Lead DevOps Engineer

Security

Clearance Required:

Active, live SC Clearance or DV Clearance (Mandatory)

Position Type: Permanent

Location: London (Hybrid: 3 days per week on-site)

• Technical Vision & AI Delivery: Collaborate with senior engineering leadership to design and execute robust cloud infrastructure architectures, focusing on deploying and scaling modern AI solutions.
• Team Leadership &
  
  Coaching:
  
  Act as a technical mentor and culture carrier, coaching a talented squad of engineers in modern Dev Sec Ops  best practices, automation, and continuous improvement.
• Client & Product Alignment: Interface directly with key clients and technical stakeholders to refine product definitions, troubleshoot complex platform issues, and ensure deliveries map directly to strategic goals.
• Architecture & API Integrity: Work alongside Product Managers and Delivery Leads to design clean, scalable microservices architectures utilizing open standards and robust API frameworks.
• Governance & Compliance: Maintain strict oversight of modern regulatory requirements, infrastructure compliance, and security frameworks to ensure total platform integrity.
• Pipeline & Resource Strategy: Actively evaluate engineering roadmap to advise internal stakeholders on technical pipeline bottlenecks, risk mitigation, and optimal team resourcing levels.

Essential Criteria:

• Clearance Status: A currently active and live UK SC or DV Clearance is non‑negotiable.
• Technical Depth: Elite proficiency in managing and scaling cloud‑native infrastructure, with deep expertise across AWS, Kubernetes, Docker, CI/CD pipelines, Git, and RESTful APIs.
• Leadership Track Record: Demonstrable experience operating as a Technical Lead, Infrastructure Architect, or Senior Dev Ops, with proven ability to build, scale, and mentor an engineering team.
• Agile & Start‑Up Agility: Experience thriving in fast‑paced, high‑growth or start‑up adjacent environments, highly resilient to change and comfortable with fluid, reactive priorities.
• Hybrid Commute: Ability to work from the client’s Central London office 3 days per week.
• Problem‑Solving Mastery: Advanced troubleshooting capabilities with a pragmatic, solution‑driven approach to mitigating risks across complex, secure deployments.

Highly Desirable:

• Direct, hands‑on experience deploying and running AI or Machine Learning workloads in a production environment.
• Holding an AWS Certified Solutions Architect (Associate or Professional) badge or equivalent cloud certification.
• An entrepreneurial mindset with a natural inclination to challenge legacy prototypes and introduce alternative software methodologies.
• A relevant degree qualification in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.