Lead DevOps Engineer: Cloud, Kubernetes & Automation (London)

eFinancialCareers; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

eFinancialCareers' client in London is seeking a Lead DevOps Engineer to own infrastructure, automation and cloud platforms across global markets. You will work with engineering teams and senior stakeholders to drive DevOps practices and influence architectural decisions.

You'll lead Linux administration, IaC tooling, and CI/CD pipelines using Git, Jenkins/GitHub Actions, Terraform and Kubernetes in AWS-based environments.

Qualifications

• Extensive DevOps/platform engineering experience with ownership mindset.
• Deep Linux administration and automation background.
• Strong scripting skills (Python, Bash or PowerShell).
• Hands-on IaC with Terraform/Puppet and CI/CD tooling.

Responsibilities

• Lead and enhance the firm's DevOps ecosystem, including CI/CD, infrastructure automation and platform tooling
• Drive DevOps best practices across deployment, release management and operational processes
• Automate and optimise Linux infrastructure, ensuring scalability, resilience and performance
• Build and improve cloud-based DevOps solutions across AWS, Kubernetes and containerised environments
• Partner closely with engineering teams to streamline delivery, automation and platform reliability

Skills

DevOps

Platform Engineering

SRE

Infrastructure Engineering

Linux Administration

Automation

Scripting (Python/Bash/PowerShell)

IaC (Terraform/Puppet)

CI/CD

Git/Jenkins/GitHub Actions

Kubernetes

AWS Cloud

Tools

Terraform

Puppet

Git

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

Kubernetes

Docker

AWS

Job description

eFinancialCareers' client in London is seeking a Lead DevOps Engineer to own infrastructure, automation and cloud platforms across global markets. You will work with engineering teams and senior stakeholders to drive DevOps practices and influence architectural decisions.

You'll lead Linux administration, IaC tooling, and CI/CD pipelines using Git, Jenkins/GitHub Actions, Terraform and Kubernetes in AWS-based environments.