Job Description

DevOps Consultant - DevSecOps
3-6 month Contract - Part time basis 2/3 days a week 
Location: Milton Keynes - 2 days on site
Rate: £550 - £650 per day 

We are recruiting for an experienced DevOps Consultant to design, implement, and optimise secure CI/CD pipelines within an Azure-based environment.

This role will play a key part in embedding security-first DevOps practices, improving delivery pipelines, and enabling development teams through automation, tooling, and best practice guidance.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and implement scalable CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps
• Integrate security tooling (SAST/DAST) into build and release pipelines
• Embed DevSecOps controls, including:
  • Vulnerability scanning
  • Secure build gates
  • Policy enforcement
• Collaborate with engineering and security teams to improve:
  • Build, test, and deployment workflows
  • Feedback loops and release quality
• Implement DevOps best practices across:
  • Automation
  • Version control strategies
  • Monitoring and release processes
• Troubleshoot and resolve pipeline, deployment, and security issues
• Provide documentation, knowledge transfer, and mentoring to internal teams

Required Skills & Experience

• Strong experience with Azure DevOps (CI/CD pipelines)
• Proven background in DevOps / DevSecOps consulting roles
• Hands-on experience integrating SAST and DAST tools into pipelines
• Solid understanding of secure software delivery practices
• Experience with:
  • Containerisation
  • Orchestration
• Strong knowledge of:
  • Git and branching strategies
  • Automation and infrastructure-as-code principles

Desirable Experience

• Experience with security tools
• Familiarity with Azure cloud architecture
• Experience working in regulated or security-sensitive environments