DevOps Engineer

DevOps Engineer : Defence & Security Location: London, Bristol or Manchester Clearance: All applicants must hold UK security clearance to Developed Vetting level (DV) Salary: £55,000 - £85,000 (DOE) (£15k Benefits Package) (Depending on Level [Consultant to Manager]) Do you want to be at the heart of some of the biggest and most ambitious programmes undertaken to keep our country safe? We are proud of the impact we have with our Defence & Security clients, the strength of our relationships, and the variety of our skills and expertise that we bring to help them achieve their mission. Our projects vary greatly and your responsibility as a consultant will differ based on the focus of the client engagement and your skillset, but could include and may require you to: Apply DevOps thinking—i.e., bringing development and IT ops processes, people, and tools closer together—to increase the speed, efficiency, and quality with which we deliver technical solutions to our clients. Architect a project or programme's Deployment Pipeline, the set of technical and business assurance activities that support the transition of application and infrastructure services from development to production. Support in defining and executing a balanced management methodology that is capable of organising a diverse collection of technical activities into a coherent workstream Liaise with Deloitte and client development teams, IT service groups and 3rd parties to encourage process transparency, mutually beneficial design and delivery practices, and a clear view of roles and responsibilities across the Deployment Pipeline. Provide DevOps thought leadership and mentoring in both advisory and delivery contexts, focusing on the requirements of our client's customers and how these are best served by continuous improvements to our delivery approach. Work effectively in diverse teams within an inclusive team culture where people are recognised for their contribution. Candidates will have hands on experience with one or more technologies relevant to these areas: Professional experience in delivering scalable cloud solutions on popular cloud platforms such as AWS, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure. A clear understanding of cybersecurity practices to secure confidential cloud-based infrastructure. A clear understanding of DevSecOps best practices and delivering efficient paths-to-production (e.g. infrastructure-as-code, continuous integration, continuous deployment, release automation). Professional experience in delivering containerized cloud applications and cloud-native architecture. Professional experience in working with popular CI/CD stacks (e.g. Github, BitBucket, Jenkins, GitLab, SonarQube, Nexus, Helm, Docker, CircleCI Chartmuseum, Kubernetes ArgoCD). Implementation experience with one or more scripting tool and language, e.g. bash, Python, Groovy Implementation experience with Puppet, Chef, Ansible or Salt Linux systems administration certification at RHCSA (or equivalent experience) level Experience in configuring SRE tooling for monitoring and alerting live systems, e.g. Dynatrace, CloudWatch, Zabbix, ELK Experience of working within an agile development environment and working knowledge of agile software methodologies such as Scrum, XP & Kanban. Experience working in multi-supplier technical and commercial project environments. Previous experience as a developer beneficial but not essential. Your service line: Consulting Our people and the way we work are the two things that set us apart in the consulting universe. For us, collaboration and an unrivalled depth and breadth of expertise are fundamental to success. We work closely with our clients and each other at every stage of every project, solving our clients’ trickiest problems with a mix of knowledge, creativity and intellectual rigour. A hugely diverse range of clients rely on us to deliver the change that adds genuine, lasting value to their business. Interested in progressing your career in DevOps and Consulting/ Management? Apply now luke.davidsonansonmccade.com