Senior DevOps Engineer: AWS, Terraform & GitHub CI/CD

Global Payments; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary and benefits.

Time to support charities and giveback

Parental leave policy

Global recognition platform

Virgin Pulse access

Global employee assistance program

Job summary

Global Payments in London is seeking a seasoned DevOps Engineer to own and evolve our CI/CD Platform Team. You will automate AWS infrastructure with Terraform, run containerized platforms on Docker and EKS, and manage CI/CD tooling across the organization.

You’ll lead GitHub Enterprise Cloud governance, champion GitHub Copilot adoption, and collaborate with agile teams to deliver reliable, scalable software delivery.

Qualifications

• 5+ years as a Platform/DevOps/Cloud Engineer.
• Hands-on GitHub Enterprise Cloud governance or strong Linux system administration.
• Strong experience with Kubernetes and Terraform.
• Hands-on experience managing and automating AWS infrastructure.
• Proficiency in Java, Python, Bash, or Go.
• Experience with Helm for Kubernetes packaging and deployment.
• Solid Linux fundamentals and operational support skills.
• Proven experience designing, operating, or supporting CI/CD automation and deployment pipelines.
• Knowledge of monitoring, alerting, and logging for distributed and cloud-native systems.
• Experience with Ansible.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and automate AWS infrastructure using Terraform and IaC best practices.
• Design, build, and operate containerized platforms using Docker and Amazon EKS.
• Design, build, and manage CI/CD platforms and tooling (GitHub Enterprise Runners, CloudBees Jenkins, Harness).
• Administer GitHub Enterprise Cloud for scalability, security, and reliability.
• Host and operate enterprise GitHub runners for organization-wide consumption by development teams.
• Provide guidance to development teams using the central CI/CD platform.
• Act as a GitHub and GitHub Copilot SME to promote AI-assisted development practices.
• Work in an Agile team and participate in code reviews and demos.
• Develop project plans, schedules, and documentation.

Skills

GitHub Enterprise

Kubernetes

Terraform

AWS

Java

Python

Bash

Go

Helm

Ansible

CI/CD pipelines

Docker

GitHub Copilot

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related discipline

Tools

CloudBees Jenkins

Harness

GitHub Enterprise Cloud

EKS

Job description

Global Payments in London is seeking a seasoned DevOps Engineer to own and evolve our CI/CD Platform Team. You will automate AWS infrastructure with Terraform, run containerized platforms on Docker and EKS, and manage CI/CD tooling across the organization.

You’ll lead GitHub Enterprise Cloud governance, champion GitHub Copilot adoption, and collaborate with agile teams to deliver reliable, scalable software delivery.