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Senior DevSecOps Engineer
Shield, London
The role
This role sits at the intersection of software engineering, platform engineering, cyber security, and defence systems engineering. The DevSecOps Engineer works alongside autonomy, software, systems, integration, and test engineers to create secure and reliable development environments and delivery pipelines that enable teams to rapidly develop, integrate, test, and deploy mission critical software.
The ideal candidate has a strong software and platform engineering background combined with significant experience operating within UK defence environments. They have a strong understanding of the UK Ministry of Defence/NATO approach to DevSecOps, Secure by Design, cyber risk management, security assurance, and the delivery of software into classified and operational environments.
What you will do
- - Design, build, and operate secure development and deployment infrastructure for Shield AI autonomy and defence programmes.
What you need
- - BS or MS in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Cyber Security, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a related technical discipline, or equivalent practical experience.
- 5+ years of experience in DevOps, DevSecOps, platform engineering, site reliability engineering, software engineering, or a related technical discipline.
- Significant experience delivering software or digital capabilities within UK defence or another highly regulated national security environment.
- Strong understanding of the UK Ministry of Defence/NATO approach to DevSecOps and Secure by Design, including the integration of cyber security and risk management throughout the capability lifecycle.
- Experience applying MOD security policies, security assurance processes, and technical security requirements to software intensive defence programmes.
- Experience developing and operating CI/CD pipelines using modern source control, build, test, artefact management, and deployment technologies.
- Strong understanding of Infrastructure as Code, configuration management, containerisation, and infrastructure automation
- Experience with technologies such as Git, GitLab or GitHub, or equivalent tooling.
Nice to have
- - Experience supporting DevSecOps, software delivery, or digital engineering activities across NATO nations or multinational defence programmes.
- Understanding of DevSecOps approaches, security frameworks, and software assurance practices used by other NATO nations, particularly the United States and European NATO partners.
About Shield
The DevSecOps Engineer at Shield AI is responsible for designing, building, securing, and operating the software delivery infrastructure required to develop and deploy advanced autonomous systems for defence applications.
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