DV-Cleared Application Support Engineer - Contract (Outside IR35)

The Role We are seeking a DV-cleared Application Support Engineer to join our client's on-site team in the Cheltenham area. You will help maintain and support a managed cross-domain service, leveraging a broad range of technologies. The role focuses on site reliability engineering practices to ensure service resilience, continuous improvement, and operational excellence.

Location: Cheltenham, Gloucestershire Area (on-site minimum 4 days per week) Rate: £500 - £600 per day Clearance: Active DV clearance required Start : ASAP Duration : 6 months

Key Responsibilities Build & Deploy Manage and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Java, Maven, and NPM. Configure and execute automated test suites with Maven and Cypress. Deploy and configure services using Terraform and Ansible across OpenShift, RHEL/CentOS, and Docker. Configure and integrate third-party software and appliances. Monitoring & Verification Track service performance and availability using Influx and Grafana. Configure alerts to detect issues before they escalate. Analyse logs and investigate anomalies in system behaviour.