DevOps Engineer

DevOps / Site Reliability Engineer (SC/DV Cleared)

Long-Term Contract | Gloucester / Manchester | Inside IR35

We are seeking experienced DevOps and Site Reliability Engineers to join a high-profile programme delivering critical infrastructure and platform services within a secure environment.

This is a long-term contract opportunity running through to March 2027, requiring onsite attendance five days per week in either Gloucester or Manchester.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, build and support resilient platform and infrastructure services
• Manage and maintain Kubernetes/OpenShift environments
• Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code solutions
• Implement and support CI/CD pipelines and DevSecOps practices
• Monitor system performance, reliability and availability
• Troubleshoot complex infrastructure and platform issues
• Collaborate with engineering teams to improve automation, observability and operational efficiency

Required Skills \& Experience

• Active UK Security Clearance (SC, DV or equivalent transferable clearance)
• Strong experience in DevOps, Platform Engineering, Site Reliability Engineering or Infrastructure Engineering
• Kubernetes and containerisation technologies (OpenShift preferred)
• Linux administration and command-line tooling (Bash/Zsh)
• Infrastructure as Code and automation tooling
• Ansible
• Git and version control best practices
• Monitoring and observability tools
• Prometheus and Grafana
• Virtualisation platforms such as VMware
• Experience supporting production environments and operational services

Desirable Skills

• GitLab administration and CI/CD management
• AWS infrastructure exposure
• PostgreSQL administration
• Service Desk / ITSM processes
• Experience within highly regulated or secure environments

Contract Details

• Long-term contract until March 2027
• Inside IR35
• Full-time onsite (5 days per week)
• Locations: Gloucester or Manchester
• Immediate start available