# Lead DevOps Engineer (MI6 - Permanent)

Join MI6 as a Lead DevOps Engineer, where you'll play a crucial role in protecting the UK and disrupting hostile state activities. You'll lead a team of engineers, drive improvements in software deployment and operations, and promote effective DevOps practices. Enjoy flexible working, generous leave, and a range of benefits. Missions Lead a team of engineers in the DevOps capability, providing technical leadership and driving improvements in software deployment, operation, and maintenance. Enhance CI/CD pipelines, automation, and release processes, using AI safely to boost deployment efficiency and operational productivity. Promote effective DevOps practices, ensuring a careful balance between delivery pace and the essential requirements of security, resilience, and service stability. Profil recherché You'll be self-motivated, with high standards and a commitment to delivering high-quality results. You'll have experience using AI within engineering processes, reviewing AI output, and guiding AI to produce software and deployments that meet corporate standards. You'll also be skilled at integrating AI capabilities into production systems, including familiarity with emerging standard

- **Id**: 3723270
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/mi5-lead-devops-engineer-mi6-permanent>
- **Role**: DevOps
- **Role family**: DevOps
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: London, United Kingdom
- **Countries**: GB
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-02T10:04:57Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-04
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-07T15:55:35Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 5
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 1698
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Flexible schedule
- **Relocation offered**: no

## Company

- **Id**: 1764552
- **Name**: MI5
- **Domain**: mi5.gov.uk
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/mi5-gov-uk>
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Welcome to the Jungle

## Salary

- **Min**: 77242
- **Currency**: GBP
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 103631

## Technologies

- **CI/CD** — Optional: no
- **Model Context Protocol** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 5

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-04T03:47:37Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 90
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.902
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 4
- **Expected fill days**: 28
- **Reasons**: conf:2, velocity, win:early
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-07T05:47:08Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 103631
- **Is top pay**: no

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