DevSecOps Lead

Senior DevSecOps / AWS Lead

We're looking for an experienced Senior DevSecOps / AWS Lead to take technical ownership across cloud platforms and a major public sector programme.

This is a senior, hands-on role combining technical leadership with engineering. You'll set technical direction, lead and mentor a small team, and help shape secure, scalable AWS environments and DevSecOps practices.

Key experience:

• Strong AWS engineering and architecture experience
• DevSecOps and secure-by-design principles
• Terraform and Infrastructure as Code
• CI/CD pipelines and automation
• AWS security, IAM and networking
• Security tooling and vulnerability management
• Kubernetes / EKS / ECS
• Leading and mentoring engineers
• Experience within government, financial services or regulated environments

Desirable:

• Government security standards / NCSC principles
• ForgeRock, Okta, Auth0, Ping Identity or wider IAM experience
• AWS landing zones
• Security architecture and assurance
• Existing government security clearance
• Azure exposure

Salary: Circa £90,000+, with flexibility for the right candidate

Location: Flexible UK location

Working pattern: Hybrid, approximately 2-3 days per week in an office

Employment: Permanent

This would suit someone who wants the ownership of a technical lead position while remaining hands-on with AWS and DevSecOps.