Lead DevOps Engineer

We’re Synechron, a global consultancy laser-focused on accelerating digital initiatives in financial services.

With over 14,500 members of staff across 17 countries and a unique mix of end-to-end digital, business and technology services, we help clients solve complex challenges with modern and innovative solutions.

We're big enough to be taken seriously, yet small enough to operate with an agile, open, relationship-driven approach. Our clients come to us with problems that need genuine thought, intelligence and knowledge; we're not just putting bodies on seats.

The Role

We are currently seeking a highly proficient and experienced Lead DevOps and Automation Engineer to join our dynamic team. In this role, you will work directly with the Product Owner, Architecture, and Core IT functions to drive an agile, automation first delivery approach.

Collaboration with multi-disciplinary teams and clients who have a varied degree of cloud and DevOps understanding will be critical to clarify their requirements and ensuring the successful delivery of automation features.

As a lead you will be expected to mentor, train and innovate, helping shape the future of the DevOps culture, in return you will be entrusted with the design, deployment, and management of robust architecture solutions in a cloud-based environment.

Responsibilities:

• Design and implement scalable and secure cloud infrastructure solutions using Terraform, python etc.
• Engineer repeatable Terraform modules to high standards with documentation.
• Build best practice pipelines and automation using strategic tooling (Git, Terraform, Jenkins, Snyk etc.).
• Design and codify guardrails and features requested in the Product roadmap aligned to customer security and regulatory requirements.
• Collaborate with clients to understand their business needs and translate them into technical requirements and follow good agile practices.
• Develop and maintain documentation and architectural designs for cloud solutions following the Architecture board requirements.
• Utilize DevOps principles and practices to automate deployment, monitoring, and management processes.
• Implement security controls and best practices to ensure data protection and compliance.
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues related to cloud infrastructure and applications.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related field, or relevant experience.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience as a DevOps Engineer, with a focus on cloud architecture and deployment.
• An “automate everything” mentality.
• Exceptional experience with DevOps tooling (e.g. Terraform (Cloud), Jenkins, CloudBees, Ansible, SnyK, Git etc.).
• Expertise with DevOps tools, practices and processes, including CI/CD pipelines, configuration management, testing and version control systems (e.g., Git).
• Strong expertise building Terraform modules aligned to best practices.
• Strong expertise in a broad range of cloud services.
• Proficiency in programming languages such as Python, Golang, and experience with GitOps.
• Solid understanding of networking concepts, security measures, and best practices in cloud environments.
• Experience with containerization technologies like Rancher, Docker and Kubernetes would be an advantage.
• Previous experience with orchestration tools, such as Morpheus would be an advantage.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to lead and mentor a team.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills to effectively work with stakeholders at all levels.

Why Work for Synechron!?

We have stunning 7th floor offices in London’s city, close to Liverpool Street and Moorgate train stations. We’re a stone’s throw from the Bank of England and a number of bars and restaurants, 5-minute walk from St Pauls Cathedral and shopping Centre. The office features a roof terrace with comfortable chairs and tables and you can enjoy our rather popular coffee machine, teas, biscuits, cans of drinks etc.

Synechron’s Diversity Statement

Synechron is 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.

All employment decisions at Synechron are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to the applicant’s gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, disabled or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.