Job Title
DevSecOps Engineer - AI & Automation
Ref #
53527
Date posted
Wednesday, April 23, 2025
Country
United Kingdom
Location
Leamington Spa
Business area
IT
Department
IT
Position level
F - Principal / Senior
Working time
Full Time
Contract type
Permanent
Working pattern
8:30am - 5:30pm Monday to Friday
What to Expect
We are recruiting for a DevSecOps Engineer - AI & Automation join our fantastic engineering team in Leamington Spa. As the DevSecOps Engineer - AI & Automation you will be responsible for automating CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure, and security processes using AI-driven DevOps tools, ensuring shift-left efficiency, scalability, and security across the luxury EV digital ecosystem.

Please note some of our positions are hybrid, we are open to discussing for this position. Further details can be found on the application page.

What You'll Do
  • Working in partnership with the AI/Automation team to implement AI-driven security, observability, and infrastructure automation.
  • Aligning with Cybersecurity and Compliance teams to ensure security best practices and regulatory compliance.
  • Embeding AI-driven automation into the company’s cloud infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, and security workflows.
  • Creating AI-powered CI/CD automation to improve deployment efficiency and software quality.
  • Working on the Integration of AI-driven security tools for vulnerability scanning, anomaly detection, and compliance automation.
  • Collaborating with engineering teams to implement automated testing, monitoring, and security best practices.
  • Optimising Kubernetes, containerisation, and AWS-native infrastructure for high performance and resilience.

What You'll Bring
  • 5+ years of experience in DevOps, Cloud Engineering, or SRE roles.
  • Strong experience with CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC), and cloud automation.
  • Hands-on experience with AI-driven DevOps tools (GitLab AI, AIOps, AI-powered security scanning).
  • Deep knowledge of AWS services (EKS, EC2, Lambda, ECS, S3, IAM, etc.).
  • Proficiency in scripting and automation (Python or Golang preferred).
  • Experience with Kubernetes, Docker, and Terraform for infrastructure orchestration.
  • Understanding of shift-left security, DevSecOps principles, and security-as-code.
  • Strong collaboration skills to integrate AI-powered DevOps solutions across engineering teams.

Desirable:

  • Experience with predictive analytics and AI-powered observability tools.
  • Familiarity with serverless architectures and cloud-native best practices.
  • Passion for automation, AI-driven innovation, and cybersecurity.
  • Strong problem-solving abilities and ability to work in a fast-paced startup environment.

What We'll Do for You

We offer a wide – ranging benefits package, which includes:

  • Structured career development framework
  • 25 days’ holiday, plus bank holiday. Annual buy & sell up to five days
  • Enhanced company pension scheme
  • Discretionary annual bonus award
  • Private medical insurance and health cash plan
  • Life assurance benefit
  • Ability to apply for a sabbatical of up to one year after only two years’ service
  • Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping
  • Generous parental leave policies
  • A range of wellbeing initiatives, such as employee assistance programme and free financial & mortgage advice
Who Are We?

No restraints. No limitations. We don’t simply push boundaries. We completely rethink them. McLaren Automotive exists to create breath-taking performance road cars.

It takes a community to do what we do. A diverse group of people with many areas of expertise, united by their passion to deliver visionary products and set new benchmarks. 

McLaren Automotive commits to equal opportunity for all. Diversity, Equality and Inclusion is at the heart of our impact, it drives our innovation and enables us to truly create something special. Join us on our journey.