SC Lead Devsecops Engineer - Remote

Smart Sourcing are looking for a SC Cleared Lead Dev Sec Ops  Engineer to work with a Government client Remote, with visits to Bristol and London as required.

A senior, client facing Lead Dev Sec Ops  Engineer role driving secure delivery, automation and Dev Sec Ops  governance across multi-cloud MOD environments (Azure ACE/i;ACE, AWS ICE, OCI OCE) within a major digital transformation programme.

We are seeking an experienced, client facing Lead Dev Sec Ops  Engineer to coordinate and mature Dev Sec Ops  practices across multiple digital products. You will embed security, compliance and automation throughout the software delivery life cycle, ensuring platforms and applications meet stringent MOD security and operational standards. You will also establish consistent, documented processes used by Dev Sec Ops  engineers across Azure, AWS and OCI based MODCloud environments.

This role requires deep expertise in CI/CD, delivery workflows and security tooling, alongside strong collaboration with developers, Dev Sec Ops  engineers, infrastructure engineers and test teams.

• Design, implement, document and continuously improve Dev Sec Ops  practices across delivery teams.
• Build secure, automated pipelines with integrated scanning and policy enforcement.
• Embed scanning across build, test and deployment workflows.
• Manage scanning outputs, allow lists and risk acceptance processes.
• Govern secure handling of secrets and access controls.
• Partner with developers to embed secure engineering aligned to MOD standards.
• Enable and govern IaC practices across teams and environments.
• Support patching cycles, incident response and compliance reporting.
• Produce clear processes, controls and runbooks in Confluence.

• Dev Sec Ops  leadership with hands‑on capability across CI/CD and Git Ops (Git Hub Actions, Argo CD, Argo Rollouts).
• Security and compliance tooling (Trivy, Vault, cert;manager).
• Containers and orchestration (Docker, AWS EKS).
• Infrastructure as Code (Terraform).
• Observability (Grafana, Loki).
• Scripting and automation (Python, Bash).
• Cloud and networking fundamentals (AWS IAM, S3, network policies).

MODCloud experience across Azure ACE/i;

ACE, AWS ICE and OCI OCE.

Please apply online if you feel you are a good fit for this role.