DevOps Engineer - AWS & Terraform

Global Payments; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary and benefits.

Time to support charities and giveback

Parental leave policy

Global recognition platform

Virgin Pulse access

Global employee assistance program

Job summary

Global Payments in London is seeking a seasoned DevOps Engineer to own and evolve our CI/CD Platform Team. You will automate AWS infrastructure with Terraform, run containerized platforms on Docker and EKS, and manage CI/CD tooling across the organization.

You’ll lead GitHub Enterprise Cloud governance, champion GitHub Copilot adoption, and collaborate with agile teams to deliver reliable, scalable software delivery.

Qualifications

• 5+ years as a Platform/DevOps/Cloud Engineer.
• Hands-on GitHub Enterprise Cloud governance or strong Linux system administration.
• 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 automation and deployment pipelines.
• Knowledge of monitoring, alerting, and logging for distributed and cloud-native systems.
• Experience with Ansible.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and automate AWS infrastructure using Terraform and IaC best practices.
• Design, build, and operate containerized platforms using Docker and Amazon 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 consumption by development teams.
• Provide guidance to development teams using the central CI/CD platform.
• Act as a GitHub and GitHub Copilot SME to promote AI-assisted development practices.
• Work in an Agile team and participate in code reviews and demos.
• Develop project plans, schedules, and documentation.

Skills

GitHub Enterprise

Kubernetes

Terraform

AWS

Java

Python

Bash

Go

Helm

Ansible

CI/CD pipelines

Docker

GitHub Copilot

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related discipline

Tools

CloudBees Jenkins

Harness

GitHub Enterprise Cloud

EKS

Job description

Ready to take your career global? 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.

What you’ll own

• 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.

What you’ll bring

• 5+ years as a Platform/DevOps/Cloud Engineer.
• 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

• Think like a client: We care deeply about our clients’ success. We ask, listen and learn — curious to understand
• Act like an owner: We take accountability — We’re innovative — always finding better ways to deliver impact.
• Win as one team: We value inclusive and global teams — embracing different perspectives and ideas. It’s always ‘we,’ never ‘me.’ We’re determined to succeed together.

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.

Where you’ll own it

• London hub.

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.

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.

Does this sound like you? Then you sound like a Globalpayer.

Global Payments and Worldpay recently joined forces, and we’re currently operating across two Workday application systems. If you don’t see one of your applications here, it may have been submitted in the Worldpay Workday system instead.

At Global Payments (NYSE : GPN), we empower simple, fast, secure payments for everyone. And to do that, we’ve built a complete, worldwide commerce ecosystem that delivers software and services at scale to millions of companies around the world—from ambitious startups to global enterprises. Our team of 27,000 experts is dedicated to your success. Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, we're a Fortune 500® company and a member of the S&P 500 with worldwide reach spanning North America, Europe, Asia Pacific and Latin America. Wherever you are—or wherever you want to be—we’re there, ready to support you.

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