DevOps Engineer - AWS & Terraform

Realex Payments; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary and benefits

London hub

Global recognition platform

Virgin Pulse access

Global employee assistance program

Job summary

Global Payments is seeking a DevOps Engineer to own and operate GitHub, CI/CD, and software delivery platforms. You’ll lead enterprise GitHub governance and high‑availability workloads, while promoting Copilot and AI‑assisted development from a central platform perspective.

Work spans design, automation, and guidance across engineering teams. You’ll join a central platform engineering team focused on secure, scalable tooling and fast delivery.

Qualifications

• Hands-on GitHub administration with enterprise governance and scale enablement.
• Strong experience with Kubernetes and Terraform.
• Hands-on experience managing and automating AWS infrastructure.
• Proficiency in Java, Python, Bash, or Go.
• Experience with Helm for Kubernetes packaging and deployment.
• Solid Linux fundamentals and operational support skills.
• Proven experience designing, operating, or supporting CI/CD pipelines.
• Knowledge of monitoring, alerting, and logging for cloud-native systems.
• Experience with configuration management tools such as Ansible.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with stakeholders.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related discipline, or equivalent practical experience.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and automate AWS infrastructure using Terraform and IaC best practices.
• Design, build, and operate containerized platforms using Docker and EKS.
• Design, build, and manage CI/CD platforms and tooling (GitHub Enterprise Runners, CloudBees Jenkins, Harness).
• Administer GitHub Enterprise Cloud for scalability, security, and reliability.
• Host and operate enterprise GitHub runners for organization-wide use.
• Provide technical guidance and enablement to development teams.
• Act as a GitHub and Copilot SME, promoting AI-assisted development practices.
• Work in an agile team and participate in code reviews, sprints, and demos.
• Contribute to project plans, schedules, and documentation.
• Deliver technical presentations to technical and business stakeholders.
• Perform other related duties to support platform and engineering.

Skills

GitHub administration

Kubernetes

AWS

CI/CD

Programming

Monitoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related discipline

Tools

Terraform

Helm

Ansible

Kubernetes

GitHub Enterprise Cloud

Job description

• Maintain and automate AWS infrastructure using Terraform and infrastructure-as-code best practices.
• Design, build, and operate containerized platforms using Docker and Amazon EKS.
• Design, build, and manage CI/CD platforms and tooling, including GitHub Enterprise Runners, CloudBees Jenkins, and Harness.
• Administer and govern the GitHub Enterprise Cloud platform to ensure scalability, security, and reliability.
• Host and operate enterprise GitHub runners for organization-wide consumption by development teams.
• Provide technical guidance, enablement, and consultation to development teams consuming the central CI/CD platform.
• Act as a GitHub and GitHub Copilot SME, promoting best practices for AI-assisted software development.
• Work within an agile team, ensuring alignment with sprint and PI objectives; participate in code reviews, sprint retrospectives, and technical demos.
• Contribute to or lead the development and execution of project plans, schedules, and documentation.
• Deliver technical and decision-seeking presentations to both technical and business stakeholders.
• Perform other related duties as required to support the platform and engineering organization.

Our Tech and Security teams keep us moving each day, no matter where we are in the world. From the hardware to the networks and everything between, they humbly make it all happen. As a DevOps Engineer at Global Payments, you'll join a central platform engineering team that owns and operates GitHub, CI/CD, and software delivery platforms used across the organization. Our mission is to provide secure, scalable, and reliable tooling that enables engineers to take applications from idea to production rapidly and safely. You'll champion modern GitHub and CI/CD administration practices - including ownership of enterprise GitHub runners for high-availability build/test/deploy workloads - and lead the adoption of GitHub Copilot and AI-assisted development from a central platform perspective.

• Hands‑on GitHub administration (Enterprise Cloud governance, configuration, and enterprise-scale enablement) or strong Linux system administration supporting production platforms.
• Strong experience with Kubernetes (container orchestration) and Terraform.
• Hands‑on experience managing and automating AWS infrastructure.
• Proficiency in one or more languages: Java, Python, Bash, or Go.
• Experience working with Helm for Kubernetes application packaging and deployment.
• Solid Linux fundamentals, troubleshooting, and operational support skills.
• Proven experience designing, operating, or supporting CI/CD automation and deployment pipelines.
• Knowledge of monitoring, alerting, and logging for distributed and cloud-native systems.
• Experience with configuration management tools, such as Ansible.
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills; excellent communication and presentation skills with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related discipline, or equivalent practical experience.

It's a bonus if you have

• Relevant certifications (Cloud, Infrastructure as Code, or Containerized Applications).

This is a good opportunity to bring in some of our values and behaviours

Make your mark at one of the biggest names in payments. We're looking for a DevOps Engineer to join our ever-evolving CI/CD Platform Team at Global Payments and help shape the future of global commerce.

Global Payments perks

• Competitive salary and benefits.
• Time to support charities and give back to your community.
• Parental leave policy.
• Global recognition platform.
• Virgin Pulse access.
• Global employee assistance program.
• London hub. Inspiring, stylish workspaces designed to bring people together and do their best work.

What makes a Globalpayer?

Globalpayers think like a client, act like an owner and win as one team. We're curious and innovative - always finding better ways to deliver impact. We empower each other to make decisions, and it's our passion that drives excellence in everything we set out to do.