DevOps Security Engineer - #2158554

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