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DevSecOps Consultant

Sheffield
3 weeks ago
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DevOps Security Consultant

We are looking for a DevSecOps Consultant to join a financial services client based in Sheffield. There is flexibility for this person to be based out of the Birmingham office as well. The team follow a hybrid pattern with a requirement to be in the office 3-days per week. This contract is inside IR35.

The Role

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior Cybersecurity SME / Consultant to join the Engineering Excellence and Enablement team. The successful candidate will work across global engineering platforms to benchmark, uplift, and continuously evolve cybersecurity maturity. The successful candidate will play a critical role in ensuring that build systems, runtime infrastructure, and developer tooling are secure by design, while enabling rapid and resilient software delivery across the bank.

This role offers a unique opportunity to shape the cybersecurity posture of engineering platforms at one of the world’s leading financial institutions, ensuring the bank can deliver digital services securely, reliably, and at scale.

Key Responsibilities:

Framework and Assessment

  • Develop and maintain an Engineering-Platform Cybersecurity Maturity Framework to standardise assessments across platforms.

  • Conduct comprehensive platform security reviews (build systems, CI/CD pipelines, runtime infrastructure, developer tooling) against defined framework criteria.

  • Perform threat modelling and gap analysis, identifying vulnerabilities and systemic risks impacting source code, artifacts, and workloads.

    Roadmap Development & Execution

  • Prioritise identified gaps based on business risk, regulatory impact, and operational criticality.

  • Collaborate with platform owners and engineering leads to build actionable security roadmaps, balancing quick wins with long-term strategic improvements.

  • Partner with engineering teams to design, develop, and embed security patterns and best practices into engineering platforms.

    Stakeholder Engagement & Governance

  • Serve as a trusted advisor to platform owners, senior technology stakeholders, and Cybersecurity leadership, translating technical risks into business impact.

  • Represent the function in key governance forums, providing updates on maturity progress, roadmap delivery, and risk posture.

  • Influence and align stakeholders across federated engineering teams to ensure consistent adoption of cybersecurity best practices.

    Continuous Improvement

  • Track and report maturity scores, ensuring measurable improvement across platforms.

  • Continuously evolve the maturity framework in response to emerging threats, technology evolution, and regulatory expectations.

  • Drive a culture of secure-by-design engineering through engagement, advocacy, and knowledge sharing.

    Experienced required:

  • Proven expertise in Cybersecurity within large-scale, regulated financial institutions or similarly complex environments.

  • Deep technical knowledge of engineering platforms, including CI/CD systems, build tools, artifact repositories, runtime environments, and developer tooling.

  • Strong experience with DevSecOps practices, including secure pipeline design, integration of security scanning tools, and automation of security controls.

  • Demonstrable ability to conduct threat modelling, platform security assessments, and gap analysis.

  • Experience building and implementing maturity models, frameworks, or roadmaps in complex enterprise environments.

  • Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence senior leadership and drive change across federated technology teams.

  • Excellent communication skills, with the ability to translate technical risk into business impact.

    Desirable:

  • Professional certifications such as CISSP, CISM, CCSK, CCSP, or equivalent.

  • Hands-on knowledge of cloud security (AWS, Azure, GCP) and container orchestration platforms (e.g., Kubernetes).

  • Experience in international and diverse environments, with exposure to regulatory engagement.

  • Familiarity with engineering excellence practices such as SLSA, supply chain security, SBOM, or secure developer tooling initiatives.

    More details available on successful application

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