
DevSecOps Engineer
Immediate
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: London • 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
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💰 £84,000 per year
Job Level
Mid-LevelSenior
Tech Stack
AnsibleAWSCloudDNSDockerEC2FirewallsGrafanaJenkinsKubernetesLAMPLinuxMySQLNGINXPostgresPrometheusTCP/IPTerraform
About the role
- Ensure platforms, products, and infrastructure are secure, resilient, and scalable while working closely with developers, QA, and product teams
- Design, build, and maintain secure and scalable infrastructure in AWS using Terraform, Kubernetes, and Docker
- Embed security into the CI/CD pipeline (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, CodePipeline) including SAST/DAST and dependency scanning
- Collaborate with developers and product teams to promote DevSecOps practices, threat modelling, and secure coding standards
- Conduct security assessments of applications, services, and infrastructure, identifying vulnerabilities and recommending remediation
- Operate, tune, and extend monitoring, logging, and alerting systems for both performance and security
- Manage DNS, CDN, caching, firewalls, load balancers, and WAFs to ensure secure and performant web delivery
- Respond to and resolve security incidents and platform issues, driving continuous improvement and automation of responses
- Keep documentation current, including runbooks, incident playbooks, and security procedures
- Stay ahead of industry trends, emerging threats, and new DevSecOps tools
Requirements
- Strong background in cloud infrastructure (AWS preferred: EC2, Lambda, RDS, Route53, ELBs, EKS)
- Proven experience with CI/CD automation and infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, Ansible, Jenkins, Git/GitHub)
- Proficiency in containerisation (Docker, Kubernetes) and managing production workloads
- Solid understanding of security frameworks (CIS, OWASP) and common vulnerabilities (OWASP Top 10, misconfigurations, supply chain risks)
- Experience with application and infrastructure monitoring (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, CloudWatch)
- Knowledge of Linux-based systems (LAMP stack, Nginx, Varnish, MySQL/Postgres, Mongo) with performance tuning and hardening experience
- Strong grasp of networking and security protocols (TCP/IP, SSL/TLS, DNS, NAT, firewalls, load balancers, WAFs)
- Familiarity with code security tools (SAST, DAST, dependency scanners) and integrating them into pipelines
- Excellent problem-solving, communication, and cross-team collaboration skills
- Disaster recovery process and GDPR
- Desired: Knowledge on PCI DSS
Benefits
- A relaxed working environment with regular socials including a summer festival
- Supportive well-being initiatives and benefits, talks & workshops, and Mental Health First aiders & Champions
- 25 days holiday plus a day for your birthday. Our offices will be closed between Christmas and New Year’s which are in addition to your annual entitlement
- Tailored training and development through both our inhouse learning platform and LinkedIn Learning
- A progressive and transparent culture focused on your development
- Flexible / hybrid working plus early finish Fridays
- Cycle to work scheme
- Enhanced Family Policies including paternity, adoption and surrogacy leave. We also provide a pregnancy loss, fertility, and carers policy
- Competitive pension plans and Life Assurance
- A newly renovated modern office with lots of collaborative spaces
- Active Diversity & Inclusion network, comprehensive well-being programs, and clear sustainability strategies
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
AWSTerraformKubernetesDockerCI/CDJenkinsGitHub ActionsAnsibleLinuxmonitoring
Soft skills
problem-solvingcommunicationcross-team collaboration