DevOps Engineer

Kharon; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 105,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully-sponsored private health insured

Pension plan with employer contrib.

Annual leave + bank holidays

Job summary

Kharon is seeking a DevOps Engineer to lead cloud infrastructure design for its high‑performance SaaS apps in a hybrid London setting. You will drive automation, CI/CD pipelines, and tooling while ensuring security and reliability.

The role emphasizes container orchestration with Kubernetes, AWS experience, and IaC practices; collaboration across teams is essential for rapid, secure delivery.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in DevOps, Platform, or Infrastructure Engineering roles.
• Strong software development background with deep language expertise.
• Hands-on with Docker and container orchestration (Kubernetes preferred).
• Experience with AWS or another major cloud provider.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code and cloud automation tooling (OpenTofu preferred).
• Experience building fully automated CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions and ArgoCD preferred).
• Solid understanding of monitoring, networking, and security; depth in at least one area.
• Strong command of Linux systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and evolution of cloud infrastructure for Kharon's high‑performance SaaS apps.
• Build and improve automation for infrastructure provisioning, tooling, and workflows to boost velocity.
• Monitor system health, capacity, and incidents to uphold SLA commitments.
• Embed security-first principles in architecture, automation and operations.
• Design and maintain systems for DR, backups, monitoring, and performance/security.
• Collaborate cross‑functionally as a hands‑on contributor, adopting new tools quickly.

Skills

Programming

CI/CD

Linux

Monitoring

Networking

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

OpenTofu

GitHub Actions

ArgoCD

Job description

Department: Engineering

Location: London, UK

Compensation: £90,000–£105,000 per year with discretionary bonus

Work Arrangement: Hybrid, 3 days per week

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and evolution of cloud infrastructure supporting Kharon's high‑performance SaaS applications, with a focus on API‑driven, infrastructure‑as‑code control planes
• Build and continuously improve automation for infrastructure provisioning, developer tooling, and internal workflows to increase engineering velocity
• Monitor system health and capacity, proactively identifying limitations and alerting on potential production issues to uphold SLA commitments
• Embed security‑first principles into infrastructure architecture, automation design, and day‑to‑day operations
• Design and maintain systems for operational administration, backup, disaster recovery, and performance/security monitoring
• Collaborate cross‑functionally as a hands‑on contributor—giving and receiving feedback openly and adapting quickly to new tools and technologies

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in a DevOps, Platform, or Infrastructure Engineering role
• Strong software development background, with deep expertise in at least one programming language
• Hands‑on experience with Docker and container orchestration (Kubernetes preferred)
• Experience with a major cloud provider (AWS preferred)
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code and cloud automation tooling (OpenTofu preferred)
• Experience building fully automated CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions and ArgoCD preferred)
• Solid understanding of monitoring, networking, and security, with depth in at least one area
• Strong command of Linux systems

Bonus Points

• Experience managing high‑availability, multi‑AZ, and multi‑region environments
• Experience architecting and building internal developer tooling
• Experience building observability tooling, dashboards, and alerting for application performance and stability
• Experience with distributed systems or microservice architecture

About Kharon

Kharon operates at the nexus of global security and is on a mission to revolutionize the current landscape. We take complex data as it relates to global security and empower our clients to not only understand the risk associated with their potential business relationships but to operationalize that data so that they can make the best and most informed decisions possible. From financial crimes and sanctions to export controls and threat identifications, our tools optimize protection against risks that could otherwise be dangerously costly to any business. Serving many of today's leading global financial and multinational institutions, Kharon products are the most powerful in the space with precision and depth that is unsurpassed. When you look at any major global crisis event, we're providing intelligence that is at the heart of those circumstances. We connect the dots in a meaningful way. As the world continues to evolve in complexity, so too does the demand for our products, and we are looking for a DevOps Engineer to help shape how businesses perceive and navigate global risks.

Company Benefits

• Fully‑sponsored private health insurance
• Pension plan with 3% employer contribution
• Annual leave plus bank holidays

DISCLOSURES

Kharon is committed to cultivating and maintaining a workplace that is free from harassment and discrimination. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, ethnicity, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation or identity, neurodiversity, appearances, age, protected veteran status, or status as a qualified individual with disability. We are committed to making reasonable adjustments to support disabled applicants and employees. If you require any adjustment to participate in the recruitment process, please contact [e-mail]. You must have the right to work in the UK. Kharon is unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role.

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