DevOps Engineer (Supporting AI)

JR United Kingdom; Cheltenham; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial institution seeks a Senior DevOps Engineer to join a multi-year AI programme, focusing on infrastructure automation and CI/CD integration. The role demands strong knowledge in Azure, Docker, and Kubernetes, offering a flexible start date and competitive rates with an option for full-time or contract employment.

Qualifications

• Experience with CI/CD and GitLab is crucial.
• Strong understanding of cloud platforms, especially Azure.
• Hands-on experience with Docker and Kubernetes is required.

Responsibilities

• Automate infrastructure provisioning using IaC tools like Terraform.
• Design and maintain CI/CD pipelines for continuous deployment.
• Manage cloud infrastructure, ensuring high availability and security.

Skills

CI/CD pipeline setup

Infrastructure as Code

Containerisation

Orchestration technologies

Cloud platforms knowledge

Monitoring tools

Problem-solving

Tools

Terraform

GitLab

Docker

Kubernetes

Azure

Prometheus

Grafana

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06.06.2025

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Job Description:

Synechron is looking for a Senior DevOps Engineer to join their Cloud and AI Practice to work on a multi-year, AI programme of work within a leading financial institution.

The role requires an experienced DevOps Engineer to support the development, deployment, and monitoring of AI applications. The role focuses on streamlining infrastructure automation, ensuring seamless CI/CD integration, and creating scalable, secure environments. You will work across backend services and UI components to enable efficient AI workflows and robust application performance.

Key Responsibilities:

• Automate infrastructure provisioning and management using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like Terraform or ARM templates
• Design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines to support continuous integration and deployment, primarily using GitLab
• Containerise applications and orchestrate deployments using Docker and Kubernetes
• Manage cloud infrastructure on Azure, ensuring high availability, scalability, and security
• Set up and maintain monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions using tools such as Prometheus and Grafana
• Collaborate with development teams to optimize AI application deployment and operational performance
• Ensure compliance with security standards and best practices in cloud and infrastructure management

Qualifications & Skills:

• Proven experience with CI/CD pipeline setup and maintenance (GitLab, Jenkins, etc.)
• Strong understanding of Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, ARM templates, or similar tools
• Hands-on experience with containerisation and orchestration technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes
• In-depth knowledge of cloud platforms, especially Azure
• Experience with monitoring and logging tools like Prometheus and Grafana
• Familiarity with supporting AI/ML workloads is preferred
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced environment

Multi-Year Project - Flexible Start Date - Competitive Rates - London based (x3 days in office) - FTE or Contract

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Synechron are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiative Same Difference' is committed to fostering an inclusive culture promoting equality, diversity and an environment that is respectful to all. We encourage applicants from across diverse backgrounds, race, ethnicities, religion, age, marital status, gender, sexual orientations, or disabilities to apply. We offer flexible workplace arrangements, mentoring, internal mobility, learning and development programmes to support our global workforce. Empowerment and collaboration are at the core of how we operate.

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