DevOps Engineer; Security Cleared

About Us:

Solirius Reply, part of the Reply Group, is a technology consultancy and digital transformation partner that helps organisations solve complex challenges through strategy, design, engineering, and delivery.

We work closely with our clients to deliver secure, accessible, user-focused services that evolve with their needs. By combining deep technical expertise with people-centred design, we create solutions that deliver meaningful, lasting impact.

Our consultants partner directly with client teams, embedding into organisations to understand their goals, challenges, and users. This collaborative approach enables us to deliver tailored solutions that drive measurable outcomes across public and private sectors.

Past and present clients include the Ministry of Justice, Department for Education, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, UEFA, International Olympic Committee, and Mercedes-Benz. Our services span the full digital delivery lifecycle, including architecture, engineering, delivery management, user-centred design, business analysis, data, Dev Ops, and AI.

We operate as a collaborative and inclusive organisation that empowers our people to take ownership, innovate, and develop their expertise. As an equal opportunities employer, we are committed to encouraging equality, diversity, and social mobility, while creating opportunities for our teams to work on meaningful projects that deliver lasting impact.

About You:

You are a motivated and adaptable professional with a strong analytical mindset and a passion for using technology to solve real-world problems. You enjoy working in collaborative, agile teams and take pride in delivering high-quality solutions that make a tangible impact. With strong communication skills and a consultative approach, you’re comfortable engaging with clients, understanding their needs, and translating them into effective outcomes.

The Role:

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Security Cleared Dev Ops Engineer to join our team. The successful candidate will be responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining secure, scalable, and automated infrastructure solutions across cloud and on-premises environments. This role requires an active security clearance and experience working within regulated or security-sensitive environments.

The ideal candidate will have a strong background in Dev Ops practices, cloud technologies, infrastructure automation, CI/CD pipelines, containerization, and security-focused engineering.

Key Responsibilities:

• Understanding client requirements, liaising with stakeholders and speaking with managers.

• Implementing solutions to deploy and maintain highly available and scalable citizen-facing and private services and applications

• Implementing and managing continuous delivery systems and methodologies across cloud environments (Azure).

• Providing feedback to project teams on how the platform is working

• Advise developers on how they use specific systems and configure CI/CD pipelines

• Automating and improving the development and release processes.

Key Skills/

Experience:

• Active Security Clearance (SC) or equivalent government security clearance, with the ability to maintain clearance throughout employment.
• Proven experience in Dev Ops, Platform Engineering, Cloud Engineering, or Site Reliability Engineering roles.
• Hands‑on experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform, Cloud Formation, ARM Templates, or Bicep.
• Strong knowledge of CI/CD tools including Jenkins, Git Hub Actions, Git Lab CI/CD, Azure Dev Ops, or Bamboo.
• Experience with containerization and orchestration technologies, including Docker and Kubernetes.
• Proficiency in scripting and automation using Python, Bash, Power Shell, or similar languages.
• Experience with configuration management tools such as Ansible, Puppet, or Chef.
• Knowledge of monitoring, logging, and observability platforms such as Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack, Splunk, or Datadog.
• Strong understanding of Linux administration, networking, cloud security, and Dev Sec Ops  principles.
• Experience working in Agile and Dev Ops delivery environments.

• Competitive Salary
• Bonus Scheme
• Private Healthcare Insurance
• 25 Days Annual Leave + Bank Holidays
• Up to 10 days allocated for development training per year
• Enhanced Parental Leave
• Paid Fertility Leave (5 Days)
• Statutory & Contributory Pension
• EAP with Help@Hand
• Gym Membership Benefits
• Cycle to Work and Electric Vehicle schemes
• Flexible Working
• Annual Away Days/Company Socials

As an equal opportunities employer, we are committed to creating a work environment that supports, celebrates, encourages and respects all individuals, where all processes are based on merit, competence and business needs.

Encouraging high social mobility is really important to us. We foster an inclusive culture by welcoming different perspectives, enabling equitable opportunities and…