Lead DevSecOps Engineer - 6 month initial contract - 650 per day (INSIDE IR35) - 2-3 days per week onsite (range of locations available) Security Clearance: Due to the nature of the work, an active SC clearance is required for this role.We are looking for a Lead DevSecOps role to join a digital transformation programme. This position is responsible for ensuring that security is built into every part of the development lifecycle, specifically ensuring that security tooling (native and non-native) is properly embedded into CI/CD CI/CD pipelines. The role holder will be part of the transformation programmes including tech debt replacement and migration, embedding security to ensure seamless integration of new systems/ features and workflows.The Lead DevSecOps role will be responsible for ensuring that the replacement systems are security compliant, adhering to standards such as Secure by Design and GovAssure, utilising a shift left mentality to fix problems before production. This is as part of highly complex legacy replacements involving approximately 90,000 users.Essential skills and experience: Strong hands-on expertise in DevSecOps practices, particularly security automation in CI/CD and infrastructure-as-code pipelines.Deep understanding of modern DevOps tooling (e.g., GitHub Actions/ CircleCI, Terraform, Kubernetes, Docker) with secure configurations.Experience implementing security controls in cloud-native environments (e.g., AWS or Azure) including IAM, network ..... full job details .....