DevOps Engineer (Security Cleared)

About Us:

Solirius Reply, part of the Reply Group, is a technology consultancy and digital transformation partner that helps organisations solve complex challenges through strategy, design, engineering, and delivery.

We work closely with our clients to deliver secure, accessible, user-focused services that evolve with their needs. By combining deep technical expertise with people-centred design, we create solutions that deliver meaningful, lasting impact.

Our consultants partner directly with client teams, embedding into organisations to understand their goals, challenges, and users. This collaborative approach enables us to deliver tailored solutions that drive measurable outcomes across public and private sectors.

Past and present clients include the Ministry of Justice, Department for Education, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, UEFA, International Olympic Committee, and Mercedes-Benz. Our services span the full digital delivery lifecycle, including architecture, engineering, delivery management, user-centred design, business analysis, data, DevOps, and AI.

We operate as a collaborative and inclusive organisation that empowers our people to take ownership, innovate, and develop their expertise. As an equal opportunities employer, we are committed to encouraging equality, diversity, and social mobility, while creating opportunities for our teams to work on meaningful projects that deliver lasting impact.

About You:

You are a motivated and adaptable professional with a strong analytical mindset and a passion for using technology to solve real-world problems. You enjoy working in collaborative, agile teams and take pride in delivering high-quality solutions that make a tangible impact. With strong communication skills and a consultative approach, you’re comfortable engaging with clients, understanding their needs, and translating them into effective outcomes.

The Role:

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Security Cleared DevOps Engineer to join our team. The successful candidate will be responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining secure, scalable, and automated infrastructure solutions across cloud and on-premises environments. This role requires an active security clearance and experience working within regulated or security-sensitive environments.

The ideal candidate will have a strong background in DevOps practices, cloud technologies, infrastructure automation, CI/CD pipelines, containerization, and security-focused engineering.

Requirements

Key Responsibilities:

• Understanding client requirements, liaising with stakeholders and speaking with managers.
• Implementing solutions to deploy and maintain highly available and scalable citizen-facing and private services and applications
• Implementing and managing continuous delivery systems and methodologies across cloud environments (Azure).
• Providing feedback to project teams on how the platform is working
• Advise developers on how they use specific systems and configure CI/CD pipelines
• Automating and improving the development and release processes.

Key Skills/Experience:

• Active Security Clearance (SC) or equivalent government security clearance, with the ability to maintain clearance throughout employment.
• Proven experience in DevOps, Platform Engineering, Cloud Engineering, or Site Reliability Engineering roles.
• Hands-on experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, ARM Templates, or Bicep.
• Strong knowledge of CI/CD tools including Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD, Azure DevOps, or Bamboo.
• Experience with containerization and orchestration technologies, including Docker and Kubernetes.
• Proficiency in scripting and automation using Python, Bash, PowerShell, or similar languages.
• Experience with configuration management tools such as Ansible, Puppet, or Chef.
• Knowledge of monitoring, logging, and observability platforms such as Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack, Splunk, or Datadog.
• Strong understanding of Linux administration, networking, cloud security, and DevSecOps principles.
• Experience working in Agile and DevOps delivery environments.

Benefits

• Competitive Salary
• Bonus Scheme
• Private Healthcare Insurance
• 25 Days Annual Leave + Bank Holidays
• Up to 10 days allocated for development training per year
• Enhanced Parental Leave
• Paid Fertility Leave (5 Days)
• Statutory & Contributory Pension
• EAP with Help@Hand
• Gym Membership Benefits
• Cycle to Work and Electric Vehicle schemes
• Flexible Working
• Annual Away Days/Company Socials

Diversity and Inclusion

As an equal opportunities employer, we are committed to creating a work environment that supports, celebrates, encourages and respects all individuals, where all processes are based on merit, competence and business needs.

Encouraging high social mobility is really important to us. We foster an inclusive culture by welcoming different perspectives, enabling equitable opportunities and promoting open dialogue. This commitment is reflected in initiatives such as our gender diversity group and our focus on mental health and wellbeing. Whatever stage you are at, you will find an environment where you can thrive.

Should you require further assistance or require any reasonable adjustments to be put in place to better support your application process, please do not hesitate to raise this with us.

As a Disability Confident employer, we are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is accessible and inclusive, enabling all candidates to demonstrate their skills, experience and potential.