Job Title: Senior DevSecOps Engineer Type: Contract (outside IR35) Salary: £600 to £635 per day Start Date - ASAP Location - Fully remote My client is looking for a Senior DevSecOps Engineer, who has strong GitLab experience to assess and evolve their platform architecture in alignment with best-in-class reference models. In this critical role, you’ll evaluate the performance and maturity of the platform and DevSecOps ecosystem, helping them to scale and innovate across a complex, high-availability environment. You will work closely with internal stakeholders and external partners to identify and implement strategic changes. Key Responsibilities: • Assess the current platform architecture for alignment with reference architecture principles. • Evaluate ecosystem maturity, particularly DevSecOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, and platform performance. • Design and implement architectural changes that support zero-downtime upgrades, leveraging GitLab GEO features. • Analyse current artifact management solutions (handling 7PB+ in Artifactory) and recommend improvements. • Champion scalable, fault-tolerant, and secure platform design across the organisation. Key Requirements: • Proven experience in DevSecOps, with a deep understanding of modern CI/CD ecosystems. • Strong background in platform architecture and infrastructure as code. Hands-on experience with: • GitLab, ideally including GitLab GEO • Designing and operating high-availability, fault-tolerant systems • Strong stakeholder engagement and cross-functional collaboration skills. • Experience working in or with the automotive industry is a plus Equal Opportunity Statement We are committed to diversity and inclusivity.