DevOps Engineer

TP ICAP Group Services Ltd; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

TP ICAP Group Services Ltd is seeking a DevOps Engineer in London to enhance software delivery and reliability through automation and CI/CD practices. This role involves collaborating with developers and central technology teams to optimise deployment pipelines and embrace DevOps principles.

The ideal candidate will have a degree in a relevant discipline, strong scripting skills, and experience with cloud platforms like AWS. The position offers a hybrid work model.

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of modern software delivery practices.
• Proficiency in at least one programming language (Python, C#, Java, JavaScript).
• Experience working within agile delivery teams.

Responsibilities

• Support adoption of agile and DevOps practices across engineering teams.
• Automate build, deployment, and release processes.
• Maintain strong relationships with stakeholders.

Skills

DevOps principles

Automation

CI/CD tooling (GitLab, Jenkins)

Cloud platforms (AWS)

Scripting skills (Python, Bash)

Education

Degree in a relevant discipline or equivalent industry experience

Tools

Docker

Terraform

Kubernetes

Job description

Role Overview

The DevOps Engineer will enable modern engineering practices by driving automation, optimising deployment pipelines, and embedding DevOps principles across development and operational teams. The role requires a technically skilled, collaborative engineer who can partner with developers, architects, and central technology teams to enhance software delivery, reliability, and operational efficiency.

Responsibilities

• Support adoption of agile and DevOps practices across engineering teams.
• Automate build, deployment, and release processes for on‑premise and cloud applications.
• Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines and associated tooling.
• Contribute to architecture and implementation of microservices, containerised workloads, and serverless solutions.
• Develop automation solutions for environment provisioning, monitoring, and logging.
• Collaborate with cloud, platform, and development teams to enhance delivery efficiency.
• Maintain strong relationships with stakeholders to promote best‑practice engineering approaches.
• Contribute to continual improvement of engineering tooling, processes, and standards.
• Perform additional duties as required to support business and technology objectives.

Experience / Competences

• Essential: Degree in a relevant discipline or equivalent industry experience.
• Strong understanding of DevOps principles, automation, and modern software delivery practices.
• Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, and operating systems including Windows and Linux.
• Proficiency in at least one programming language (Python, C#, Java, JavaScript).
• Strong scripting skills (Python, Bash, PowerShell, or similar).
• Hands‑on experience with CI/CD tooling (GitLab, Jenkins, TFS, CloudBees).
• Experience with containerisation technologies and writing Dockerfiles/manifests.
• Working knowledge of infrastructure‑as‑code tooling (Terraform, CloudFormation, CDK).
• Experience working within agile delivery teams.
• Understanding of multi‑tier architectures and application deployment patterns.
• Desired: Experience with monitoring, observability, and logging platforms.
• Familiarity with Kubernetes or managed orchestration services (EKS).
• Exposure to serverless architectures and microservices design.
• Knowledge of networking concepts relevant to cloud and distributed systems.
• Experience collaborating with cross‑functional engineering and platform teams.
• Ability to influence engineering improvements across multiple teams.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to explain technical concepts to non‑technical stakeholders.

Role Band & Level

Professional, 5. #LI-Hybrid #LI-ASO

Location: UK – 135 Bishopsgate – London