One of our Government clients is looking for an experienced DevOps Cloud Engineer to join them for a 6 month contract. They are offering 560 per day INSIDE IR35.Our client is based near Milton Keynes - commutable from Northampton, East Midlands, Bedford, Luton or Central London. They offer hybrid working, 3 days per week on site.This role is working in a Security Cleared environment. You will need to be SC or DV (developed vetting) cleared or eligible to undertake SC or DV Security Clearance.Role ResponsibilitiesIntegrate security practices throughout the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC).Work with cross functional teams to build, deploy and optimise Azure infrastructure and applications.Implement secure design principles and define appropriate cloud security controls.Select and integrate tooling into the CI/CD pipeline.Automate security testing, compliance checks and operational procedures.Monitor security alerts and support incident response and remediation activities.Participate in code reviews, sprint planning, reviews and scrums.Provide technical guidance to team members across distributed teams.Apply strong problem solving skills to resolve infrastructure and application challenges.Essential Skills ExperienceProficient in Azure DevOps, Azure Repos, Terraform, PowerShell and Infrastructure as Code tools.Experience with Cloud Adoption Framework/Landing Zones.Strong knowledge of Checkov, CI/CD, autoscaling and cloud native tooling.Hands on experience with Azure Migrate