Senior Deployment Engineer, Managed Services (On/Remote)

Aquis Exchange PLC; City Of London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Aquis Exchange PLC is seeking a Deployment Engineer to join our Managed Services team. The role involves validating software releases, deploying containerised applications across OpenShift, Kubernetes, and other platforms, and guiding clients through setup and upgrades both on-site and remotely.

You will work with Development, Operations, DevOps, and Linux teams to deliver reliable deployment solutions and drive automation across environments.

Qualifications

• Proven experience deploying containerised applications across platforms.
• Writing platform-native deployment configurations (Kubernetes manifests, Compose files).
• Experience deploying multi-service container architectures with defined startup order.
• Strong Linux administration (RHEL/ Rocky).
• Proficient in Git for version control and config management.
• Solid TLS/mTLS certificate configuration in container environments.
• Translate release notes into accurate environment configurations.
• Troubleshoot and perform root cause analysis in containerized environments.
• Communicate technical issues clearly to stakeholders.
• Create and maintain deployment runbooks and procedures.
• Comfortable on client sites as part of a delivery team.

Responsibilities

• Deploy and configure containerised apps across platforms in client and internal environments.
• Install and validate releases locally before delivering to clients.
• Participate in architecture reviews to provide deployment perspective.
• Drive automation to improve deployment consistency.
• Perform root cause analysis and remediation in pre-prod environments.
• Collaborate with central DevOps to align tooling and standards.
• Guide clients through setup and upgrades on-site and remotely.
• Translate release notes into accurate environment configurations.
• Communicate issues and remediation plans to stakeholders.
• Create deployment documentation and runbooks.
• Handover deployed environments to client operations or Aquis internal teams.

Skills

Container deployment

Kubernetes manifests

Multi-service deployments

Linux administration

Git for version control

TLS/mTLS in containers

Release-to-env translation

Debugging containerized apps

Client guidance

Deployment documentation

On-site delivery

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker

Git

Job description

Aquis Exchange PLC is seeking a Deployment Engineer to join our Managed Services team. The role involves validating software releases, deploying containerised applications across OpenShift, Kubernetes, and other platforms, and guiding clients through setup and upgrades both on-site and remotely.

You will work with Development, Operations, DevOps, and Linux teams to deliver reliable deployment solutions and drive automation across environments.