Associate Director - DevOps

Moody's Investors Service; London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in financial services is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to join their Platform Engineering team in London. This role involves designing and maintaining infrastructure solutions, automating processes, and collaborating with development teams to enhance efficiency. Candidates should possess strong programming skills and experience with cloud technologies, alongside the ability to mentor less experienced engineers.

Qualifications

• Proficiency in programming languages, ideally Python and C/C++.
• Hands-on experience with cloud platforms like AWS or Azure.
• Experience managing large-scale Kubernetes deployments.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain scalable infrastructure solutions.
• Automate processes and collaborate with development teams.
• Manage and support infrastructure to ensure optimal performance.

Skills

Programming languages

Cloud Platforms

Kubernetes management

Problem-Solving

CI/CD Processes

Container Technologies

Mentorship

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in computer science or related field

Job description

Location(s):

• Minster Building, 21 Mincing Lane, 2nd Floor, London, EC3R 7AG, GB

Line Of Business: Platform Engineering(PE)

Job Category:

• Engineering & Technology

Experience Level: Experienced Hire

At Moody's, we unite the brightest minds to turn today’s risks into tomorrow’s opportunities. We do this by striving to create an inclusive environment where everyone feels welcome to be who they are-with the freedom to exchange ideas, think innovatively, and listen to each other and customers in meaningful ways.

If you are excited about this opportunity but do not meet every single requirement, please apply! You still may be a great fit for this role or other open roles. We are seeking candidates who model our values: invest in every relationship, lead with curiosity, champion diverse perspectives, turn inputs into actions, and uphold trust through integrity.

Skills and Competencies

• Proficiency in at least one and preferably two programming languages (e.g., Python, Rust, C/C++/C#).
• Cloud Platforms: Hands-on experience with AWS, Azure, or GCP, and familiarity with cloud-native architecture.
• Hands-on experience managing large-scale Kubernetes deployments. Expertise managing infrastructure as code using terraform
• Problem-Solving Skills: Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities, capable of working independently and collaboratively.
• CI/CD Processes: Strong background in continuous integration and continuous deployment practices.
• Container Technologies: Proficient with Docker, Kubernetes, and other container technologies.
• Mentorship: Ability to support and mentor other engineers on best practices, architecture, and quality.

Education

• Bachelor’s Degree: In computer science or a related field.

Responsibilities

As a Staff Software Engineer - Platform Engineering, you will design, implement, and maintain scalable and reliable infrastructure solutions. Your role will involve automating processes and collaborating with development teams to ensure seamless integration and deployment of applications. You will play a crucial role in enhancing the efficiency and effectiveness of our software development lifecycle, ensuring the highest level of service quality for clients and stakeholders.

• Infrastructure Automation: Develop and manage processes to deploy, configure, scale, and monitor applications using infrastructure as code.
• Development Collaboration: Work with development teams to facilitate experimentation, functional testing, and load-testing of applications.Evaluate and implement new tools and technologies to improve monitoring, logging, and operational efficiency.
• CI/CD Management: Create and oversee build and deploy workflows for product development and testing.Improve CI/CD pipelines and release processes to reduce deployment time and manual effort.
• Performance Management: Manage and support infrastructure and development applications to ensure optimal performance, availability, and security.
• Live site support: Troubleshoot and resolve platform-related issues, collaborating with cross-functional teams for effective solutions.Participate in 24x7 operational support and on-call rotations as a senior escalation point.
• Innovation: Engage in high-level team activities, suggesting architecture and process improvements, conducting tool evaluations, and researching new technologies to stay ahead in the industry.
• Security: Ensure infrastructure security and compliance with InfoSec requirements.
• Team Collaboration: Work closely with team members to ensure successful delivery and implementation of tasks, liaising with management as needed.
• Mentorship: Assist and guide less experienced team members, fostering a culture of learning and growth

About the team

Our Maxsight Platform Engineering team is responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining scalable solutions for running the application code

We play a crucial role in enhancing the efficiency and effectiveness of our software development lifecycle, ensuring the highest level of service quality for clients

Moody’s is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender expression, gender identity or any other characteristic protected by law.

Candidates for Moody's Corporation may be asked to disclose securities holdings pursuant to Moody’s Policy for Securities Trading and the requirements of the position. Employment is contingent upon compliance with the Policy, including remediation of positions in those holdings as necessary.