Linux Specialist

DV cleared role - current active clearance is essential

Sole British national only - due to the nature of the project

We are seeking an experienced DV Cleared DevOps Engineer to join a high-profile defence programme, supporting the delivery and operation of secure, mission-critical infrastructure.

This is a hands-on role for an engineer with strong Linux administration skills and a solid DevOps background, working within highly secure environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Build, automate and maintain secure Linux-based environments.


• Develop and support CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure automation.


• Administer and troubleshoot Linux servers and associated services.


• Deploy and manage containerised applications.


• Work closely with infrastructure, software and security teams to deliver resilient platforms.


• Monitor, maintain and optimise system performance and availability.


• Active DV Clearance.


• DevOps tooling including Jenkins, Git, GitLab or Azure DevOps.


• Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and/or Ansible.


• Docker and Kubernetes/OpenShift.


• Bash and/or Python scripting.


• Experience with version control (Git).


• Knowledge of networking, system hardening and security best practices.