EBSA - IDAM DevOps HO - SFIA 4/5

Rate 650 - 700

Clearance required: Security Clearance (SC) required NPPV3 eligible

Nationality requirement: Single National

Location: London

Sector: Public

Job Description:

Position

Senior DevOps Engineer - Kubernetes & OpenLDAP

Security Clearance (SC) required NPPV3 eligible

Role Summary

Highly experienced DevOps engineer with deep expertise in Kubernetes platform engineering and OpenLDAP integration, operating at senior level. Responsible for designing, implementing, and leading secure, scalable containerised platforms within a regulated environment. Provides hands on technical leadership while managing a small DevOps team delivering test focused CI/CD capabilities.

Core Expertise (Heavy)

Kubernetes (Platform Engineering & Operations)

• Cluster design, provisioning, upgrade and lifecycle management
• RBAC, network policies, pod security standards
• Ingress controllers, service mesh integration
• Multi-environment strategy (Dev/Test/Prod)
• Troubleshooting complex production issues
• Helm/Kustomize-based deployments
• Performance tuning and resilience engineering

OpenLDAP (Enterprise Identity Integration)

• Installation, configuration and hardening of OpenLDAP
• Schema design and directory structuring
• Secure authentication integration (LDAPS, certificates, RBAC mapping)
• Kubernetes authentication via LDAP
• Identity federation patterns across CI/CD tooling
• High availability and replication strategies
• Troubleshooting directory performance and sync issues

Jenkins (CI/CD Architecture & Engineering)

• Pipeline-as-code (Groovy)
• Shared libraries and pipeline governance
• Integration with Kubernetes agents
• Secure credential management
• Test automation integration
• Release orchestration

Strong Working Knowledge (Moderate)

• Docker - image optimisation, multi stage builds, secure base images
• Python - automation, scripting, infrastructure tooling

Working Knowledge (Light)

• AWS - IAM, networking concepts, container services
• Terraform - infrastructure as code principles, module consumption

Team Leadership

• Accountability for individual engineer performance, development and delivery
• Regular performance feedback and coaching
• Skills development and knowledge uplift within the team

Delivery & Governance

• Point of contact for DevOps related requests
• Assist the tech lead with technical design authority for incoming work
• Oversight and governance of production releases
• Ensuring secure delivery aligned to SC cleared environment requirements

Key Characteristics

• Operates independently within defined frameworks (SFIA Level 4)
• Provides technical leadership and direction
• Makes informed decisions in complex secure environments
• Strong stakeholder communication skills
• Security first mindset suitable for government / regulated environments

This role requires additional vetting, which means this position may take longer than the usual onboarding process. Please do not hesitate to get in touch if you have any queries.