Salary/Rate: £80000 - £100000 per annum + Hybrid working
Business Sector: IT
Job ref: BBBH153768
Post Date: January 23, 2026
+Hybrid working 2/3 days a week onsite in Romsey
+SC cleared roles
Skills:
+MOD
+Terraform
+Ansible
+Gitlab
+SC clearance - sole British nationals only due to the nature of the project
We are seeking a DevSecOps Engineer to join our Defence Information Advantage team, helping to drive best practice across secure software delivery, deployment automation, and live system operations.
Working in the defence domain presents unique challenges across DevSecOps, MLOps and secure cloud adoption. You will use modern cloud and automation technologies to accelerate deployments while applying SRE principles to improve system resilience and uptime.
Key Responsibilities
Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation
Support and operate live systems, resolving incidents and issues
Coach teams in DevSecOps best practice
Work closely with developers, product owners, security architects and QA
Contribute to agile ceremonies (Scrum, Kanban or SAFe)
Participate in code reviews and secure-by-design delivery
Skills & Experience
Degree in a STEM subject or equivalent practical experience
Strong DevSecOps tooling knowledge (Git, GitLab CI/CD, Terraform, Ansible)
Containerisation and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes; GPU containers desirable)
Cyber security practices (vulnerability management, IAM, secure networking)
Experience with microservices, APIs, streaming platforms (Kafka/MQTT)
Scripting or automation using Python, Rust or similar
Observability/SRE tools such as Prometheus, Grafana or Elastic
You'll be proactive, curious, and an effective communicator with a strong commitment to continuous improvement. Previous defence-sector DevSecOps experience is a bonus.
If you'd like to discuss the DevSecOps Engineer role in more detail, please send your updated CV to chloe.manerowski@cbsbutler.com and I will get in touch.
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