Lead DevSecOps Engineer

Job title: Lead DevSecOps Engineering Lead (MOD / MODCloud) Rate: £645 per day inside ir35 Location: Remote Contract 6 months+ Active SC security clearance is required for this role We're looking for a Lead DevSecOps Engineer to take a key role on a major UK MOD digital transformation programme, working with a leading technology partner delivering secure digital products into the Defence environment. This is a genuinely high-impact MODCloud role, spanning multiple cloud estates and products across the MOD digital landscape, you'll help engineer and govern will be deployed across the MOD digital estate (MODCloud), including: Microsoft Azure - MODCloud ACE / i-ACE AWS - MODCloud ICE Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - OCI / MODCloud OCE You'll help establish consistent, secure and automated DevSecOps practices across multiple products and engineering teams, embedding security, compliance and automation throughout the software delivery lifecycle. Responsibilities: Lead and embed DevSecOps engineering practices across multiple MOD digital products Design and govern secure CI/CD and GitOps pipelines Integrate security scanning, vulnerability management and compliance controls Drive Infrastructure as Code using Terraform Work across Kubernetes / Docker / AWS EKS Implement secrets, identity and access management using technologies such as HashiCorp Vault Establish observability, monitoring, logging and audit controls Develop secure-by-design engineering practices aligned to MOD security requirements Coordinate DevSecOps engineers, developers, testers and infrastructure teams Create and maintain security processes, technical standards and operational runbooks Support incident response, patching, risk management and compliance activity Expereince required: You'll need strong hands-on experience across: AWS | Kubernetes/EKS | Terraform | GitHub Actions | GitOps | Argo CD | Docker | Vault | Trivy | cert-manager | Grafana | Loki | Python | Bash You'll also need: Proven DevSecOps leadership experience UK Government / GDS delivery experience Strong stakeholder and communication skills Experience working across distributed engineering teams If you're an SC-cleared DevSecOps Lead who wants to work on genuinely mission-critical MOD technology, please feel free to submit your CV