Full job description

DevOps Engineer

Up to £120,000

London (4-5 days a week in office)

This is an opportunity for a DevOps Engineer to work at the intersection of infrastructure engineering and AI technology within a high-performance environment. You will play a key role in building and scaling modern infrastructure platforms, with a particular focus on Kubernetes and on-premise environments that support business-critical workloads.

THE COMPANY

They are a globally operating investment and technology-driven organisation with a strong engineering culture. Their teams work closely with technical and business stakeholders to deliver robust, scalable infrastructure across a complex environment.

This role offers exposure to cutting-edge AI infrastructure initiatives while remaining firmly rooted in infrastructure and platform engineering. You will join a collaborative team that values technical excellence, automation, and continuous improvement.

THE ROLE

As a DevOps Engineer you will be responsible for designing, building, and supporting infrastructure and deployment platforms across predominantly on-premise environments.

Specifically, you can expect to be involved in the following:

• Building and supporting Kubernetes platforms and containerised workloads
• Developing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and GitHub Actions
• Automating infrastructure through Infrastructure as Code using Puppet or Terraform
• Managing Linux environments, including security, patching, performance, and systems administration
• Creating automation solutions using Bash, Python, or PowerShell
• Supporting software delivery, release management, and source control processes
• Working closely with infrastructure, platform engineering, and business teams to deliver scalable solutions
• Contributing to projects involving AI and high-performance infrastructure environments

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

The successful DevOps Engineer will have the following skills and experience:

• Strong commercial experience within DevOps, Platform Engineering, Infrastructure Engineering, or Site Reliability Engineering
• Hands-on Kubernetes experience, including deployment and administration
• Proven experience working within on-premise infrastructure environments
• Strong Linux administration and troubleshooting skills
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Puppet or Terraform
• CI/CD experience using Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or similar technologies
• Scripting experience with Bash, Python, or PowerShell
• Experience using Git-based source control tools
• Strong communication skills and the ability to work with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Experience working within Financial Services, Trading Technology or other regulated environments

BENEFITS

The successful Dev Ops Engineer will receive the following benefits:

• Salary up to £120,000 - depending on experience
• Up to 50% bonus

·        Cloud Platforms: AWS (VPC, EC2, IAM, S3, Lambda, CloudWatch, Route 53, Secrets Manager, SSM Parameter Store)

·        Containers & Orchestration: Docker, Kubernetes (Amazon EKS), Amazon ECS Fargate, Helm

·        Kubernetes Ecosystem: Karpenter, Horizontal Pod Autoscaler (HPA), EKS Pod Identity, AWS Load Balancer Controller, cert-manager, ExternalDNS

·        CI/CD & GitOps: Harness, CircleCI, JetBrains TeamCity, ArgoCD

·        Infrastructure as Code: Terraform, AWS CloudFormation

·        Databases: PostgreSQL, Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, Amazon ElastiCache (Redis)

·        Monitoring & Observability: Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, Dynatrace, CloudWatch

·        Security & Code Quality: SonarQube, Veracode, Wiz

·        Artefact Management: JFrog Artifactory, Amazon ECR

·        Programming & Scripting: Python, Bash, Linux

·        Core Competencies: Cloud Architecture, Disaster Recovery, Platform Engineering, Incident Management, Cost Optimisation, DevSecOps