Senior DevOps Engineer (DV)

Company: Matchtech
Apply for the Senior DevOps Engineer (DV)
Location: Cheltenham
Job Description:

Overview

In this role you will help build and operate secure cloud and on‑premises environments for UK defence and government programmes. You will collaborate with a capable engineering team to design reliable, scalable systems, automate deployments, and strengthen security. The work centers on modern infrastructure, CI/CD, and large‑scale secure platforms. You’ll tackle meaningful challenges that impact critical national systems and mission success.

Responsibilities

  • Design and maintain CI/CD pipelines
  • Develop Infrastructure as Code with Terraform, Ansible, etc.
  • Manage Linux-based infrastructure
  • Support AWS, Azure or Google Cloud environments
  • Automate deployment and operational processes
  • Deploy and support containerised apps using Docker and Kubernetes
  • Implement monitoring, alerting and observability
  • Troubleshoot infrastructure and deployment issues
  • Improve reliability, scalability and security across platforms

Key requirements

  • Active DV Clearance (eDV or UKIC DV)
  • Commercial DevOps/Platform/Infrastructure Engineering experience
  • Strong Linux administration skills
  • Experience with CI/CD tooling
  • Terraform, Ansible or similar IaC tools
  • Docker and Kubernetes
  • AWS, Azure or Google Cloud
  • Understanding of networking and security principles
  • Strong Git knowledge
  • Excellent troubleshooting abilities
  • excellent troubleshooting abilities
  • Terraform
  • Ansible
  • CI/CD tooling
  • Docker
  • Kubernetes

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Posted: November 1st, 2026