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Software Development Specialist
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Software Development Specialist
Software Development Specialist (6-Month Contract)
๐ Locations: London, Cheltenham, Ipswich or Manchester โ Hybrid (3 days in-office) ๐ Duration: 6-month contract ๐ฐ Pay Rate: ยฃ607 per day (via umbrella, Inside IR35) ๐ Security Requirement: DV cleared โ Mandatory
About the Role
You will design, lead, and implement high-impact technical solutions that influence both internal and external systems. This is an opportunity to shape modern technology platforms while collaborating with a globally trusted security team that safeguards critical national infrastructure and global communities.
Key responsibilities include:
- Building automated CI/CD-driven development pipelines
- Embedding Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) and optimising developer workflows
- Ensuring secure-by-design practices across the entire development lifecycle
- Scaling engineering tooling for better collaboration across Dev, Sec, and Ops
- Delivering end-to-end problem resolution for high-impact technical challenges
This role invites tech enthusiasts with a passion for system resilience, automation, and security to join a company driving modernisation at scale.
Key Responsibilities
- Own and deliver engineering platform capabilities โ enabling rapid, automated build, test, secure, and deploy workflows.
- Design, implement, and scale CI/CD pipelines, ensuring consistency, reliability, and repeatability across multiple services.
- Embed IaC, eliminating manual provisioning and enforcing standardisation while improving scalability.
- Integrate security controls (DevSecOps) across the entire SDLC, ensuring compliance with highest standards.
- Support and enable engineering teams with guidance on best practices, tooling, and automation to improve velocity, quality, and resilience.
- Continuously optimise automation, reducing manual effort and improving developer experience.
- Foster cross-discipline collaboration (Dev, Sec, Ops) to break silos and drive end-to-end service ownership.
- Maintain and innovate critical platform tools, including:
- Source-code control (Git, GitOps)
- Build systems
- Artifact repositories
- Deployment frameworks
- Champion modern engineering practices (CI, CD, automated testing, observability, monitoring).
- Support incident response and remediation, ensuring rapid recovery through retrospectives and feedback loops.
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Requirements
- Technical Skills & Experience
- Software & system development expertise in:
- Java, Python, JavaScript, C++, or C#
- Database technologies (Elastic, MySQL/MariaDB, SQL Server)
- APIs and microservices architecture
- CI/CD mastery on GitLab, Jenkins, or GitHub Actions
- Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) frameworks: Terraform, Ansible, Chef, or Puppet
- Containerisation (Kubernetes, Helm) and cloud portability (AWS, Azure, GCP, VMware Cloud Foundation)
- Git-based workflows, including GitOps-specific tools (Kiro, Claude)
- Test automation frameworks and observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Defend)
- Identity and access management (IAM), OAuth/OIDC, and Secrets Management (HashiCorp Vault)
- Encryption (TLS/SSL, PKI) and release automation (ArgoCD, Flux)
- Strong proficiency in Linux & Windows OS configuration
- Software & system development expertise in:
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Security-Centric Mindset
- Security principles: Confidentiality, Integrity, Availability (CIA Triad), Least Privilege, Zero Trust
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Software Engineering Practices
- Agile/Scrum or Kanban methodology
- Git & Git-based tooling (GitHub, GitLab)
- Collaborative environments: Atlassian tools, SharePoint, Microsoft Word
- Code review, validation, and testing (unit, integration, E2E testing)
- Documentation for requirements, technical designs, and issue tracking
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Soft Skills
- Stakeholder management ( ืืช ืฆืืืชื engineering, security, and product teams)
- Mentoring and team alignment
- Problem-solving for complex, high-impact issues
What We Offer
- Impactful work โ shaping modern, secure technology platforms
- Professional growth โ unparalleled development opportunities
- Security clearance-ready environment โ rewarding expertise in high-stakes domains
This is a rare opportunity for a skilled software development specialist to make a lasting contribution while gaining exposure to some of the most advanced security technologies. Apply if youโre ready to build, secure, and scale.
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