DevOps Engineer

SR2
Portsmouth, Hampshire, United Kingdom
3 weeks ago
£70,000 – £85,000 pa

Salary

£70,000 – £85,000 pa

Job Type
Permanent
Work Pattern
Full-time
Work Location
Hybrid
Security Clearance
Required
Posted
21 Apr 2026 (3 weeks ago)

£70k-£90k

Full-time role

Hybrid (2-3 days a week onsite in Portsmouth)

Eligibility to go through Security Check (SC) clearance

Ready to build, scale and secure modern cloud platforms? Do you want to work for a company who genuinely has an amazing, inclusive and welcoming culture with an amazing team around you? SR2 is helping one of our clients to hire multiple DevOps Engineers who will help shape resilient infrastructure and empower teams to deliver at pace.

You'll work across cloud and platform environments, building scalable infrastructure, streamlining delivery pipelines, and supporting teams to own services end-to-end. Expect a hands-on role where you'll drive best practices in automation, reliability, and performance.

This will be working within a secure government environment; as such, candidates must either have, or be willing to go through, SC clearance.

Requirements:

Proven experience in a DevOps, Infrastructure, or Platform Engineering role within complex environments

Strong hands-on experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or hybrid)

Solid understanding of CI/CD pipelines

Experience working in secure or regulated environments (e.g. government, defence, or financial services)

Strong skills in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) -Terraform preferred

Experience with containers and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes/EKS)

Linux and scripting experience (Bash/Shell)

Why join.

You'll be part of a collaborative, forward-thinking team working on meaningful, complex systems. There's plenty of opportunity to influence how things are built, improve engineering practices, and make a real impact. If you want to build reliable systems, work with modern tooling, and be part of a team that values quality and collaboration, this could be a great fit.

Please apply with a copy of your CV and Emma from SR2 will contact potential candidates regarding next step

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