DevOps Engineer

**DevOps Engineer – Defence \& Security** Newcastle Requires SC Clearance or Eligible for SC Clearance **The Opportunity** Join a high\-performing engineering team delivering secure, scalable infrastructure and platforms for mission\-critical Defence \& Security programmes. This role is ideal for DevOps engineers who thrive in complex environments and want to work with modern cloud, automation, and container technologies. **What You’ll Do** * Build, automate, and maintain CI/CD pipelines * Develop infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible, Packer) * Manage containerised applications using Docker and Kubernetes * Implement monitoring, logging, and observability solutions (ELK, Grafana) * Support cloud environments across AWS, Azure, or GCP * Ensure secure, reliable deployments with strong DevSecOps practices * Work across Windows \& Linux environments, including virtualisation (VMware) * Manage artefacts, code quality, and release processes **What You’ll Need** * Experience with scripting or development (Python, PowerShell, C\#, Java, or C\+\+) * Strong CI/CD experience (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, TeamCity or similar) * Knowledge of containerisation and orchestration tools * Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP) * Understanding of monitoring, logging, and system performance * Familiarity with databases (e.g. SQL Server) and job scheduling tools * Experience with Atlassian tools (e.g. Jira, Confluence) **Bonus Skills** * Experience with Artifactory, SonarQube * VMware (vSphere), SAN environments * Security best practices (secrets management, vulnerability scanning) **Security Requirement** SC clearance (or willingness/eligibility to obtain) is required.