Senior DevOps Engineer

Prism Digital; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global consultancy is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer for a central enablement team to support a Tier-1 bank. The role involves modernising CI / CD delivery, coaching teams on best practices, and designing scalable pipelines. Candidates should have a strong software engineering background, experience with Kubernetes and GitLab CI / CD, and excellent communication skills. This is a 12-month contract with an on-site requirement in London, offering £550 to £700 per day.

Qualifications

• Proven software engineering background and experience in DevOps.
• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes enablement.
• Deep Terraform fluency and strong testing mindset are advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Support development squads in modernising CI / CD delivery.
• Coach teams and design scalable pipelines.
• Lead migrations from legacy systems to automated workflows.

Skills

Software engineering background

Kubernetes platform enablement

GitLab CI / CD pipeline design

Docker image build

CI / CD automation experience

Azure familiarity

Consultancy-grade communication

Tools

Terraform

Docker

GitLab CI / CD

Azure

AWS

Job description

Job Description

Senior DevOps Engineer | Kubernetes, GitLab CI / CD, Azure | Central Enablement Team for a Tier-1 Bank (Global Consultancy)

1. 12‑month contract (extensions likely / potential to go permanent)
2. £550–£700 per day (depending on experience)
3. London – 2 days per week on‑site
4. Immediate / ASAP start

The Role

Join a prestigious, global consultancy as part of a central enablement team supporting one of the world’s leading Tier‑1 banks. You’ll operate as both engineer and consultant: helping multiple development squads modernise their CI / CD delivery through best‑in‑class tooling and DevOps practices.

This isn’t a ticket‑driven operations role, it’s hands‑on, architecture‑minded enablement. You’ll coach teams, design scalable pipelines, and lead migrations from legacy systems into streamlined, automated workflows that power financial platforms used by millions.

What They’re Looking For (Non‑Negotiables)

• Proven software engineering background: you’ve been a developer before moving into DevOps, and understand build quality, testing, and code pipelines from the inside out.
• Kubernetes platform enablement and troubleshooting at scale.
• GitLab CI / CD (plus Jenkins / TeamCity) pipeline design, templating, and optimisation.
• Docker image build and registry management.
• CI / CD automation experience across multiple teams / products.
• Azure and / or AWS familiarity (majority Azure).
• Consultancy‑grade communication.

What You’ll Work With

• Kubernetes enablement, deployment support, and incident troubleshooting.
• GitLab CI / CD, Docker, and migration pathways from TeamCity / Jenkins.
• Azure (primarily) and AWS in a mixed‑cloud environment.
• Terraform (IaC), observability tooling, security scanning, and secrets management.

Nice to Haves

• Prior consultancy or customer‑facing engineering background.
• Deep Terraform fluency and experience embedding SAST / DAST gates into CI / CD workflows.
• Strong testing mindset and understanding of quality gates, unit coverage, and continuous testing practices.

Why Join / Projects

Be part of a globally recognised consultancy driving a major digital transformation for a leading UK bank. Working in the central enablement team, you’ll help multiple delivery squads achieve faster, safer, and more automated releases.

You’ll have real technical influence, shaping DevOps standards across a complex enterprise and delivering visible impact in one of the UK’s most high‑profile engineering modernisation programmes.