About this role
The candidate will join a Strategic Engineering team building the software backbone of a large-scale cyber data platform. Responsibilities include designing, building, and maintaining backend services, APIs, and automation using Go and Python. The role involves building and operating cloud infrastructure on AWS or Azure using Terraform, and managing API onboarding/access via Kong. The engineer will also develop CI/CD pipelines with pipeline-as-code practices and support production operations through monitoring, alerting, and troubleshooting. The position is situated within a security-focused, highly controlled environment.
Skills & technologies
Nice to have
- Kong
- Databricks
- Spark
- Cybersecurity
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DevOps Engineer – Cyber Security Strategic Engineering
📍 Sheffield or Birmingham (2-3 days/week onsite) | Contract
Join a Strategic Engineering team building the software backbone of a large-scale cyber data platform. You'll build backend services, APIs, and automation supporting data engineering and security governance — starting with API demand management via Kong and DevOps automation, then expanding into core platform engineering across the cyber domain.
What you'll do:
- Design, build, and maintain backend services, APIs, and automation (Go/Python)
- Build and operate cloud infrastructure on AWS/Azure using Terraform
- Develop CI/CD pipelines with pipeline-as-code practices and secure secrets handling
- Manage API onboarding/access via Kong for the cyber data lake
- Support production operations: monitoring, alerting, troubleshooting
What you'll bring:
- Strong programming skills in a major language (Java, C#/.NET, Python) and appetite to learn Go
- Solid engineering fundamentals: design patterns, SOLID, TDD/BDD, code review
- Hands-on AWS or Azure experience
- Terraform/IaC experience (modules, state, environment separation)
- Strong DevOps background: CI/CD, pipeline-as-code, agents/runners
- Comfort working in a security-focused, highly controlled environment
Nice to have: Kong/API gateway experience, big data ecosystem familiarity (Databricks/Spark), prior cyber/security engineering exposure.
