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We are a Global Recruitment specialist that provides support to clients across EMEA, APAC, US, and Canada. We have an excellent job opportunity for you.
Job Title: Lead Software and DevOps Engineer
Location: Sheffield S1 4NB (3 days in the office)
Duration: 23/04/2027
Pay Rate: £554 per day all inc. (PAYE through Umbrella)
Job Sub Family: Cybersecurity Technology & Engineering
Role Description:
If you’re looking for a career that will help you stand out, join, and fulfil your potential - whether you want a career that could take you to the top, or simply take you in an exciting new direction - offers opportunities, support, and rewards that will take you further.
One of the largest banking and financial services organizations in the world, with operations in 64 countries and territories. We aim to be where the growth is, enabling businesses to thrive and economies to prosper, and, ultimately, helping people to fulfil their hopes and realize their ambitions.
We are seeking an accomplished Cybersecurity Lead Software and DevOps Engineer to drive the Responsible for designing and delivery of enterprise security solutions, create reusable security patterns, lead security engineering initiatives, and build new capabilities and environments. Acts as a principal-level engineer driving strategy, hands-on implementation, and cross-team adoption.
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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-paced, 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.
- Hand over 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.
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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-premises.
- Proven track record leading engineering teams and large-scale technical initiatives.
- Ability to design, build, test, hand over, 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.
Desired qualifications and experience
The candidate will have suitable qualifications in public cloud or equivalent experience (e.g., AWS professional level at either Architecture or DevOps track).
If you are interested in this position and would like to learn more, please send through your CV and we will get in touch with you as soon as possible. Please note, candidates are often shortlisted within 48 hours.
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