Mission freelance DevOps Engineer - SC Cleared - Remote Working

DevOps Engineer - Remote Working with occasional site visits

Must have an Active SC Clearance

- Support platform enhancements, service onboarding, incident investigation and operational improvements.

DevOps Engineer Responsibilities

- Develop, implement and maintain DevOps and platform engineering solutions supporting Dynatrace and associated observability services.
- Deliver infrastructure and configuration changes using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and Configuration as Code (CaC).
- Implement automated deployment pipelines using source control, peer reviews and testing.
- Support cloud infrastructure and integrations across AWS and Azure environments.
- Build and maintain monitoring, logging, tracing, dashboards and actionable alerting capabilities.
- Support platform onboarding, integration testing and deployment verification.
- Investigate technical incidents and resolve infrastructure or integration issues.
- Apply security controls, least-privilege access and secure configuration practices.
- Manage production releases, including rollback planning and operational validation.
- Develop technical documentation, operational runbooks and engineering guidance.
- Collaborate with architects, security specialists, engineering teams and service management stakeholders.
- Ensure engineering changes comply with approved architecture, technical standards and governance requirements.

DevOps Engineer Skills and Experience

- Proven DevOps, platform engineering or infrastructure automation experience.
- Strong experience using version control, peer review and automated CI/CD deployment pipelines.
- Hands-on Infrastructure as Code or Configuration as Code experience using Terraform or comparable declarative automation tools.
- Experience implementing and supporting cloud infrastructure within AWS or Azure.
- Strong understanding of cloud identity, connectivity, security and operational requirements.
- Practical experience implementing or supporting observability and monitoring platforms.
- Experience working with metrics, logs, traces, events, dashboards and alerting.
- Proven experience testing, deploying and supporting changes within live production environments.
- Strong troubleshooting, incident investigation and technical problem-solving capabilities.
- Experience applying security principles, including least-privilege access and secure configuration.
- Ability to produce technical documentation, operational runbooks and deployment evidence.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills across multidisciplinary engineering teams.
- Ability to work within established architecture and engineering standards while escalating complex technical decisions.

To apply, please send your CV by pressing the apply button.

Due to high volume of applications, only shortlisted CVs will be contacted.


Due to the nature and urgency of this post, candidates holding or who have held high level security clearance in the past are most welcome to apply. Please note successful applicants will be required to be security cleared prior to appointment which can take a minimum 10 weeks. LA International is an award-winning partner of choice for many of the world's most influential companies and government organisations. Holding Enhanced Government Security Accreditation, we are recognised as the European market leader in the delivery of Security Cleared talent to organisations that demand the very highest levels of security, compliance and assurance.

An award-winning organisation, having secured the prestigious Queens Award for Enterprise: International Trade over multiple years. We are committed to fostering an inclusive, equitable and accessible workplace where everyone feels valued and supported. We welcome applications from all individuals, regardless of background or identity, and we encourage candidates who may not meet every listed requirement to still apply. If you require any adjustments or support during the recruitment process, please let us know and we will work with you to ensure a fair and accessible experience.

Please Note: If a high volume of applications is received, only candidates shortlisted will be contacted.