DevOps Engineer, AWS, Kubernetes & GitOps

NatWest Group; Manchester; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading bank in the UK is seeking an experienced DevOps Engineer to design and operate cloud-native platforms and delivery pipelines. You will enhance DevOps maturity across teams while implementing modern practices using infrastructure as code, primarily with Terraform. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience with Kubernetes, AWS, and applicable tools such as GitLab and Argo CD. By joining, you will promote technical change and contribute to building robust platforms that elevate customer experiences.

Qualifications

• Experience in deploying and supporting business-critical systems in production.
• Ability to work effectively in regulated or complex organizations.
• Curiosity and strong engineering instinct.

Responsibilities

• Design and operate cloud-native platforms and delivery pipelines.
• Mentor teams to achieve higher levels of DevOps maturity.
• Build and maintain infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code.
• Support Kubernetes networking, security, and observability.

Skills

Infrastructure as Code

GitOps practices

Kubernetes networking

AWS

CI/CD

Automation

Tools

Terraform

GitLab

Argo CD

Cilium

Grafana

Job description

Join us as a DevOps Engineer

• You’ll promote technical and cultural change by accelerating learning journeys and the progressive adoption of our DevOps centre‑of‑excellence tools, practices and standards
• You’ll build trusted partnerships with engineering and platform teams to make resilient, commercially focused, commercially focused technology decisions that deliver long‑term value for the bank
• Step into a role where you can help build and evolve DevOps capability, culture and ways of working at scale, shaping how engineering gets done across the bank

What you'll do

As a DevOps Engineer, you’ll work closely with feature and platform teams to design, build and operate cloud native platforms and delivery pipelines. You’ll mentor and coach teams to higher levels of DevOps maturity, helping them adopt modern automation, reliability and operational practices that enhance the end customer experience. You’ll also design, build and operate AWS based platforms with a strong focus on Kubernetes. You’ll assess current DevOps and platform capabilities to identify gaps, and support teams in closing them through hands on enablement, reusable patterns and targeted learning.

You’ll also be:

• Implementing and supporting GitOps workflows using tools such as Argo CD and GitLab
• Building and maintaining infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code, primarily Terraform
• Supporting Kubernetes networking, security and observability using tools such as Cilium and the Grafana suite
• Enabling scalable, efficient and cost aware platforms, including autoscaling approaches such as Karpenter
• Demonstrating how to measure, understand and visualise the flow and delivery of value using DevOps and reliability metrics
• Contributing to DevOps centre-of-excellence standards, policies, tooling and reference architectures
• Making sure platform and delivery decisions are based on robust data, security requirements, return on investment and thoughtful cost management

The skills you'll need

Our bank builds secure, scalable and reliable platforms that power brilliant customer experiences, and we rely on DevOps leaders who can help us deliver them. We’re looking for an experienced DevOps Engineer with a strong background in building and operating production grade platforms in cloud environments and deploying and supporting business‑critical systems in production. You’ll also bring the ability to work effectively in regulated or complex organisations.

You’ll thrive in this role if you bring curiosity, a strong engineering instinct and the desire to shape platforms and practices that raise the bar for DevOps across the bank.

You’ll demonstrate:

• Practical experience with Infrastructure as Code, particularly Terraform
• Experience implementing CI/CD and GitOps practices using tools such as GitLab and Argo CD
• Knowledge of Kubernetes networking, security and observability, ideally including Cilium, Ingress and the Grafana ecosystem
• Experience working with modern DevOps practices, including automation, reliability engineering and continuous improvement
• The ability to coach, influence and enable teams, balancing engineering excellence with commercial awareness
• Strong experience with AWS and container orchestration using Kubernetes and Helm