Senior Devops Engineer - Investment Banking IT

Caspian One Ltd; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A global investment firm is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to enhance its E-Trading platform. This hands-on role focuses on developer productivity and platform modernization, driving initiatives for CI/CD and automation. The ideal candidate will lead a small team and promote modern DevOps practices in a regulated environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in high-stakes, regulated environments.
• Strong empathy for engineering workflows.

Responsibilities

• Lead the evolution of CI/CD pipelines and automation.
• Champion fully automated testing across 25+ environments.
• Enhance developer workflows and improve tooling.

Skills

Automation

CI/CD

DevOps

Testing

Leadership

Tools

AWS

Kubernetes

Jenkins

GitLab

Docker

Golang

Elastic

Job description

Employer: Caspian One Ltd
Location: Lanarkshire, United Kingdom
Salary: Competitive
Closing date: 17 May 2025

Sector: Banking
Responsibilities: Strategy
Position/Level: Senior Management
Contract Type: Permanent

Job Overview

A high-impact Senior DevOps position is available within a global investment firm, supporting a major E-Trading platform at the heart of its macro business. This is a hands-on, strategic engineering role focused on developer productivity, automation, and platform modernisation.

You'll be driving initiatives that shape how software is built and delivered across a critical trading platform with high visibility and strong executive backing.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the evolution of CI/CD pipelines, automation, and test infrastructure to improve speed and reliability.
• Champion fully automated testing across 25+ environments to support fast, safe deployments.
• Enhance developer workflows by improving tooling, reducing friction, and scaling internal platforms.
• Work with technologies including AWS, Kubernetes (on-prem/OpenShift/cloud), Helm, Jenkins, GitLab, Docker, Golang (or similar), and Elastic.
• Collaborate directly with developers to optimize software delivery and improve engineering metrics (e.g., deployment frequency, cycle time).
• Promote modern DevOps practices and execute on an already-established roadmap for foundational engineering improvements.

Team Structure

• Join a focused DevOps team currently with two practitioners.
• Opportunity to lead and grow the team, shaping the DevOps function for a strategically important platform.

Ideal Candidate Profile

• Deep understanding of developer pain points and strong empathy for engineering workflows.
• Experience driving impactful DevOps initiatives in high-stakes, regulated environments.
• Strong executor with a passion for automation, testing, and continuous improvement.
• Comfortable taking ownership and delivering independently within a fast-moving environment.
• Committed to advancing modern software delivery practices in legacy-heavy environments.