Senior DevOps Engineer

Halian | Managed Services, Recruitment Agency & Contract Staffing; Reading; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Our client, a fast-growing global fintech leader, is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to scale their cloud platform. You will own platform initiatives, drive automation, and champion DevOps best practices across engineering teams.

Responsibilities include building and managing CI/CD pipelines, implementing IaC with Terraform/Ansible, and ensuring scalable, secure, highly available services on AWS. Strong communication and collaboration are essential.

Qualifications

• Experience designing and implementing CI/CD pipelines and software delivery processes.
• Infrastructure as Code experience using Terraform or Ansible.
• Experience with monitoring and observability tools.

Responsibilities

• Build, deploy, and manage applications across cloud and virtualised environments.
• Develop and improve CI/CD pipelines and automation processes.
• Drive platform improvements and DevOps best practices.
• Design and implement self-service infrastructure and tooling.
• Deliver scalable, secure, and highly available systems.
• Enhance monitoring, observability, and operational performance.

Skills

CI/CD pipelines

IaC (Terraform/Ansible)

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

Cloud technologies

Monitoring/Observability

Communication

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Job description

Our client is a fast-growing, leading global fintech organisation with a global customer base. They continue to invest heavily in their cloud platforms, infrastructure, and engineering capabilities to support ongoing growth and innovation.

They are seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer with strong Kubernetes expertise to help build, scale, and evolve their global platform.

Why this Role?

This is an opportunity to join a product-led organization, take ownership of key platform initiatives, drive automation, and champion DevOps best practices across the business. If you enjoy platform engineering, continuous improvement, and building solutions that make a real impact at scale, this could be an excellent fit.

Key Responsibilities

• Build, deploy, and manage applications across cloud and virtualised environments.
• Develop and improve CI/CD pipelines and automation processes.
• Drive platform improvements and DevOps best practices.
• Design and implement self-service infrastructure and tooling.
• Deliver scalable, secure, and highly available systems.
• Enhance monitoring, observability, and operational performance.
• Support engineering teams with technical expertise and guidance.

Skills & Experience

• Experience designing and implementing CI/CD pipelines and software delivery processes.
• Infrastructure as Code experience using tools such as Terraform or Ansible.
• Experience with monitoring and observability tools.
• Strong knowledge of Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, and cloud technologies.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate across teams.
• A passion for automation, platform engineering, and continuous improvement.

This is a full-time, permanent position with a hybrid working model.

Our client offers a competitive salary, excellent benefits, and strong opportunities for career development.