DevOps Security Engineer

Whitehall Resources — United Kingdom · Posted ~3 hours ago

Senior Contract Hybrid

Skills

DevOps Security engineering Cloud security CI/CD security IAM Secrets management CI/CD HashiCorp Vault

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Summary ✨ AI‑Generated

A security-focused DevOps role responsible for designing secure platforms, improving development workflows, and implementing modern security practices across technology environments.

Highlights

Lead security engineering initiatives across cloud and on-prem environments while designing reusable security solutions.

Description

DevOps/Security Engineer Whitehall Resources currently require an experienced DevOps / Security Engineer to work with a key client **Please note this role falls INSIDE IR35 and requires 3 days onsite weekly in Sheffield** In this role you will: • Design and implement end-to-end security solutions across cloud and on-prem environments. • Build new security environments, frameworks, and components; perform POCs and pilots for emerging solutions. • Develop and maintain reusable security patterns and reference architectures to reduce developer toil and improve security controls. • Manage stakeholder requirements in a fast-past changing landscape of technical and customer requirements and deliverables. • Manage a small team of engineers to deliver on objectives and stakeholder requirements. • Lead security initiatives across IAM, secrets management, CI/CD pipeline security, and supply chain security. • Implement secure secrets management using native cloud vaults and HashiCorp Vault. • Work closely with platform and engineering teams to solve security control gaps and provide technical implementation guidance. • Handover new environments, solutions, and patterns to engineering teams and provide support during adoption. • Lead a team of engineers: define strategy, roadmap, delivery milestones, and ensure engineering execution. • Drive enterprise-wide adoption of security patterns through pilots, scaling, and stakeholder alignment. • Produce high-quality technical designs, implementation documents, and knowledge transfers. • Operate independently at a principal engineer level, influencing architectural decisions and engineering direction. To be successful in this role you should meet the following requirements: • Strong experience in security architecture, DevSecOps, IAM, secrets and key management. • Hands-on expertise with CI/CD security, cloud platforms, supply chain security, and HashiCorp Vault. • Strong experience building enterprise solutions in both public cloud (AWS GCP Azure) and on premise. • Proven track record leading engineering teams and large-scale technical initiatives. • Ability to design, build, test, handover, and scale security capabilities across an enterprise. • Excellent communication, documentation, and stakeholder management skills. • Ability to communicate effectively, and negotiate requirements and demands, from stakeholders and customers alike