SC CLEARED CANDIDATES REQUIRED Location: Remote with adhok travel to Leeds or london Rate: 475.00£/day inside IR35 Start date: ASAP Length: 6month+ Summary Senior DevSecOps Lead with strong expertise in cloud-native architecture, security, and resilience to set the technical direction for our development teams. This role bridges development and operations while ensuring secure, scalable, and resilient systems. The ideal candidate will have deep experience in AWS, API management, infrastructure automation, and secure software development practices, combined with the ability to guide teams on security posture, vulnerability management, and compliance alignment. Key role and responsibilities Architecture andamp; Technical Leadership Define and enforce platform architecture standards with a focus on security, resilience, and scalability. Provide technical direction and mentorship to development and DevOps teams. Drive adoption of secure coding practices, threat modelling, and resilient design patterns. Security andamp; Compliance Implement and maintain security best practices across CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure. Lead vulnerability management, including scanning, remediation, and dependency upgrades. Ensure API security using OAuth, JWT, API keys, and other mechanisms. Collaborate with InfoSec teams to align with organizational compliance frameworks. Platform Maintenance andamp; Resilience Oversee regular upgrades of libraries, packages, and infrastructure components