Senior DevSecOps Engineer
Hybrid- 1-2 days perm month on site (offices located in the Southeast, Northwest and Scotland)
6 month initial contract
£675-£750 a day Inside IR35
Senior DevSecOps Engineer required to work for a leading financial services company. We require a hands-on technical specialist responsible for building, securing, and automating cloud-native platforms and software delivery pipelines. The role plays a critical part in embedding security controls into engineering workflows.
Responsibilities
Design, build, and secure AWS cloud environments aligned to best practices
Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code (Terraform), including reusable secure modules
Secure Kubernetes platforms (cluster hardening, network policies, secrets management)
Embed security controls into CI/CD pipelines (SAST, DAST, SCA, secret scanning)
Automate security processes and remediation to improve efficiency and consistency
Collaborate with engineering teams to identify and resolve vulnerabilities
Operate and enhance cloud security tooling (e.g. Wiz)
Support containerised workloads across production and non-production environments
Experience Required
Strong hands-on experience in DevSecOps, cloud security, or platform engineering gained in financial services/highly regulated environment
Deep expertise in:
AWS (IAM, networking, monitoring, security services)
Terraform (modules, state management, secure patterns)
Kubernetes security and workload protection
CI/CD security tooling and automation
Experience with Wiz or similar cloud security platforms
Strong understanding of secure SDLC and DevOps practices
Exposure to at least one programming/ infrastructure as code language e.g. Python and Terraform
Solid understanding of cloud networking
A pragmatic, delivery-focused approach to security
Desirable Experience
Experience with Cloudflare or edge security services
Exposure to AI-driven security solutions (e.g. security agents, MCP integrations)
Involvement in AI security proof-of-concepts or production use cases
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