Lead Software Engineer DevOps

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A global financial services firm is seeking a skilled DevOps Engineer to join their Cloud Infrastructure team. In this role, you will be responsible for managing a robust Kubernetes platform on AWS, advocating best practices across the engineering function, and collaborating with security stakeholders to enhance the platform's requirements. Candidates should have over 5 years of professional experience, strong coding skills in Go or Python, and expertise in cloud technologies. This position is critical for building scalable and reliable infrastructure.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional experience.
• Experience running infrastructure on cloud platforms like AWS and GCP.
• Expertise in managing Kubernetes clusters in production.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain a Kubernetes on AWS platform used by 150+ engineers.
• Advocate good practices and principles throughout the engineering function.
• Work with stakeholders, like security, to understand platform requirements.

Skills

Infrastructure management on AWS

Kubernetes

Go or Python coding

Observability tooling

Systems and database experience

Scalable technologies like Kafka

Job description

About the Role

As a DevOps Engineer in the Cloud Infrastructure team, you will be responsible for looking after the heart of what makes JPM Invest the company it is. Operating within the Platform function alongside Security, Architecture and Developer Experience teams, you'll be heavily involved with all our technical infrastructure, from designing, through build and the ongoing operation of a platform running in Kubernetes on AWS.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain a Kubernetes on AWS platform used by 150+ engineers
• Advocate good practices and principles throughout the engineering function
• Standardise deployment and usage of cloud resources to ease technology adoption and comply with security controls
• Work with stakeholders, such as security, to understand the requirements of the platform
• Proven track record of building and managing continual automation / deployment / delivery environments
• Experience working within or alongside engineering teams to deliver

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional experience
• Proficiency running infrastructure on cloud platforms, such as AWS and GCP, appreciation for their failure modes, and a good understanding of network concepts and fundamentals
• Expertise in managing and maintaining Kubernetes clusters in production
• Strong coding skills (Go/Python preferred)
• Excellent knowledge on observability tooling and best practices
• Preferred qualifications, capabilities and skills
• Systems and database experience, with an understanding of the challenges involved in designing and building distributed/microservice environments
• Knowledge or experience of scalable technologies such as Kafka
• A passion for learning new things and experimenting with new technologies