Wolters Kluwer Holdings (UK) Limited

Principal Engineer – DevSecOps & AI – Wolters Kluwer Holdings (UK) Limited – Alphen aan den Rijn

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Join us at Wolters Kluwer and be part of a dynamic global technology company that makes a difference every day. We’re innovators with impact. We provide expert software and information solutions that the world’s leading professionals rely on, in the moments that matter most.

As part of this mission, we’re looking for a driven and experienced Principal Software Engineer (DevSecOps) to act as the technical authority for automated delivery, security, and platform reliability across our product engineering organization.

Mission:

This role is responsible for designing, building, and evolving highly automated CI/CD pipelines and secure software delivery platforms that enable teams to ship frequently, safely, and at scale.

You will operate as a hands-on technical leader, shaping DevSecOps strategy through code, automation, and architecture, while influencing standards and practices across multiple engineering teams.

The core mission is to make secure, compliant, and reliable software delivery the default — not the exception.

Key Responsibilities:

CI/CD & Delivery Platform Engineering

  • Design and build highly automated, scalable CI/CD pipelines for:Microservices, APIs, and platform servicesInfrastructure-as-CodeAI/ML and Agentic AI workloads
  • Establish pipeline blueprints that are:Secure by defaultReusable and self-serviceCloud-agnostic where appropriate
  • Enable progressive delivery strategies:Blue-green and canary deploymentsFeature flags and controlled rollouts
  • DevSecOps & Supply Chain Security

  • Embed security controls directly into pipelines, including:SAST, DAST, and SCAContainer and image scanningIaC security and policy checksSBOM generation and verification
  • Design and enforce secure software supply chain practices:Provenance and artifact signingDependency governanceSecrets management and rotation
  • Partner with Security teams to translate policies into automated, enforceable controls
  • Cloud, Infrastructure & Automation

  • Engineer platform automation using:Kubernetes and container platformsInfrastructure-as-Code (Terraform, CloudFormation, ARM, etc.)GitOps patterns for infrastructure and application delivery
  • Build secure, repeatable environment provisioning for:Dev, test, staging, and productionMulti-tenant and regulated workloads
  • Optimize pipelines and infrastructure for cost, speed, and reliability
  • Observability, Reliability & Resilience

  • Integrate observability into delivery pipelines:Metrics, logs, and traces (e.g., OpenTelemetry)Deployment health and rollback signals
  • Define and support SRE-aligned practices:Error budgetsDeployment reliability metrics
  • Enable fast detection and recovery from pipeline or production failure
  • Technical Leadership & Influence

  • Act as a principal-level technical advisor across engineering teams
  • Set standards and reference implementations for:CI/CDSecure deliveryPlatform automation
  • Review designs and code for high-risk or high-impact areas
  • Mentor senior engineers in DevSecOps and platform engineering practices
  • Drive adoption of best practices through enablement, not mandates
  • Required Experience & Skill:

    DevSecOps & Platform Engineering

  • 12+ years of software engineering experience, with deep focus on DevSecOps, CI/CD, and platform automation
  • Proven track record of building and operating enterprise-scale automated delivery platforms
  • Strong understanding of software supply chain security
  • CI/CD Tooling & Automation

  • Extensive hands-on experience with:CI/CD systems (e.g., GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Azure DevOps, Jenkins)Artifact repositories and registriesPipeline-as-code and reusable templates
  • Experience designing self-service developer platforms
  • Cloud & Infrastructure

  • Strong experience with one or more cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP)
  • Deep knowledge of:Kubernetes and container orchestrationInfrastructure-as-CodeNetworking, identity, and secrets management
  • Understanding of cloud-agnostic delivery patterns
  • Security & Compliance

  • Hands-on experience implementing:SAST, DAST, SCAContainer and IaC security scanningPolicy-as-code (OPA, similar)
  • Familiarity with compliance frameworks (SOC 2, ISO 27001, PCI, etc.)
  • Experience translating security requirements into automated controls
  • Engineering Mindset

  • Strong coding skills in one or more languages (e.g., Python, Go, Java, Shell)
  • Comfortable debugging complex pipeline and infrastructure issues
  • Pragmatic, outcome-driven approach to security and automation
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills
  • Nice to Have:

  • Experience supporting AI/ML or Agentic AI pipelines
  • Familiarity with GitOps tooling (Argo CD, Flux)
  • Exposure to regulated or highly audited environments
  • Experience contributing to internal developer platforms or golden paths
  • If you think that you have the needed requirements click on the apply button to join us and be the difference. If making a difference matters to you, then you matter to us.

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