SC Cleared DevOps Engineer - Kubernetes

ECS Resource Group
Blackpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom
Last week
£600 – £700 pd

Salary

£600 – £700 pd

Job Type
Contract
Work Location
Hybrid
Seniority
Mid
Education
Degree
Security Clearance
Required
Posted
21 May 2026 (Last week)

SC Cleared DevOps Engineer

Initial 6-Month Contract

Hybrid Working - Blackpool

£600 - £700 p/day, Inside IR35

We're recruiting for an SC Cleared DevOps Engineer to support a large-scale cloud and platform engineering programme within a secure enterprise environment. This role will focus on container platforms, cloud security and CI/CD delivery across modern infrastructure environments.

Key responsibilities:

Deploying, managing and optimising Kubernetes environments, including AKS

Supporting CI/CD pipeline development and automation initiatives

Implementing and maintaining cloud security tooling, including Wiz

Working closely with infrastructure and development teams to improve deployment processes

Monitoring platform performance, reliability and security compliance

Supporting troubleshooting, incident resolution and continuous improvement activities

Required experience:

Active SC Clearance

Strong hands-on DevOps engineering experience within an enterprise environment

Proven experience with Kubernetes and Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)

Experience with cloud security tooling, ideally Wiz

Strong understanding of CI/CD pipelines and automation best practicesECS Recruitment Group Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy

Related Jobs

View all jobs

SC Cleared DevOps Engineer (AWS)

Hays Technology London, United Kingdom
£550 pd Remote Clearance Required

SC Cleared DevOps Engineer - Kubernetes

ECS Resource Group Manchester, United Kingdom
£600 – £700 pd Hybrid Clearance Required

DevOps Engineer - SC Cleared

Experis United Kingdom
£500 – £520 pd Remote Clearance Required

Azure DevOps Engineer

CBSbutler Holdings Limited trading as CBSbutler London, United Kingdom
£575 – £625 pd Remote Clearance Required

AWS DevOps Engineer

CBSbutler Holdings Limited trading as CBSbutler London, United Kingdom

AWS DevOps Engineer- Fully - OutsideIR35

Opus Recruitment Solutions United Kingdom
£500 – £550 pd Remote Clearance Required

Industry Insights

Discover insightful articles, industry insights, expert tips, and curated resources.

Where to Advertise Cloud Computing Jobs in the UK (2026 Guide)

Where to advertise cloud computing jobs UK in 2026: the specialist boards and channels that reach AWS, Azure, GCP and cloud-native engineering talent. The candidate pool is large relative to other deep tech disciplines but highly segmented — cloud architects, DevOps engineers, platform engineers, FinOps specialists and cloud security professionals each occupy distinct communities with different job search behaviours, certification profiles and salary expectations. General job boards reach a broad audience but struggle to differentiate between these disciplines, producing high application volumes but low candidate quality for specialist cloud roles. This guide, published by CloudComputingJobs.co.uk, covers where to advertise cloud computing roles in the UK in 2026, how the main platforms compare, what employers should expect to pay, and what the data says about hiring across different role types.

Cloud Computing Jobs UK 2026: What to Expect Over the Next 3 Years

Cloud Computing Jobs UK 2026: salaries, hiring trends and the AWS, Azure and GCP skills shaping UK cloud careers over the next three years. Cloud computing is the infrastructure layer on which the modern digital economy runs — and the jobs market that has grown around it is one of the largest, most sustained, and most structurally resilient in the entire technology sector. But the cloud computing jobs market of 2026 looks quite different from the one that existed three years ago, and the next three years will bring further change at a pace that rewards those who understand the direction of travel. The migration phase that defined cloud hiring for much of the previous decade is largely complete for enterprise organisations. The question for most UK businesses is no longer whether to move to the cloud but how to operate, optimise, and secure what they have already built there — and how to integrate the wave of AI capability that is now being delivered primarily through cloud infrastructure. That shift has profound implications for which cloud skills are in demand, which roles are growing, and which are beginning to plateau. At the same time, new architectural patterns — multi-cloud, cloud-native, serverless, and the growing integration of edge computing with centralised cloud infrastructure — are creating entirely new categories of specialist expertise that employers are actively competing to hire. The cloud computing jobs market of 2026 is not contracting. It is evolving, and evolving in ways that create significant opportunity for job seekers who are building the right skills. This article breaks down what the UK cloud computing jobs market is likely to look like through to 2028 — covering the titles emerging right now, the technologies driving employer demand, the skills that will matter most, and how to position your career ahead of the curve.