Wholesale Credit Risk Technology DevOps Lead - Principal Software Engineer

TN United Kingdom; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Principal DevOps Engineer to lead transformative projects within their Wholesale Credit Risk Technology division. This role offers the chance to drive engineering excellence, enhance developer experiences, and implement cutting-edge tooling and standardization. You'll collaborate with various teams to streamline software delivery and foster a culture of automation and innovation. Join a globally recognized financial organization and make a significant impact in a dynamic environment that values your expertise and contributions.

Qualifications

• Advanced knowledge of DevOps processes and software applications.
• Strong development skills in Java, Python, and SQL.

Responsibilities

• Drive Engineering Excellence and promote core engineering best practices.
• Implement CI/CD pipelines and Infrastructure as Code.

Skills

DevOps processes

Java

Python

SQL

CI/CD tools

Cloud services

Effective communication

Tools

Jenkins

GitLab CI

Ansible

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

Prometheus

Grafana

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Wholesale Credit Risk Technology DevOps Lead - Principal Software Engineer, Glasgow

Location: Glasgow, United Kingdom

Job Category: Other

EU work permit required: Yes

Job Reference: 282de91ae296

Job Views: 10

Posted: 29.04.2025

Expiry Date: 13.06.2025

Job Description:

Join a globally recognized financial organisation and advance your profession to new heights by contributing to revolutionary projects. You've discovered the perfect environment to have a major impact.

As a Principal DevOps Engineer at JP Morgan Chase within the Wholesale Credit Risk Technology organization, you will draw upon your advanced knowledge to drive Engineering Excellence and improve the developer experience by driving adoption, removing toil and friction, and encouraging participation in initiatives across development practices. You will have the opportunity to drive adoption of tooling and standardization, and improve developer community engagement.

Job responsibilities

1. Drive Engineering Excellence by understanding and promoting core engineering best practices within the organization.
2. Drive adoption of tooling and standardization.
3. Identify friction points, facilitate their resolution through appropriate processes, and escalate blockers in a timely manner.
4. Implement and improve compliance, security, and control requirements for applications.
5. Collaborate across development teams, SRE, and central teams to influence positive change and streamline software delivery.
6. Implement CI/CD pipelines and Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
7. Enable faster, more reliable software delivery through automation and collaboration.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

1. Advanced knowledge of software applications and DevOps processes, with expertise in one or more technical disciplines.
2. Ability to understand system interrelations and use a broad set of tools to automate and improve reliability.
3. Strong development skills in Java and/or Python, SQL.
4. Experience translating research, analysis, and tests into business recommendations.
5. Ability to manage and be accountable for the work of multiple architects and designers.
6. Experience partnering across functions (e.g., Cybersecurity, Data) to develop efficient, developer-friendly systems.
7. Effective communication skills, capable of expressing complex ideas clearly and providing constructive feedback.
8. Experience with CI/CD tools (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI), configuration management tools (e.g., Ansible, Puppet, Chef), containerization and orchestration (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).
9. Experience with Cloud services (AWS, Azure, GCP), monitoring tools (Prometheus, Grafana), and Infrastructure as Code tools (Terraform, CloudFormation).