Senior DevOps Engineer – SC Clearance

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Senior DevOps Engineer

Whitehall Resources are currently looking for a Senior DevOps Engineer based in London for an initial 6-month contract.

***INSIDE IR35***
***ACTIVE SC CLEARANCE REQUIRED***

Job Spec:
Highly experienced DevOps engineer with deep expertise in Kubernetes platform engineering and OpenLDAP integration, operating at senior level. Responsible for designing, implementing, and leading secure, scalable containerised platforms within a regulated environment. Provides hands-on technical leadership while managing a small DevOps team delivering test-focused CI/CD capabilities.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Kubernetes (Platform Engineering & Operations)
• Cluster design, provisioning, upgrade and lifecycle management
• RBAC, network policies, pod security standards
• Ingress controllers, service mesh integration
• Multi-environment strategy (Dev/Test/Prod)
• Troubleshooting complex production issues
• Helm/Kustomize-based deployments
• Performance tuning and resilience engineering
• OpenLDAP (Enterprise Identity Integration)
• Installation, configuration and hardening of OpenLDAP
• Schema design and directory structuring
• Secure authentication integration (LDAPS, certificates, RBAC mapping)
• Kubernetes authentication via LDAP
• Identity federation patterns across CI/CD tooling
• High availability and replication strategies
• Troubleshooting directory performance and sync issues
• Jenkins (CI/CD Architecture & Engineering)
• Pipeline-as-code (Groovy)
• Shared libraries and pipeline governance
• Integration with Kubernetes agents
• Secure credential management
• Test automation integration
• Release orchestration
• Docker – image optimisation, multi-stage builds, secure base images
• Python – automation, scripting, infrastructure tooling
• AWS – IAM, networking concepts, container services
• Terraform – infrastructure-as-code principles, module consumption
• Team Leadership
• Accountability for individual engineer performance, development and delivery
• Regular performance feedback and coaching
• Skills development and knowledge uplift within the team
• Delivery & Governance
• Point of contact for DevOps-related requests
• Assist the tech lead with Technical design authority for incoming work
• Oversight and governance of Production releases
• Ensuring secure delivery aligned to SC-cleared environment requirements

Technical Skills & Competencies:

• Operates independently within defined frameworks (SFIA Level 4)
• Provides technical leadership and direction
• Makes informed decisions in complex secure environments
• Strong stakeholder communication skills Security-first mindset suitable for government / regulated environments
• Other networking technologies”

All of our opportunities require that applicants are eligible to work in the specified country/location, unless otherwise stated in the job description.

Whitehall Resources are an equal opportunities employer who value a diverse and inclusive working environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, pregnancy, disability, age, veteran status, or other characteristics.

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