- Scrumconnect Limited
- Newcastle, North East
- Full-Time
- 13 days ago
Senior DevOps Engineer (SC Cleared).
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Senior DevOps Engineer (SC Cleared): our view in 3 lines...
- The Role:This is a senior DevOps role supporting UK public sector digital transformation work across central government.
- The Person:The person will build and support CI/CD pipelines and DevOps toolchains, provision cloud environments, handle operational issues, support legacy application migration, and work with product-focused agile teams.
- Requirements:The role requires active SC Clearance and experience with AWS cloud-based applications, EC2, ECS, Terraform, Ansible, Unix/Linux/Windows, scripting languages, and GitLab CI.
About the role
About Scrumconnect Consulting
Scrumconnect Consulting is a multi-award-winning UK public sector digital consultancy, positively influencing the lives of over forty million UK citizens. We bring deep expertise in agile delivery, digital transformation, and platform engineering across central government. With a team of over one hundred and twenty-five professionals — more than forty percent of whom are women — we are committed to building inclusive, diverse teams that reflect the communities we serve.
Security Clearance: Active SC Clearance is essential — candidates must currently hold active SC clearance to be considered
Start Date: ASAP
The Role
As a Senior DevOps Engineer, you will use modern tooling to develop CI/CD pipelines and DevOps toolchains, putting automation at the heart of everything you do.
You will craft, implement, and enable solutions that are highly available, resilient, scalable, extensible, and maintainable across multiple cloud environments.
Working across the organisation, you will drive a mindset shift toward engineering ownership, championing the integrity and long-term maintenance of the services we deliver.
What You'll Be Doing
- Work across product-focused teams to gather requirements, evaluate tools, and implement or update solutions.
- Provision and manage environments across cloud platforms.
- Assist with operational issues, ensuring services remain highly available and resilient.
- Champion automation-first practices across CI/CD pipelines and DevOps toolchains.
- Support the migration of legacy applications into modern cloud environments.
- Collaborate within agile (Scrum/Kanban) teams to embed Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment as standard practice.
What We're Looking For
Essential / Lead Criteria:
- Active SC Clearance — mandatory for this role.
- Demonstrable experience developing and supporting AWS cloud-based applications (using EC2 and ECS).
- Demonstrable knowledge of writing and maintaining Infrastructure as Code and Configuration as Code (Terraform and Ansible).
- Demonstrable experience using Unix/Linux/Windows in a support and/or development environment, including scripting languages and implementing/maintaining CI/CD pipelines in GitLab CI.
- Demonstrable experience working in a software or platform engineering agile (Scrum/Kanban) DevOps environment with Continuous Integration & Deployment.
- Experience migrating legacy applications to a cloud environment.
Why Join Scrumconnect Ltd?
At Scrumconnect, we are more than just a consultancy — we are a collaborative team focused on delivering impactful digital transformation services across government and enterprise organisations.
As part of our team, you will benefit from:
- Exposure to major public sector digital transformation programmes.
- A collaborative and inclusive working culture.
- Career progression opportunities into Lead Engineering, Platform Architecture, or Technical Leadership roles.
- Hands-on experience working within agile delivery environments at scale.
Application Process
- Submit your CV and cover letter to recruitment@scrumconnect.com
- If shortlisted, you will be invited to attend two interview stages.
Scrumconnect Ltd is committed to creating an inclusive workplace and welcomes applications from individuals of all backgrounds and experiences.
