Senior DevOps Engineer - Hybrid (Belfast) | AWS & Kubernetes

Vanrath; Belfast City District; Hybrid; GBP 68,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Vanrath is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to join a leading Belfast-based financial services organisation. You will drive cloud infrastructure, automation and modern software delivery, building scalable, reliable environments and championing DevOps best practices.

The role suites candidates with strong AWS experience and proficiency in Docker, Kubernetes and IaC, working across pipelines and monitoring tools in a hybrid setup (3 days in the office, 2 from home).

Qualifications

• 5–10 years' experience within DevOps, Platform Engineering or SRE.
• Strong hands-on AWS experience; Azure or GCP also considered.
• Proven experience building automated pipelines and improving software delivery.
• Scripting ability (Python, Go, PowerShell or Bash); Linux/Windows environments.
• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, IaC, GitLab/Jenkins and monitoring tools such as Grafana, Prometheus or CloudWatch.

Responsibilities

• Drive improvements to DevOps practices, modernising how software is developed, tested and deployed.
• Build and optimise automated pipelines, reducing manual processes and speeding up releases.
• Develop and maintain scalable environments across AWS and other clouds, plus on‑premise.
• Design solutions using Docker, Kubernetes and IaC to improve deployment and environment management.
• Improve system stability, monitoring and observability with SRE principles.

Skills

AWS

Docker

Kubernetes

IaC

GitLab/Jenkins

Grafana/Prometheus

CloudWatch

Python

Go

PowerShell

Bash

Java

C#

Linux

Windows

Tools

Terraform

GitLab

Jenkins

Grafana

Prometheus

CloudWatch

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

Azure

GCP

Job description

Vanrath is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to join a leading Belfast-based financial services organisation. You will drive cloud infrastructure, automation and modern software delivery, building scalable, reliable environments and championing DevOps best practices.

The role suites candidates with strong AWS experience and proficiency in Docker, Kubernetes and IaC, working across pipelines and monitoring tools in a hybrid setup (3 days in the office, 2 from home).