DevOps Engineer

A leading enterprise within the financial services sector is seeking an experienced DevOps Engineer to support and optimise modern cloud and hybrid infrastructure environments.

This role requires a highly independent, delivery-focused professional with deep expertise in DevOps principles, CI/CD automation, and multi-environment deployments across cloud and on-premise platforms. The successful candidate will work within a fast-paced, compliance-driven environment where reliability, scalability, and security are critical.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, implement and optimise CI/CD pipelines
• Automate infrastructure provisioning and deployment processes
• Deploy and manage workloads across AWS, Kubernetes, and on-premise environments
• Implement DevOps best practices, patterns, and governance standards
• Collaborate with development, QA, security, and infrastructure teams
• Improve release cycles, build reliability, and deployment automation
• Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimise system performance and availability
• Ensure secure DevOps practices within a regulated enterprise environment

Minimum Requirements

• Proven experience as a DevOps Engineer within enterprise environments
• Strong hands‑on experience with Azure DevOps
• Experience with GitHub Actions (advantageous)
• Experience deploying solutions to:
• AWS
• Kubernetes (K8s)
• On‑premise server environments
• Solid understanding of CI/CD pipeline design and automation
• Experience working in regulated or financial services environments (advantageous)

Technical Skills

• DevOps principles and patterns
• CI/CD pipeline implementation
• Infrastructure as Code (Terraform/ARM/Bicep advantageous)
• Containerisation and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Cloud deployments (AWS; Azure exposure advantageous)
• Source control and branching strategies
• Release management and deployment governance
• Scripting (PowerShell, Bash, or Python advantageous)
• Monitoring and logging tools

Behavioural Competencies

• Highly independent and self‑driven
• Strong delivery and deadline focus
• Analytical problem‑solving ability
• Excellent stakeholder communication skills
• Ability to operate within structured governance environments

Desired Skills

• DevOps Engineer
• Azure DevOps
• CI/CD Pipelines
• Kubernetes
• K8s
• Infrastructure as Code
• IaC
• Cloud Deployment