DevOps Engineer (SC Cleared) – Contract (London, Hybrid)

About the role

We are seeking a SC‑cleared DevOps Engineer to join a regulated Financial Services programme in London. The role will focus on deploying an Enterprise Detection and Response (EDR) solution across a large‑scale cloud estate, including Kubernetes clusters and containerised workloads.

Key responsibilities

• Support deployment of EDR tooling across cloud servers, Kubernetes clusters and containerised environments.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions or equivalent.
• Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform.
• Troubleshoot and optimise cloud infrastructure with monitoring and observability tools.
• Collaborate with security, platform and infrastructure teams to ensure secure‑by‑design deployments.

Required profile

• SC clearance and experience working in a regulated Financial Services environment.
• Proven experience with Azure cloud services.
• Strong background in CI/CD pipeline design (GitHub Actions or similar).
• Hands‑on experience with Terraform or comparable IaC tools.
• Solid networking knowledge (DNS, VPN, load balancing, firewalls).
• Experience with Kubernetes and containerised workloads.
• Familiarity with observability platforms such as Prometheus, Grafana, Dynatrace, AppDynamics or Splunk.
• Previous work in DevOps or SRE teams.

Required skills

• Azure
• GitHub Actions
• Terraform
• DNS
• VPN
• Load Balancing
• Firewalls
• Kubernetes
• Docker
• Prometheus
• Grafana
• Dynatrace
• AppDynamics
• Splunk