DevOps Developer

8 to 12 Years

United Kingdom

Candidate must have relevant experience of 8 to 12 Years.

DevOps Developer with strong expertise in DevSecOps practices, CI/CD automation, and GitLab CI, contributing to secure, reliable, and scalable digital application and cloud engineering solutions in the United Kingdom.

The role focuses on designing, implementing, and maintaining secure CI/CD pipelines, integrating security controls across the software delivery lifecycle, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure high-quality, compliant releases.

- Design, build, and maintain CI/CD pipelines using GitLab CI for digital applications and cloud-hosted services.
- Implement DevSecOps practices by integrating security checks, code scanning, and compliance controls into CI/CD workflows.
- Automate build, test, deployment, and release processes to improve delivery speed, reliability, and repeatability.
- Collaborate with development, QA, security, and operations teams to define and refine pipeline requirements and standards.
- Configure and manage GitLab CI runners, environments, and integrations with other tools and platforms.
- Monitor pipeline performance, reliability, and security, and drive continuous improvements and optimizations.
- Support cloud engineering initiatives by enabling automated provisioning, configuration, and deployment of infrastructure and applications.
- Troubleshoot CI/CD issues, resolve pipeline failures, and provide root cause analysis and preventive actions.
- Contribute to the definition and adoption of DevSecOps best practices, guidelines, and documentation across teams.
- Ensure adherence to organizational security, compliance, and governance requirements in all automation and deployment activities.

- Strong understanding of digital application and cloud engineering concepts, architectures, and patterns.
- Ability to work in an agile environment, supporting iterative delivery and rapid feedback cycles.
- Effective communication and collaboration skills to work with multi-disciplinary and geographically distributed teams.
- Problem-solving mindset with a focus on automation, standardization, and continuous improvement.
- Ability to prioritize tasks, manage multiple work streams, and deliver within agreed timelines.
- Commitment to secure coding, secure configuration, and proactive risk management in DevOps practices.

- Proven experience as a DevOps Developer or similar role focusing on DevSecOps and CI/CD automation.
- Hands-on expertise in GitLab CI, including pipeline design, configuration, and optimization.
- Experience with DevSecOps tooling such as static and dynamic code analysis, dependency scanning, and security testing integrations.
- Strong knowledge of scripting or programming languages commonly used in CI/CD and automation (e.g., Shell, Python, or similar).
- Familiarity with cloud platforms and services used in digital application and cloud engineering environments.
- Understanding of configuration management, infrastructure as code, and environment automation concepts.
- Knowledge of software development lifecycle, version control practices, and branching strategies.
- Awareness of security best practices, compliance requirements, and secure deployment methodologies.

Note:This role requires UK Security Clearance (SC) and eligibility.