Lead DevOps Engineer

Morgan McKinley; Dublin; On-site; EUR 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in Dublin is seeking a Lead DevOps Engineer to spearhead DevOps initiatives, enhance software delivery, and implement automation within a regulated environment. The role requires strong technical skills and the ability to communicate effectively with stakeholders. Join a dynamic team focused on cloud adoption and modern engineering practices.

Qualifications

• Experience releasing applications into production.
• Understanding of regulatory and compliance requirements.

Responsibilities

• Lead DevOps initiatives and modernize software delivery.
• Promote automation and continuous process improvement.

Skills

Communication

Scripting

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Bitbucket

Terraform

Ansible

Docker

Kubernetes

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Lead DevOps Engineer

About the Engineering Function

The engineering and delivery teams are responsible for designing, building, testing, and deploying technology that drives large-scale enterprise digital transformation. With teams across Ireland and the UK, they focus on cloud adoption, DevSecOps, automation, cybersecurity, and modern engineering practices — ensuring secure, scalable, high-performance solutions. They embrace modern methodologies like Scaled Agile, delivering core systems and innovative customer-facing applications.

Role Overview

This senior engineering role involves leading DevOps initiatives, collaborating with development teams to modernise software delivery, building automation, implementing infrastructure-as-code, and supporting efficient deployment pipelines within a regulated environment. The ideal candidate is strategic, technically proficient, and capable of stakeholder communication and hands-on coding.

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborate with engineering teams to understand software delivery lifecycles and requirements.
• Guide teams on DevOps tools, environments, and best practices aligned with the central DevOps Centre of Excellence (DCoE).
• Contribute to DCoE initiatives, including documentation, tooling, and platform improvements.
• Promote automation, clean pipelines, and continuous process improvement.
• Balance technical implementation with high-level stakeholder communication.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering or related discipline.

Core Skills & Experience

• Experience releasing applications into production or supporting production workloads.
• Ability to communicate technical concepts to diverse audiences.
• Understanding of regulatory and compliance requirements in software delivery.
• Proficiency with tools like Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket.
• Strong scripting skills (Python, Perl, Ruby) and software development experience (Java, C#, Golang).
• Familiarity with APIs and distributed systems.
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD tools like Jenkins, Bamboo.
• Proficiency in infrastructure-as-code tools like Terraform, Ansible, Puppet, Chef.
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and containerisation (Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift).

Nice-to-Have Skills

• Experience managing virtualised environments (e.g., VMWare).
• Knowledge of SSL, cryptography, and certificate management automation.
• Familiarity with advanced configuration management tools like Ansible Tower, Chef Server.
• Experience with cloud automation tools such as CloudFormation or ARM templates.
• Operational experience with container orchestration and workload management.