Lead Software Engineer- DevOps- JPM Personal Investing

J.P. Morgan; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services firm in Greater London seeks a DevOps Engineer to build and maintain a Kubernetes on AWS platform for over 150 engineers. The ideal candidate will have 5+ years of experience in cloud automation, strong coding skills (Go/Python preferred), and expertise in managing Kubernetes clusters in production. This role offers the opportunity to advocate best practices within the engineering function and collaborate with various stakeholders.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional experience in relevant fields.
• Proven track record in automation and deployment environments.
• Expertise in managing Kubernetes clusters in production.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain a Kubernetes on AWS platform.
• Advocate best practices throughout the engineering function.
• Standardise cloud resource deployment and usage.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to meet platform requirements.

Skills

Professional experience (5+ years)

Building and managing automation

Proficiency in AWS/GCP

Kubernetes cluster management

Coding skills (Go/Python)

Observability tooling knowledge

Job description

Behind every investment is a person with ambitions, motivations and values. While we know that every client is unique, they come to J.P. Morgan Personal Investing for the same reason: our straightforward and transparent approach to investing, and the trust that 150 years of J.P. Morgan heritage brings.

J.P. Morgan Personal Investing offers award-winning investments, products and digital wealth management services to over 275,000 investors in the UK. We built the business withinnovation as a core part of our ethos to give consumers the confidence and clarity to make informed investment decisions and achieve their financial goals.

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.

Job responsibilities:

• Build and maintain a Kubernetes on AWS platform used by 150+ engineers
• Advocate good practices and principals 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

Required qualifications, capabilities and skills:

• 5+ years of professional experience
• Proven track record of building and managing continual automation / deployment / delivery environments
• 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
• Experience working within or alongside engineering teams to deliver

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

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