DevOps Engineer - (Platform Engineering & Security)

DevOps Engineer (Platform Engineering & Security)
Working Arrangement: Peterborough - 3 days per week onsite
Pay Rate: £500-£520 (Inside IR35)
Duration: 6 months Initial

We're supporting a large enterprise organisation as they continue to invest in platform engineering, security automation, and software delivery modernisation.

This is an opportunity for an experienced Senior DevOps Engineer to join a high-performing Platform Engineering team responsible for delivering secure, scalable and automated solutions across a complex technology estate.

The role has a strong focus on DevSecOps, security automation, access governance, CI/CD engineering and operational excellence, making it an excellent fit for someone who enjoys combining platform engineering with secure-by-design principles.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, build, and enhance enterprise CI/CD platforms and automation capabilities.
• Drive the adoption of DevSecOps practices across the software delivery life cycle.
• Implement and support security controls, governance processes, and access management solutions.
• Integrate security scanning, compliance validation, and vulnerability management into engineering workflows.
• Develop automation solutions that improve efficiency and reduce manual intervention.
• Support observability, monitoring, logging, and platform reliability initiatives.
• Collaborate with development, infrastructure, database, and security teams to deliver scalable platform solutions.
• Contribute to platform standardisation, engineering best practices, and continuous improvement initiatives.

• Strong background in DevOps, Platform Engineering, SRE, or Infrastructure Engineering.
• Experience building and supporting enterprise-scale CI/CD and automation platforms.
• Solid understanding of DevSecOps principles and security-focused engineering practices.
• Experience working with modern cloud and infrastructure technologies.
• Knowledge of Infrastructure-as-Code and configuration management approaches.
• Experience operating within large, complex, and highly governed environments.
• Strong stakeholder management and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Reasonable Adjustments:

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