Senior Consultant - DE - Technology Consulting - FS

Ernst & Young Advisory Services Sdn Bhd; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

EY is seeking a Senior Consultant for Technology Consulting in London to drive secure, automated software delivery. You will set up projects, automate pipelines, and support cloud environments across dev, test, and prod while collaborating with cross‑functional teams to improve speed, resilience and control.

The role emphasizes hands‑on engineering, cloud proficiency, and a proactive approach to automate and secure the software delivery lifecycle within a regulated financial services context.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, IT or related discipline.
• Experience in DevOps, cloud engineering, platform engineering or release automation.
• Strong hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure and Azure DevOps; Azure certifications advantageous.
• Experience onboarding projects from scratch, including repository setup, environments, pipelines, cloud infrastructure, monitoring and release governance.

Responsibilities

• Set up and configure new projects in Azure DevOps, GitHub, GitLab or comparable DevOps platforms, including repositories, branching models, permissions and access controls.
• Design, build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for automated build, test, code quality, security scanning, release approvals and deployment across development, test, staging and production environments.
• Create and maintain Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, Bicep or ARM templates, supporting repeatable provisioning of cloud infrastructure and platform components.
• Build and support containerised workloads using Docker and Kubernetes, including deployments, manifests, Helm charts, configuration, secrets and environment‑specific release workflows.
• Configure cloud environments on Microsoft Azure, with awareness of networking, identity, security, monitoring, storage and platform services relevant to application delivery.
• Integrate automated testing, code quality gates, vulnerability scanning and compliance controls into pipelines, working with development, QA and security teams.
• Troubleshoot deployment failures, pipeline issues, Kubernetes errors, environment defects and production support incidents, documenting root cause and preventive actions.
• Maintain deployment documentation, operating procedures, runbooks, environment diagrams and handover notes for client and EY delivery teams.
• Work in Agile squads with product owners, developers, architects, QA, security, SRE and operations teams to support reliable end‑to‑end software delivery.
• Contribute to reusable DevOps templates, platform patterns, engineering standards and automation accelerators across EY FSO Digital Engineering.

Skills

Hands-on engineering

Problem solving

Ownership mindset

Attention to detail

Collaboration

Stakeholder communication

Continuous improvement

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, IT or related discipline

Tools

Azure DevOps

GitHub

GitLab

Terraform

Bicep/ARM

Docker

Kubernetes

Azure

Helm

Job description

Senior Consultant - DE - Technology Consulting - FS

Location: London

Other locations: Primary Location Only

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The opportunity

EY FSO Technology Consulting is expanding its Digital Engineering and DevOps capability to support financial services clients with secure, automated and reliable software delivery. This Senior Consultant role is for a practical hands‑on engineer who can set up projects, automate pipelines, support cloud environments and collaborate with development, operations, security and client teams to improve delivery speed, resilience and control.

Key responsibilities

• Set up and configure new projects in Azure DevOps, GitHub, GitLab or comparable DevOps platforms, including repositories, branching models, permissions and access controls.
• Design, build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for automated build, test, code quality, security scanning, release approvals and deployment across development, test, staging and production environments.
• Create and maintain Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, Bicep or ARM templates, supporting repeatable provisioning of cloud infrastructure and platform components.
• Build and support containerised workloads using Docker and Kubernetes, including deployments, manifests, Helm charts, configuration, secrets and environment‑specific release workflows.
• Configure cloud environments on Microsoft Azure, with awareness of networking, identity, security, monitoring, storage and platform services relevant to application delivery.
• Integrate automated testing, code quality gates, vulnerability scanning and compliance controls into pipelines, working with development, QA and security teams.
• Troubleshoot deployment failures, pipeline issues, Kubernetes errors, environment defects and production support incidents, documenting root cause and preventive actions.
• Maintain deployment documentation, operating procedures, runbooks, environment diagrams and handover notes for client and EY delivery teams.
• Work in Agile squads with product owners, developers, architects, QA, security, SRE and operations teams to support reliable end‑to‑end software delivery.
• Contribute to reusable DevOps templates, platform patterns, engineering standards and automation accelerators across EY FSO Digital Engineering.

Required hands‑on skills

Skill Area

Technologies / Capabilities

DevOps platforms

Azure DevOps, GitHub, GitLab, repositories, pull request workflows, branching strategies, access controls and release governance

Build and release pipelines, YAML pipelines, automated testing, approvals, quality gates, deployment strategies and rollback support

Infrastructure as Code

Terraform required; Bicep, ARM templates, modular infrastructure patterns, state management, reusable modules and environment promotion

Docker, Kubernetes, AKS preferred, kubectl, Helm, container registries, secrets/config maps, pod diagnostics and deployment troubleshooting

PowerShell, Bash, Python or Azure CLI for automation, remediation, deployment support and operational tooling

Security & DevSecOps

SonarQube or similar, SAST/DAST/SCA concepts, secrets management, policy‑as‑code awareness and secure SDLC practices

Monitoring & operations

Azure Monitor, Application Insights, Log Analytics, Grafana, Prometheus or comparable monitoring/logging tools, incident support and RCA

Jira or Azure Boards, sprint ceremonies, backlog support, technical documentation, collaboration with distributed delivery teams

Experience working in banking, insurance, capital markets, risk, finance or other regulated technology environments is preferred

Preferred qualifications and competencies

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, IT or a related discipline, or equivalent hands‑on experience.
• Experience in DevOps, cloud engineering, platform engineering or release automation experience.
• Strong hands‑on experience with Microsoft Azure and Azure DevOps; Azure certifications such as AZ‑900, AZ‑104, AZ‑204, AZ‑400 or relevant Kubernetes/Terraform certifications are advantageous.
• Experience onboarding projects from scratch, including repository setup, environments, pipelines, cloud infrastructure, monitoring and release governance.
• Ability to translate technical requirements into automated, secure and repeatable delivery workflows.
• Competencies: hands‑on engineering, problem solving, ownership mindset, attention to detail, collaboration, stakeholder communication and continuous improvement.

What success looks like

• Project teams have secure, repeatable and well‑documented pipelines that support reliable build, test and deployment workflows.
• Cloud environments are provisioned consistently using Infrastructure as Code and aligned to client security and operational standards.
• Deployment and environment issues are resolved quickly, with root cause documented and preventive improvements implemented.
• The Senior Consultant contributes reusable DevOps patterns and raises engineering discipline across the EY FSO delivery team.

Location, travel and ways of working

UK‑based role, with hybrid working and travel depending on client engagement needs. The role supports Financial Services clients and requires adherence to EY quality, risk, security, privacy and professional standards.

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