31120 Lead DevSecOps Engineer

Basingstoke

3 months ago

Applications closed

Job title: Lead DevSecOps Engineer

Location: Basingstoke,

Salary: £78k plus 15% bonus, £6k car allowance, 10% DV bonus.

Total package: Up to £103,500

Candidates must be willing and eligible to go through SC and DV clearance for this role.

I am looking for a Lead DevSecOps Engineer for a client of mine who are a leading IT Systems Integrator operating within the UK defence sector. You'll contribute to this by driving the technical delivery of the DevSecOps (CI/CD pipelines and integrated security tooling) and associated processes, ensuring these are delivered and utilised in the most effective way.

The role will sit in their Digital function which promises exciting opportunities, use of cutting-edge technologies and a culture that encourages innovation, nurtures talent and drives delivery excellence. It provides the right candidate with an exciting career path and real opportunity to not only grow themselves but to influence the business as we work together to bring our Defence customers into the digital age.

Responsibilities:

Responsible for the significant aspects of the technical implementation, delivery and assurance of the DevSecOps tooling, associated processed and ways of working.
Leading Technical Implementation and design activities, making Design decisions and assessing options.
Advising on use of DevSecOps technologies and processes, to senior customers.
Works with DevSecOps Tech Lead (MSL)., Product Owners and Scrum Master to define/prioritise work and raise Risks/Dependencies.
Works with DevSecOps Tech Lead (MSL) to ensure the DevSecOps implementation satisfies its requirements and ensuring it aligns to the Business Outcomes and security needs.
Mentoring junior engineers and making implementation decisions.Key Skills Required:

Significant experience in the Implementation / Configuration / Usage in a number of the following -

CI/CD Pipelines, ideally Azure DevOps
IaC code tooling, including Terraform, Ansible, Harbor
SCA/IAST/DAST tooling, e.g. Black Duck, Coverity, Codesight, JFrog, Snyk
Automated Test tooling, ideally Selenium / Robot Framework
Test Management Tooling ideally Azure Test Plans
Secure Secrets Management, ideally Azure DevOps and Hashicorp Vault
Version control with GitYour benefits:

26 Days annual leave plus public holidays (3 flexible)

Pension - Double matching contributions of up to 10%

Life assurance

Companywide incentive plans

Your choices (Flexible benefits such as increased holidays/ travel/ dental critical illness and more)

Perks at work - employee discounts

Employee assistance programme/ virtual GP

If you are interested in this role or wish to apply please feel free to submit your CV

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