customer sites
Essential Skills
Active DV Clearance
Proven experience as a DevOps Architect or Senior DevOps Engineer within secure or regulated environments
Strong expertise with:
GitLab (CI/CD, repositories, runners and security)
Jira
Confluence
Ansible
VMware technologies
Experience designing and supporting DevOps platforms in offline/air-gapped environments
Strong knowledge of Infrastructure as Code, configuration management and automation
Experience producing HLDs, LLDs, SOPs, runbooks and security documentation
Scripting experience with Bash, Python and Ansible YAML
Knowledge of secure build and release management, access control and audit requirements
Experience supporting security accreditation and assurance activities
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