Application Architect / Technical Architect - CI/CD & DevSecOps (Defence)

Location: Hampshire

• Outside IR35

Overview

We’re hiring a Technical/Application Architect specialising in CI/CD and DevSecOps to design and lead secure delivery pipelines in a military IT environment. This is a hands-on architecture role focused on building hardened, compliant, enterprise-grade delivery platforms.

Key Responsibilities

• Architect and deliver secure CI/CD pipelines
• Lead DevSecOps strategy and standards
• Design pipelines for secure, restricted, and air-gapped environments
• Define reusable pipeline frameworks and templates
• Embed security-by-design across delivery
• Act as senior technical authority across platforms and programmes

Essential Skills

• Enterprise CI/CD architecture experience
• Strong DevSecOps background
• Tooling: GitLab CI, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps
• Containers: Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift
• IaC: Terraform, Ansible, Helm
• Secure pipeline design experience
• Scripting: Python, Bash, PowerShell

Desirable

• Defence/military/government programme experience
• Air-gapped systems & secure environments
• MOD/NATO frameworks